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Musk says Twitter applies temporary limit to address data scraping, system manipulation

2Jul

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Musk says Twitter applies temporary limit to address data scraping, system manipulation

[ad_1] Twitter has applied temporary reading limits to address "extreme levels" of data scraping and system manipulation, Elon Musk said in a post on the social media platform on Saturday.Verified accounts are temporarily limited to reading 6,000 posts a day, Musk said, adding that the unverified accounts and new unverified accounts are limited to reading 600 posts a day and 300 posts per day respectively. That comes after Twitter had announced that it will require users to have an account on the social media platform to view tweets, a move that Musk on Friday called a "temporary emergency measure." Musk had said that hundreds of organizations or more were scraping Twitter data "extremely aggressively", impacting user experience.Musk had earlier expressed displeasure with artificial int...

Twitter Blocks People From Seeing Tweets Unless Registered

1Jul

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Twitter Blocks People From Seeing Tweets Unless Registered

[ad_1] Twitter is blocking people from viewing tweets and profiles on its website unless they are signed in to the social media site — a move that owner Elon Musk said is “temporary.”When an unregistered user tries to view a tweet, the site prompts them to log in or sign up for a Twitter account. As of Friday, users could still see tweets that appeared in Google searches or were embedded in other sites. Musk tweeted that it is a “temporary emergency measure,” to ward off people scraping the site for tweet data. “We were getting data pillaged so much that it was degrading service for normal users!” Twitter has long relied on the accessibility of its tweets around the web to drive interest in the site — for instance, through users sending tweets to friends or contacts who don't have accou...

Twitter violated laws between 2020-22: Amit Malviya

13Jun

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Twitter violated laws between 2020-22: Amit Malviya

[ad_1] The BJP's IT department head Amit Malviya came down heavily on former Twitter chief executive officer Jack Dorsey, saying the social media company was in violation of laws between 2020-2022 when he was at the helm of affairs.Malviya's counter offensive through a Twitter post after Dorsey claimed the Indian government threatened raids on employees and shutdown if the company did not take down posts critical of the government during the farmers protest against three new laws in 2020 and 2021. Malviya said that Under Dorsey the firm had turned "rogue, disregarding laws of the sovereigns they operated in, muzzling freedom of speech (shadow banning ideologically differing voices) and in many cases promoting secessionist voices and those who were working to exacerbate social fault li...

For His Next Trick, Musk Should Take Twitter Public

5Jun

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For His Next Trick, Musk Should Take Twitter Public

[ad_1] Even by Elon Musk's own accounting methods, taking Twitter private has been a disaster. Worth somewhere between half and one-third of the $44 billion he paid for it only seven months ago, the social media platform has become a case study of value destruction. There is an easy fix: Musk should take Twitter public now. The idea defies traditional logic, of course. In the ordinary world, a primary reason for taking a company private is to improve its operations and profitability before returning it to shareholders. Musk's world is not ordinary. He has fired more than 80% of Twitter's workforce, and it shows. Advertisers have fled in droves. He just hired a new CEO. Even putting aside the torching of several billion dollars, the glitchy vibe and a mission that could at best be summ...

Twitter ‘chose confrontation’ on EU disinformation code

5Jun

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Twitter ‘chose confrontation’ on EU disinformation code

[ad_1] Twitter "chose confrontation" by exiting a voluntary EU disinformation code of practice that lays ground rules for an incoming European law on digital services, a European Union commissioner said Monday."We believe this is a mistake of Twitter. Twitter has chosen the hard way. They chose confrontation," commissioner Vera Jourova told journalists. She said Twitter's compliance with the new Digital Services Act (DSA) entering force on August 25 "will be scrutinised... vigorously and urgently". The European Commission announced May 27 that Twitter had decided to leave the code of practice, to which other major online platforms such as Google, Microsoft and TikTok continue to adhere.The voluntary pact, which was launched in 2018 and strengthened last year with input from industry pla...

Mark Zuckerberg May Have Better Luck With Elon Musk’s ‘Blue Tick’

22Feb

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Mark Zuckerberg May Have Better Luck With Elon Musk’s ‘Blue Tick’

[ad_1] Three months ago, Elon Musk announced an $11 monthly subscription service to give Twitter users a blue verification check mark. On Sunday, Meta Platforms Inc. announced largely the same thing: a $15 subscription service(1) for users to get a blue verified badge,(2) so long as they provide a government-issued ID. Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg is a shameless copycat. He cloned Snapchat's Stories feature (even calling it “Facebook Stories”), launched a copy of TikTok called Reels and imitated the live video app Periscope with Facebook Live. The strategy works. Many of these clones, like Stories and Reels, take off successfully on Instagram. This will likely be the case with Zuckerberg's new subscription service, even though at first glance it looks incredibly ...

Zomato Shares Funny Tweet About Elon Musk’s Blue Tick Policy, Amul Too Joins In

4Nov

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Zomato Shares Funny Tweet About Elon Musk’s Blue Tick Policy, Amul Too Joins In

[ad_1] The headquarters of the popular micro-blogging platform Twitter has witnessed a slew of changes in the recent past. Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk took over the company as 'Chief Twit' after a $44 billion deal. And then, much to everyone's surprise, he announced that now the verified badge or 'blue tick' would be available for everyone but at a cost. According to Elon Musk's tweet, a sum of $8 would have to be paid every month in order to receive the elusive blue tick badge on your profile. And needless to say, Twitter had mixed responses to this news! Popular food delivery application Zomato too took to the platform to make a hilarious plea to Elon Musk. Take a look:ok elon, how about $8 with 60% off up to $5?— zomato (@zomato) November 3, 2022(Also Read: Zomato Suspends 'Pr...

Shocking! Elon Musk calls Twitter Blue tick system Bullshit, but prices it at $8pm

2Nov

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Shocking! Elon Musk calls Twitter Blue tick system Bullshit, but prices it at $8pm

[ad_1] Elon Musk has revealed that the Twitter blue tick verification badge on the platform will cost $8 per month. After days of speculations on whether the blue tick verification badge, a system developed by Twitter to distinguish influential people from fake accounts and pretenders, would become chargeable or not, the Twitter CEO has revealed his plans in a series of tweets confirming that the badge will indeed come at a monthly subscription fee. Some earlier reports had suggested the price to keep the blue tick in future might be as high as $20 (roughly Rs. 1600), Musk has confirmed that it will be kept at a lesser $8 (around Rs. 660). The announcement was received by the netizens with a generally negative reaction, with many stating that this move harms the creators for the platf...