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City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov is being sued by a constituent who alleges she broke the law by blocking her on Twitter — a case with striking similarities to a successful lawsuit brought against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a few years ago.Vernikov, a Republican from southern Brooklyn, is accused in the suit filed Monday of blocking Anzhela Pinkhasov from viewing or replying to any tweets posted or reposted by the Council member on her official Twitter profile.Pinkhasov, who describes herself as a “vocal” Vernikov critic and constituent of her Brighton Beach-based 48th Council District, charges in Brooklyn Federal Court papers that the GOP politician in blocking her is violating the First Amendment “because it imposes a viewpoint-based restriction” on her “participation in a public forum.” She’s asking a judge to rule Vernikov’s action unconstitutional and order that she be unblocked.Inna Vernikov Vernikov did not immediately return a request for comment Tuesday.Noting that Vernikov is a licensed attorney, Pinkashov’s suit states that the lawmaker “apparently did not do her legal research when deciding to take her unlawful actions.”“The practice of an elected official blocking constituents has already been litigated with regard to President Donald J. Trump and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who blocked individuals

Copyright &copy HT Digital Streams Limited All Rights Reserved. Home/ News / World/  Elon Musk says Twitter to remove accounts with ‘no activity for several years’ Elon Musk on Monday announced that Twitter is canceling accounts that haven't been used for a long time. He further added that users on the micro-blogging platform could see a drop in follower count. Pondering upon a new move, in a tweet, he wrote, “We're purging accounts that have had no activity at all for several years, so you will probably see followers count drop." We’re purging accounts that have had no activity at all for several years, so you will probably see follower count drop— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 8, 2023 Musk-mandated changes at Twitter from slashing staff to doing away with free verification check marks seen as stamps of authenticity have alienated users and advertisers. The blue tick served as a way of protecting well-known individuals from impersonation and tackling false information. Also Read: Elon Musk’s Goal for Twitter: ‘Unregretted User-Minutes’"On April 1st, we will begin winding down our legacy verified program and removing legacy verified checkmarks. To keep your blue checkmark on Twitter, individuals can sign up for Twitter Blue," Twitter

The legendary investor was asked about Elon Musk at Berkshire Hathaway's shareholders meetingWarren Buffett, billionaire investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, heaped praises on Tesla CEO Elon Musk at the company's annual shareholder meeting on Saturday. ''Elon is a brilliant, brilliant guy. He dreams about things, and his dreams have got a foundation, '' the 92-year-old CEO said, as reported by Fortune. Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman Charlie Munger reiterated the same, and went on to say that Musk is "very talented." When he was asked if he overestimates himself, Mr Munger replied, ''Well, yes, I think Elon Musk overestimates himself, but he is very talented. He would not have achieved what he has in life if he hadn't tried for unreasonably extreme objectives. He likes taking on the impossible job and doing it.''He added, ''We're different. Warren and I are looking for the easy job that we can identify.''Praising the Twitter CEO, Mr Buffett further said he and Munger are not seeking to compete with Musk in a lot of areas. Mr Munger agreed, saying, ''We don't want that much failure.''"There have been important things done by Elon already and it requires fanaticism … it's a dedication to solving the impossible and, every now and

Twitter Circle first debuting in August, 2022, just a few months before Elon Musk took over the platform. Photo: Koshiro K (Shutterstock)Elon Musk’s Twitter is circling the drain, though at least its Circle feature finally seems to be working properly. That’s important, because recently the feature was failing at keeping its supposedly private tweets private. In emails sent to users, the company finally admitted its system for allowing users to share tweets to a select group of followers had been borked, calling it a “security incident.”Twitter Verification is a Hot MessLast month, Circles users reported that their private tweets were somehow accessible by outsiders, even some non-followers. Users outside those circles were able to see and even like those tweets. The situation proved to be a problem, especially for users who shared some very sensitive or private information through their Circles. This led to some users being able to access some nude images not meant for people outside their group.In an email shared with Circles users, Twitter finally admitted that there were issues with Circles. The company said “this issue was identified by our security team and immediately fixed so that these tweets were no longer visible outside of your

May 07, 2023 04:24 PM IST A woman took to Twitter and requested people to remove a stranger from her picture. In the picture, she is holding up a placard featuring MS Dhoni. Have you ever had a photo that didn’t turn out how you wanted it to? Maybe someone photobombed you, or the lighting was all wrong. Well, in this era of technology, people either resort to editing such pictures or seek help from others to get the desired result. And this is exactly what this MS Dhoni fan did. She asked netizens to edit a stranger out of her photo. While many followed her instructions, others went above and beyond, creating hilarious edits. Twitter user Bhumika is holding up a placard. (Twitter/@thisisbhumika) Also Read: Viral 80-year-old Class 5 Commerce paper stumps the Internet“Can someone remove this guy in the background?” reads the caption of the picture shared on Twitter. The picture shared by Twitter user Bhumika shows her holding up a placard in the stands. The placard has MS Dhoni’s picture with words “Dhoni ki jhalak, sabse alag” written on it. It was this picture that she wanted people to edit. From superimposing MS Dhoni’s face onto her

