Category: Twitter
Elon Musk completes $44 million Twitter deal. 5 social media sites launched by celebs
The world's wealthiest man, Elon Musk has completed a $44 billion takeover of the social media site, Twitter. The deal comes after months of talks and rumours of Musk's takeover, and the entrepreneur seems to have fittingly declared its completion with a cryptic tweet, "the bird is freed". Musk is expected to make several changes to…
Twitter vs Elon Musk: A Probable Breakthrough in Sight
Tesla owner Elon Musk is often in the news, due to things he might have done or not have done. Recently he was in the news owing to his ex-girlfriend, who put up unseen photos of the billionaire for auction. If Musk's newsworthiness could be wagered on, using a bet365 account, punters would be having…
Twitter down, but which sites have most downtime?
Does anyone remember the Twitter 'fail whale'? Twitter experienced one of the site’s longest outages for years today (July 14th, 2022), with the social network completely unavailable to users around the globe on web and mobile for almost an hour. According to Downdetector.co.uk, which tracks site outages, the service became unavailable at…
Billionaire Elon Musk to buy Twitter for $44bn
Elon Musk has won his $44bn (£35bn) takeover battle for Twitter after the social network dropped its opposition to the Tesla billionaire’s bid. Mr Musk, who made the shock bid less than two weeks ago, said Twitter had "tremendous potential" that he would unlock. He also called for a series of changes from relaxing its…
Twitter users ‘3 times more likely’ to follow those with same political views
Twitter users are three times more likely to follow back the accounts of strangers if they share the same political views, according to a new study that sheds light on the phenomenon of ‘echo chambers’ on social media. The peer-reviewed study saw researchers, including those from the University of Exeter Business School, conduct a field…
Twitter to warn users of liking misleading tweets
Twitter is to warn users if they are about to like a misleading tweet, in its latest attempt to stem the spread of fake news and disinformation. The social network has certainly had its work cut out flagging the lies posted by Donald Trump and others around the US election as well as false claims…
Social media analysis reveals Britain’s broadband stress levels
Brits are not shy of taking to social media to vent their frustrations, and it would appear that angry broadband customers are no exception. Examining the 305,568 tweets aimed at the UK's major broadband providers, comparison site Broadband Genie used TensiStrength tool to assign a stress score from 1 (not stressed) to 5 (very high stress).…
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates targeted in Twitter hack
Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates were among many prominent US figures targeted in a Twitter hack. Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Kanye West were also targeted in the Bitcoin scam with donations requested from their accounts. "Everyone is asking me to give back," a tweet from Mr Gates' account said. "You send…
Twitter accounts of deceased will not be removed
Twitter has said accounts belonging to the deceased will not be removed as part of its “clean-up” of inactive profiles until it figures out a way to memorialise these accounts. The social network has started warning users who have been inactive on its platform for more than six months that their account risks being deleted…
Jo Cox widower among bereaved who fear losing digital legacy
Jo Cox’s widower and a Manchester terror attack victim’s family fear losing the “digital legacy” of loved ones amid Twitter’s plans to delete inactive accounts. The social network is to start a “clean up” of dormant profiles on its platform, warning affected users who have not accessed the service for more than six months that…