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Elon Musk sought to reassure big companies that advertise on Twitter that his chaotic takeover of the social media platform won’t harm their brands. Elon Musk sought to reassure big companies that advertise on Twitter on Wednesday that his chaotic takeover of the social media platform won't harm their brands, acknowledging that some “dumb things” might happen on his way to creating what he says will be a better, safer user experience. The latest erratic move on the minds of major advertisers — that the company…

New Twitter owner Elon Musk emailed his workers for the first time late Wednesday to prepare them for “difficult times ahead” and ban remote work unless he personally approved it. Musk said there was “no way to sugarcoat the message” about the economic outlook and how it will affect an advertising-dependent company like Twitter, according to the email reviewed by Bloomberg News. The new rules, which kick in immediately, will expect employees to be in the office for at least 40 hours per week, he added.Twitter has been…

Lawmakers are pushing Elon Musk to come to the European Parliament and reassure them that Twitter Inc. won't become a platform that threatens democracy. Sophie in ‘t Veld, a key member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs panel, said she is concerned about giving “free rein” to hate speech, the incitement of hatred and violence, disinformation seeking to influence elections.“We first want to know: Is he indeed going to play by the rules, to respect European laws?” in ‘t Veld, a Dutch member of the…

Twitter on Wednesday unveiled — and then almost immediately scrapped — a new grey "official" label for some high-profile accounts as Elon Musk struggles to revamp the influential platform following his $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3.6 lakh crore) buyout."I just killed it," Musk tweeted just hours after the new tag was added to government accounts as well as those of big companies and major media outlets."Please note that Twitter will do lots of dumb things in coming months. We will keep what works & change what doesn't,"…

Twitter's new owner Elon Musk told advertisers on Wednesday he aimed to turn the social media platform into a force for truth and stop fake accounts in an effort to assuage brands and advertising agencies that have increasingly been backing away.Days after Twitter rattled users and advertisers by cutting half its staff, over 100,000 listeners tuned in to hear Musk speak on Twitter's Spaces feature. He was joined by Yoel Roth, Twitter's head of safety and integrity, who has reassured users that Twitter would uphold its…

Some users who opted not to see Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk’s tweets are saying the blocks they placed on his account have spontaneously lifted. In a shocking development, some users who opted not to see Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk's tweets are saying the blocks they placed on his account have spontaneously lifted. Users like Steve Bowler and shan horan tweeted this week alleging that Musk had been unblocked. Meanwhile, Nazih Fares said the new Twitter owner was also no longer muted -- a less severe constraint…

If Twitter is unable to win back advertisers, Tesla’s CEO may have to keep selling shares. Elon Musk is fond of saying that fate loves irony. This go-to phrase now seems awfully prophetic. The Technoking of Tesla has long eschewed advertising, arguing the electric-car company is better off spending on product. Besides, who needs a multimillion-dollar Super Bowl spot when you can blast your cherry-red Tesla Roadster into space to the soundtrack of David Bowie's “Life on Mars”? In addition to staging stunts like…

Though the guidelines have largely stayed the same as earlier there seems to be one addition - 'Misleading and Deceptive Identities', which comes under the 'Authenticity' section. Twitter's new CEO Elon Musk, on Monday, shared the new set of rules for the micro-blogging platform while emphasizing that they "will evolve over time."In the wake of the company's USD 44 billion acquisition by Musk, the Tesla CEO took to Twitter and posted a link to Twitter's new rules. "Twitter rules will evolve over time, but they're…

Elon Musk thinks firing content moderators will promote unmediated expression. Outside the US, it will have the opposite effect. Twitter Inc. — now under new management, if that's the right word — fired about half its workers over the weekend, a big story by anyone's standards. Yet some teams and countries suffered worse — and that is a story with global political implications.In India, for example, Twitter seems to have laid off 90% of its employees. In Brazil, a team of 150 was let go, according to Bloomberg Línea.…

Twitter Inc's new CEO Elon Musk said the social media platform's mission was to become the most accurate source of information. Twitter Inc's new CEO Elon Musk said the social media platform's mission was to become the most accurate source of information about the world, sparking debate about how it would achieve that and who determines what is accurate.A flurry of drastic measures including sacking half the staff and charging users that Musk has taken since he took over Twitter in a $44 billion deal just about a week…