REUTERS - Twitter must disclose details on what it does to tackle hate speech online in France. The decision provides ammunition to campaigners elsewhere in Europe who want tougher controls to prevent the spread of racist and discriminatory content on Twitter and other social media platforms.
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Twitter Loses Online Hate Speech Court Battle in France
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Twitter Expands Misinformation Reporting Feature to More International Markets
TECH CRUNCH - Twitter is rolling out its misinformation reporting feature to more markets as its test expands. In addition to the U.S., Australia, and South Korea, where the feature had already gone live, Twitter is rolling out the reporting option to Brazil, Spain, and the Philippines. Since its debut, the company has received more ~3.7M user-submitted reports from the feature.
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Nigeria Lifts Ban on Twitter After 7 months
DW - Nigeria's government reversed its ban on Twitter. ~200M people could reconnect to the social networking site 7 months after authorities had blocked it. Twitter was blocked in Nigeria on Jun 4 as the government cited "the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria's corporate existence."
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Twitter Creates Monitoring Team to Prepare for Capitol Riot Anniversary
REUTERS - Ahead of the first anniversary of the storming of the U.S. Capitol, Twitter created a new team to review the social networking site for harmful content associated with the event. The company said the effort expanded upon its work to monitor the platform around major global events and added it would continue to monitor trending topics and search results for harmful content.
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Twitter Completes Sale of MoPub to AppLovin for $1.05B
TECH CRUNCH - Twitter has completed the sale of its mobile ad platform, MoPub, to the mobile game maker and marketing software provider AppLovin for $1.05B in cash. "With the sale of MoPub completed, we continue to concentrate our efforts on enhancing ads across our platform," said Bruce Falck, Twitter's GM of Revenue Products.
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TikTok Surpasses Snapchat and Twitter's User Numbers
ADVANCED TELEVISION - TikTok has surpassed Snapchat and Twitter in global user numbers, cementing itself as the No. 3 worldwide social platform behind Facebook and Instagram. There will be 755M monthly TikTok users in 2022. This number grew 59.8% in 2020 and will increase an additional 40.8% in 2021. While that growth will slow, it will remain high at 15.1% in 2022.
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Twitter Adds Auto-captions Feature for Videos
TECH CRUNCH - Twitter is rolling out auto-generat ed captions on videos. This feature will make videos more accessible for deaf and hard-of-hearing users. Auto captions will be available on the web, iOS, and Android in ~30 languages.
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Twitter Is Testing a TikTok Copycat Feature
TECH CRUNCH - Twitter is testing a feature that would turn its in-app explore page into a TikTok-like video feed, complete with even a "For You" tab. This feature is testing on both Android and iOS for users in certain countries who use Twitter in English.
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Twitter Acquires Quill, a Would-be Slack Rival
TECH CRUNCH - Twitter has acquired Quill, a business-focused messaging service meant to compete against the likes of Slack and keep people, well, more focused. Quill had raised ~$16M from backers. Quill's people will be joining Twitter's Experience organization to work on messaging tools, specifically Twitter direct messages.
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Twitter's New CEO Announces Major Reorganization of the Company
WASHINGTON POST - Twitter's new CEO, Parag Agrawal, announced a major reorganization of the company. The shake-up, meant to streamline the company's operations and accelerate its growth, will bring together employees previously divided by job function - such as engineering, design, and product development - on teams organized by what they're working on, such as consumer product, revenue, and core tech.
by Will Oremus & Elizabeth Dwoskin
See full article at Washington Post
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Twitter Co-founder Jack Dorsey Steps Down as CEO
BBC - Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is stepping down as CEO of the company. He will be replaced by the current CTO, Parag Agrawal. Agrawal joined Twitter in 2011 and has been the firm's head of technology since 2017.
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Twitter iOS Update Prevents Tweets From Disappearing While Being Read
TECH CRUNCH - Twitter is updating its iOS app to prevent tweets from disappearing while users are still reading them. The change comes as the social media giant recently updated its web platform to no longer automatically refresh timelines with new tweets. Twitter acknowledged that in the past, tweets would often disappear from view as users were reading them when their timeline would automatically refresh, creating a frustrating experience.
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Twitter Partners With S&P 500 on Stock Index That Crowdsources Public Opinion
CNET - Twitter partners with S&P Dow Jones Indices to give investors a broader view of opinions about companies they may be considering investing in. Through the Twitter API, S&P analyzes both bearish and bullish tweets in real-time to score the level of positive sentiment surrounding each company.
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Twitter Acquires Threader, an App That Compiles and Shares Threads
TECH CRUNCH - Twitter is acquiring Threader, an app that lets people compile Twitter threads and share their favorites. Threader co-founder Marie Denis will join Twitter's Longform team, working on features like Reader and similar products. Threader will shut down in 30 days as part of the acquisition, so if fans of the app want to retain the Threader reading experience, they'll have to join Twitter Blue.
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Twitter Expands Free Data Access for App Developers
REUTERS - Twitter will expand free access to the social networking site's data to help software developers create tools and products that could promote safer online conversations or curate content. Starting on Monday, developers can access data on up to 2M tweets per month through Twitter's API at no cost.
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