Jack Dorsey encouraged the college student who tracks Elon Musk's private jet to keep on posting. He encouraged the student to post updates to Twitter rivals Bluesky and Nostr. The @ElonJet account got banned from Twitter after Musk took over. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey has doubled down on his explicit and implicit criticism of Elon Musk, encouraging the college student who tracks Elon Musk's private jet to keep posting on rival apps Bluesky and Nostr.Dorsey, who has given money to both platforms and sits on Bluesky's board, got into a brief exchange on Bluesky with college student Jack Sweeney Saturday about the jet-tracking account. The @ElonJet originally started on Twitter but was banned in December after Musk took over the site."What's ur take on ElonJet?" the college student asked Dorsey."Keep on keepin on," Dorsey responded, adding: "Send updates here and to nostr." Bluesky is a much-hyped Twitter-like app that is currently invite-only. It has more than 60,000 users, Insider previously reported, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Twitter comedy account Dril. The project originally started at Twitter while Dorsey served as CEO, but was

BERLIN, GERMANY DECEMBER 01: SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk poses on the red carpet of the ... Axel Springer Award 2020 on December 01, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Britta Pedersen-Pool/Getty Images)Getty Images A new report from Mashable’s Matt Binder says that more than half of Twitter Blue’s earlier subscribers are no longer subscribed at all. 54% of the 150,000 users who signed up when Elon’s new Twitter Blue launched in November are no longer subscribing. With advertising way, way down, Musk’s plan has always been to drive up subscriptions, mainly with the draw of a verified “blue check” that is for say for $8-11 a month, which he took away from everyone who had it for free, verified under the old system. That’s except for celebrities and public figures with over a million followers, where he’s just giving it to them to ensure there remains some appearance of validity to the system. Now, a user has suggested that Musk should open up Twitter Blue to allow for gifted subscriptions, to which he replied “Ok.” A short statement, perhaps, but one that does seem somewhat inevitable. If you can’t get people to sign up on their

King Charles III's coronation has finally arrived. This morning, the United Kingdom's new sovereign was crowned next to his wife, Queen Camilla, in a momentous ceremony at Westminster Abbey. Royal watchers followed along with the opulent proceedings, filling Twitter with memes featuring the royal family and notable guests from the whole affair.The Wales family were favorites among the guests, as Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales, were seated front row, alongside their two youngest children, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. While Prince George was occupied serving as a king's page for the ceremony, Charlotte kept her younger brother occupied, as Louis's funny expressions and occasional yawns stole the show. Eyes were also on Prince Harry, who attended the big event solo.Viewers also had fun noting the little details of the ceremony's rituals and regalia, as well as the roles played by different participants. One standout was Penny Mordaunt, Lord President of the Council, who led the procession into the abbey while carrying a towering, gilded ornamental sword.More From Harper's BAZAAROne surprising source of meme material was Katy Perry, who attended the ceremony ahead of her performance at tomorrow's coronation concert. The pop star, who was dressed in a lovely

May 05, 2023 06:37 PM IST After a Twitter user called Kendall Jenner the 'prettiest', Aishwarya Rai fans shared her most stunning pics as evidence to the contrary. Aishwarya Rai fans replied en masse to a post after a Twitter user called Kendall Jenner the 'prettiest'.' The actor's fans bombarded the post with her most stunning pictures from her films and various events as evidence to the contrary. The photos spanned several years beginning from her early career until the most recent picture of Aishwarya from the grand launch opening of the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Center in March. (Also read: Alia Bhatt gets mistaken for Aishwarya Rai by New York paparazzi at Met Gala 2023, Reddit says ‘badla le rahe hai’) Aishwarya Rai fans responded to a Twitter user's post saying Kendall Jenner was the prettiest woman. The original post featured a Twitter user shared a photo of Kendall from a red carpet event with the caption, "I don’t know a prettier woman y’all please shut the f*ck up." With nearly 500,000 views, 177 retweets, and 3,152 Likes, the online discourse on who is the prettiest woman is already raging. Aishwarya fans began replying with her best pictures and

Twitter prevails in sex trafficking case. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has dismissed a lawsuit that accused Twitter of participating in a sex trafficking venture. The suit—which invoked the controversial 2018 Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA)—represented an important test case for how expansively FOSTA would be interpreted. The case was brought by two John Does and the group formerly known as Morality in Media, a conservative activist group that now goes by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE). At the crux of the case are sexually oriented videos that the Does took of themselves when they were young teens. The teens shared these videos, via Snapchat, with an adult posing as a teenager. This person did not keep them private and they wound up circulating online. Years later, someone tweeted links to a compilation of these videos that was hosted on another website. Twitter eventually removed the tweets linking to the video (though it took a little more than a week after one Doe first reported them and a nudge from someone at the Department of Homeland Security, according to the NCOSE complaint). I wrote about this case in detail back in 2021, noting