Twitter Users Can Now Monetize ‘Any Material’ – And Keep All Profits For 12 Months
According to a recent tweet by Elon Musk, Twitter users can now monetize “any material” and keep all profits for 12 months.
“Who The Hell Do You Think You Are” Former Twitter Execs Squirm During US Congressional Questioning
Congresswoman Lauren Boebert on February 09 lambasts at former Twitter executives Vijaya Gadde and Yoel Roth for collusion with FBI and shadow banning her own Twitter handle.
Here’s Twitter’s New Zero Tolerance Violent Speech Policy
Twitter has made changes to the violent speech policy and announced a new Zero Tolerance of violent speech policy.
Entire Twitter Files Explained
The Twitter Files, whose disclosures are part of Elon Musk’s promise to focus on the company’s transparency, are explained below.
Taliban Start Buying Blue Ticks On Twitter
The Taliban and its supporters have a massive presence on Twitter since the launch of the Twitter Blue service in December, as they began purchasing blue ticks on Twitter.
Twitter Considers Auctioning Off UserNames To Generate New Revenue After Elon Musk’s $44B Takeover
According to the New York Times, Twitter is considering auctioning off user names to generate new revenue after Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover, with a demand for so-called “OG” user names.
Meet Ella Irwin – Elon Musk’s New Twitter VP
The duties of Ella Irwin, the new Twitter VP appointed by Elon Musk as head of trust and safety, include reducing harmful content like hate speech, offering opinions on account suspensions and bans, and occasionally acting as the platform’s de facto spokesperson.
How The FBI Hacked Twitter
Twitter has been accused of collaborating with the FBI to censor users and spy on those who posed a threat to the Biden campaign. Court documents show that the social media company worked with the DOJ to intercept the communications of certain users and provided the FBI with access to personal data and behavior of its users. This is how the FBI hacked twitter.
Twitter Files: Why Twitter Let the Intelligence Community In
From the Twitter Files, a story about media, that also sketches the origins of Twitter’s surrender to the intelligence community:
The Twitter Files Explained (Wiki)
It’s January 4th, 2023, which means Twitter Files stories have been coming out for over a month. Because these are weedsy tales, and may be hard to follow if you haven’t from the beginning, I’ve written up capsule summaries of each of the threads by all of the Twitter Files reporters, and added links to the threads and accounts of each. At the end, in response to some readers (especially foreign ones) who’ve found some of the alphabet-soup government agency names confusing, I’ve included a brief glossary of terms to help as well.