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Update, 6:30PM ET: The retweet labels are back on the web (it may take clearing your browser cache along with a refresh to see them again, which you can do in Chrome by pressing the Shift button plus clicking refresh). Twitter PR did not comment on the labels’ disappearance or their return. The original article follows below.Looks like it’s going to be another normal week on the bird site: people’s “Following” timelines are seemingly being flooded with unlabeled retweets from people they don’t follow, and a lot of people are seeing a Doge icon where the company’s bird logo used to be.Regarding the first one, no, your Following timeline isn’t suddenly being run by the algorithm behind the “For You” one. Twitter has simply stopped labeling retweets. Previously, when someone you followed retweeted something, the tweet would have a note above it saying who was responsible for it showing up on your timeline. Now, that label seems to have vanished on the web, so the tweets look exactly like the ones from the people you follow. The retweet label is MIA on the timeline, but it’s there when you click on a tweet.If you click into the tweet, the retweet

Twitter removed the “verified” badge from the New York Times’ main account on Sunday, a move that billionaire owner Elon Musk pushed for overnight after learning that the news organization would not pay for its Twitter Blue service.The move continues Musk’s years-long grudge against U.S. journalists who have reported critically on him, and it will raise the risks of impersonation. It also contradicts an internal plan, first reported by the Times on Thursday, to keep the badges on for the 10,000 most-followed organizations, regardless of whether they paid.Twitter had said that it would begin winding down its traditional verification program starting Saturday, removing the blue check mark icons it had for years applied to the accounts of verified companies, journalists and public figures.In its place, Twitter is implementing a pay-for-play system that would give the badge to anyone who pays for it — money the company desperately needs to make up for its plunging advertising revenue and billions of dollars in debt. Twitter Blue will cost users about $8 a month, while businesses wanting verification will be charged $1,000 a month.By Sunday morning, the Times — Twitter’s 24th-most-followed account, with more than 54 million followers — was one of only

New York CNN  —  Elon Musk’s record on delivering on the deluge of pledges he has made as “chief Twit” is less than ideal. In fact, it’s downright abysmal. It was just about a year ago that it was revealed the capricious billionaire had become Twitter’s largest shareholder. Weeks after that disclosure, Musk said that he would take the company private with a $44 billion purchase. Since then, Musk has made a number of wild changes and promises pertaining to Twitter. Some of those promises have pertained to shiny new features that would supposedly roll out on the website. Others have pertained to how he will govern the platform. And still other promises have been to his employees. A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. Under Musk’s erratic ownership, the platform has seen its fortunes rapidly melt away. Advertisers have fled en masse, the site has suffered significant outages, hate speech has thrived, and thousands of employees have been forced to leave the company. In typical Musk fashion, he has made so many commitments that it can be difficult to keep track of

Twitter has finally confirmed some of the details and pricing for the new version of its API. The company had previously delayed the changes after confirming that it was banning third-party clients as part of a larger shakeup of its developer features. As expected, the company is maintaining a free tier with limited functionality, though it offers far less than its predecessor. Under the new free tier, which is aimed at bots and other “testing” purposes, accounts can post up to 1,500 tweets a month, but won’t be able to access any other featuires. That may offer a lifeline to some of Twitter’s famed bot accounts, but at about 50 tweets a day, may prove to be too limited for those that post more frequently. At $100 a month, the new “basic” tier offers a bit more: developers can post up to 3,000 tweets a month at the user level and up to 50,000 a month at the app level. It also offers a read limit of 10,000 tweets a month, which, again, is far less than what was previously offered. Twitter Meanwhile, an enterprise tier is meant for businesses that need a higher level of access, though details for

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s congressional Twitter account was suspended Tuesday after apparently being swept up in a platform-wide crackdown on posts referencing a so-called “Trans Day Of Vengeance” protest in the wake of a Nashville school shooting carried out by a transgender former student. The far-right lawmaker shared a screenshot from her personal Twitter account, which remains active, showing that her government account was hit with a seven-day ban for violating Twitter’s rules on “violent speech.” In the offending tweet, Greene (R-Ga.) shared an image of a poster promoting an April 1 protest organized by group called Our Rights DC that seeks to “Stop Trans Genocide.”  The Georgia Republican accused Twitter of trying to “whitewash” violence promoted by far-left groups on social media. “In the wake of a transgender shooter targeting a Christian school and murdering kids, every American should know the threat of Antifa-driven trans-terrorism. Twitter should not whitewash the incitement of politically motivated violence,” Greene wrote in a tweet Tuesday.  Twitter slapped Greene with a seven-day ban on posting tweets and retweeting on Tuesday.AFP via Getty Images “Restore my account immediately,” Greene demanded in another tweet, tagging Twitter CEO Elon Musk and head of Trust and Safety Ella

