Twitter changes label on NPR account
A controversial “state-affiliated” label affixed to NPR’s main Twitter account now claims the outlet is “government funded,” which is grossly misleading.
A controversial “state-affiliated” label affixed to NPR’s main Twitter account now claims the outlet is “government funded,” which is grossly misleading.
The affirmation came from Elon Musk himself in a series of e-mails sent to an NPR reporter.
Executives at NPR have criticized Twitter for adding a “state-affiliated media” label to the organization’s main account.
Twitter has restricted access to accounts of journalists, politicians and activists in India at the request of that country’s government
GitHub has been ordered to turn over information about an account where leaked Twitter source code appeared for weeks.
The data was posted to Microsoft’s GitHub repository, used to distribute open-source code. Twitter thinks a former employee may be responsible.
Twitter says it will remove blue badges from accounts that were verified under a legacy program next month.
Meta has launched a subscription feature that allows Facebook and Instagram users to be “verified” with a blue badge.
An update to Twitter’s API resulted in a bug that left some users unable to click on links or use the power platform TweetDeck.
A significant technical bug on Wednesday has left thousands of users unable to publish new tweets, send direct messages or use the power platform TweetDeck.