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Twitter begins removing blue checks from users who don’t pay
High-profile users like Beyoncé, Pope Francis, and ex-president Trump lost their blue badges as Musk rolls out long-promised move to strip un-paid-for Blue Ticks from users...
What we know about Elon Musk’s plan to turn Twitter into a super app
Elon Musk’s grand plan for Twitter — that is, what he hopes to create beyond a “town square” for posting and messaging — is starting to take shape. And that...
NPR suspending Twitter use over “government-funded” label
NPR on Wednesday said it would stop using Twitter until the tech giant removes a new “government-funded” label that was added to its account last week without explanation.Why it matters: NPR is the second major news organization to suspend the use of Twitter …
Twitter removes ‘US state-affiliated media’ label from NPR account
Twitter has removed a label that designated NPR as a “US state-affiliated” media outlet mere days after first applying the label earlier this week. As of Saturday, the company now lists the public broadcaster as a “government funded” organization. NPR tech reporter Bobby Allyn was the first to report on the change...
Twitter Blue subscribers will see ads outside timelines, despite Musk’s promise to cut ads in half
Remember when Elon Musk promised Twitter Blue users would see half the ads? Well, now that the feature has gone live, the fine print tells a different story. The perk doesn’t actually seem to remove half the ads. Basic Blue will have half the number of ads...
Twitter Temporarily Restricts Marjorie Taylor Greene After She Tweets About ‘Trans Day Of Vengeance’
Updated Mar 29, 2023, 06:33am EDT Topline Twitter restricted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) Congressional account for seven days after she repeatedly shared an image referring to a “Trans Day of Vengeance,” she tweeted, a move that comes after many right-wing lawmakers have attempted to draw attention to the gender identity of the suspect who
Elon Musk’s new Twitter verification system helped pro-Kremlin voices spread misleading claims after the Ohio train disaster
The posts preyed on concerns about health and compared the response to the derailment with America's support for Ukraine...
Twitter plans to charge business accounts $1,000 a month for gold badges, says report | Social Media News
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NCAA New Eligibility Rules and When To Get Concerned with Alabama Recruiting on The Joe Gaither Show
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