CEO Elon Musk also explained in his tweet that those wanting to vote in online Twitter polls would also need verification for the same reason. Published: MARCH 29, 2023 00:24 Updated: MARCH 29, 2023 09:57 ELON MUSK’S Twitter profile is seen on a smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos in this picture illustration. (photo credit: DADO RUVIC/REUTERS) Twitter CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday that only verified accounts would be able to appear in the "For You" recommendations on Twitter."Starting April 15, only verified accounts will be eligible to be in For You recommendations," Musk wrote on Twitter. "This is the only realistic way to address advanced AI bot swarms taking over. It is otherwise a hopeless losing battle.""This is the only realistic way to address advanced AI bot swarms taking over. It is otherwise a hopeless losing battle."Elon MuskMusk, the billionaire entrepreneur who purchased Twitter for $44 billion back in 2022, also explained in his tweet that those wanting to vote in online Twitter polls would also need verification for the same reason.Starting April 15th, only verified accounts will be eligible to be in For You recommendations.The is the only realistic way to address advanced AI bot swarms taking

Twitter may be worth half of what Elon Musk paid for it, a sign that the social platform's legal struggles could be taking a toll. Key Takeaways Elon Musk has said Twitter can be profitable as early as the second quarter.In a leaked memo, Musk said the company was worth $20 billion.The company is facing costly legal battles as former employees, vendors, and regulators.Regulators in the U.S. and European Union are also unhappy with the social media firm's practices. Musk claims Twitter can be profitable by the second quarter after he made sweeping changes to the company after he purchased it last year for $44 billion. However, the Tesla (TSLA) founder said the company is likely worth half that figure, in a memo reviewed by the Wall Street Journal Sunday. Twitter is facing headwinds from advertisers as they pull back in an uncertain economy, dragging down the company's valuation. Changes made under Musk's guidance have also shaken the confidence of users across the platform, causing some to defect to other social media sites. The company is also bogged down by costly legal battles across multiple countries on topics ranging from unpaid rent to labor disputes. But the larger fight looming

After months of delay, Twitter owner Elon Musk is promising that Saturday is the deadline for people to pony up or lose their legacy status.Published On 28 Mar 202328 Mar 2023William Shatner, Monica Lewinsky and other prolific Twitter commentators — some household names, others little-known journalists — could soon be losing the blue check marks that helped verify their identity on the social media platform. They could get the marks back by paying up to $11 a month. But some longtime users, including 92-year-old Star Trek legend Shatner, have baulked at buying the premium service championed by Twitter’s billionaire owner and chief executive Elon Musk. After months of delay, Musk is gleefully promising that Saturday is the deadline for celebrities, journalists and others who had been verified for free to pony up or lose their legacy status. “It will be glorious,” he tweeted on Monday, in response to a Twitter user who noted that Saturday is also April Fools’ Day. After buying Twitter for $44bn in October, Musk has been trying to boost the struggling platform’s revenue by pushing more people to pay for a premium subscription. But his move also reflects his assertion that the blue verification marks have

A sign at Twitter headquarters is shown in San Francisco, Dec. 8, 2022. | AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, FileDays after Elon Musk pledged to make Twitter's recommendation algorithm public, the social media giant found itself scrambling to take down source code leaked anonymously online.Twitter will open source all code used to recommend tweets on March 31st— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 17, 2023 The New York Times broke news of the leak on Sunday, saying Twitter sent a copyright infringement notice asking GitHub to purge the code an anonymous user posted to one of its forums. GitHub complied, according to the notice filed through the U.S. District Court in Twitter's hometown of San Francisco.Twitter also asked GitHub to disclose the source of the leak, according to the Times. Save for the poop emoji auto-reply sent to all press requests as part of the company's media blackout since Musk took the helm, Twitter has yet to respond to The Standard or any outlet seeking comment.GitHub said that while it normally doesn't elaborate on why it removes content, it made Twitter's takedown request public "in the interest of transparency."The Standard Staff can be reached at

Parts of the crucial computer code that keeps Twitter up and running were leaked online, the Elon Musk-led company said in a legal filing Friday. The leak came to light after the social media company took legal action to have the information about the code taken off GitHub, an online platform for software development, according to the New York Times. GitHub agreed to immediately remove the content after Twitter sent over a copyright infringement notice, though it’s unclear how long the code was online. The Times reported it appeared to have been public for several months. One concern tied to the leak is the code includes security vulnerabilities that would give hackers the chance to steal user data or take down the site, two people briefed on an internal probe Twitter is conducting told the Times. Twitter also asked a federal court to force GitHub to reveal who shared the code and to identify any other people who downloaded it, according to the filing. The internal probe into the leak determined that whoever published the code left the company last year as executives handling the investigation were only recently made aware of the leak, two people briefed on the investigation