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Reporter Paul Sperry is threatening legal action against Adam Schiff after theTwitter Files revealed Schiff's staff asked Twitter to ban Sperry ...

According to the rumor, the feature has been in development over the last year.Updated: Jan 10, 2023 7:37 pmPosted: Jan 10, 2023 7:37 pmTwitter could be working on its own version of Reddit awards, according to a prominent social media leaker.The rumor comes from Jane Manchun Wong, a security researcher who was recognized by Forbes last year for, "uncovering previously announced features on apps like Twitter, Instagram and Facebook through her intensive digital detective work." Earlier this month, Wong tweeted what appears to be a Twitter screenshot of the unreleased Twitter Awards feature. Here’s the list of Twitter Awards: https://t.co/PpgHebBWD6 pic.twitter.com/BePDVAkzhy— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) January 5, 2023 The rumored feature looks very similar to Reddit's own awards system. On Reddit, users can award posts or comments they like by using Reddit Coins. In the image in Wong's Tweet, you can see what appears to be Twitter's version of Reddit Coins, represented by a gold coin with the Twitter logo. The listed awards appear to be a combination of Reactions and Medals, to borrow Reddit terminology. The list of Twitter Awards shown includes Mind Blown, Bravo, Super Like, Helpful, Bullseye, Hilarious, Gem, Crown, Rose, Bronze, Silver, and Gold. Wong says

Pfizer board member leaned on Twitter to censor tweets which argued against vaccine passports and claimed natural immunity was stronger than the shot, latest Twitter files dump revealsControversial reporter Alex Berenson made the claim in the latest Twitter FilesFormer FDA head Scott Gottlieb wanted to quash a tweet critical of Pfizer shotsBerenson notes that Gottlieb, a Pfizer stakeholder, did so for financial benefit  By Cassidy Morrison Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 18:38 EST, 9 January 2023 | Updated: 18:54 EST, 9 January 2023 Pfizer board member and former FDA head Scott Gottlieb used his influence to pressure Twitter to flag a tweet that cast doubt on Covid-19 vaccines, the latest batch of 'Twitter files' show.Documents leaked to controversial reporter Alex Berenson allege that Dr Scott Gottlieb leaned on the social media company to obscure a relatively innocuous post that cast doubt about the Pfizer vaccine's effectiveness and suggested natural immunity was more effective.The tweet - made by a former Government health official - was subsequently slapped with a 'Misleading' label, despite the debate around immunity still dividing scientists to this day.The revelations are part of the Twitter files, a cache of internal documents and correspondences that have recently been made

TCU Georgia hopped out to a 38-7 lead on TCU at halftime, and Twitter trends started to get turn sour on the Horned Frogs. DALLAS — The National Championship got ugly in the first half.  Georgia dominated every aspect of the game against TCU, leaping out to a 38-7 lead on the Horned Frogs at halftime. As a result, people watching the game took to the Internet and started "Dawg-ing" on the Horned Frogs "Damn TCU" became one of the top Twitter trends at halftime, with people tweeting out varying levels of savage TCU trash talk. Here's a look at a few of the responses: Here’s a recap of what Georgia has done to TCU in the first half of the #CollegeFootballPlayoff Damn TCU pic.twitter.com/v4G8ZW4QNe— JSWilliams1962 (@jswtreeman) January 10, 2023 Damn TCU now I know how Ivory felt pic.twitter.com/lexiDC2YWE— Prince (@PrinceHndrxx) January 10, 2023 Damn TCU pic.twitter.com/llx3h4Nmfn— January 5th🍊 (@FamousCharles3) January 10, 2023 Damn TCU 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/zK0y4kD5P4— Antoine Kates 🤷🏾‍♂️ (@iRep_757) January 10, 2023 Get the latest TCU coverage at wfaa.com/tcu. More Texas headlines: 

We all know how this game could have gone for the Seattle Seahawks. From the start, it had the look of a collapse like we have seen before at the hands of the LA Rams. But here came Quandre Diggs: Quandre Diggs says that on his pick, he felt like he was 25 years old again. Diggs added on to that and says, the interception recorded today is now his favorite interception.— hawksfootball_12 (@12Hawksfootball) January 9, 2023 I know it’s still up to the lions to win for the @Seahawks to get in the playoffs BUT… This tweet is for everyone that thought I was crazy when I said they would win at least 8 games.. Btw. Haven’t heard from any of those people since week 4.. No matter what, well Done!!— Sidney Rice (@sidneyrice) January 9, 2023 Damn that was a nice ball! let’s go!— Lofa Tatupu (@LofaTatupu51) January 8, 2023 Fuck you Seahawks,Now let's get your garbage team into the playoffs.— Pride of Detroit (@PrideOfDetroit) January 9, 2023 Before the picks, the game had all the basic ingredients: Mistakes... Poor blocking... That interior blocking is awful! ‍♀️ — Anne (@Anne_Lovinglife) January 9, 2023 Questionable playcalling... 16-16. Waldron just

Elon Musk. Photo / Herald montage, AP, Getty ImagesElon Musk has announced one of – if not the most – well-known characteristics of Twitter will change next month.One of the biggest changes to the “microblogging” social media platform in its history was when its famous 140 character limit was doubled to 280 characters under former chief executive Jack Dorsey in 2017.Now, Musk has revealed he is going to allow users to tweet a whopping 4000 characters – more than 14 times the current limit – in a matter of weeks.As with most company announcements since the tech tycoon took over the social network in late October, the change was announced in a tweet on Sunday.“Easy swipe right/left to move between recommended vs followed tweets rolls out later this week. First part of a much larger UI overhaul. Bookmark button (de facto silent like) on Tweet details rolls out a week later. Long form tweets early Feb,” he wrote.The brief yet significant announcement was 243 characters, which unsurprisingly led to many questions, including just how long the long-form tweets would be.In December, a user tweeted Musk to ask if it was true that Twitter was set to increase the character limit

Home / Companies / News /  Twitter layoffs: Dozen of staff fired in Dublin, Singapore 2 min read . Updated: 08 Jan 2023, 07:00 AM IST Livemint Premium Layoffs at Twitter Inc continues (AFP) Since taking over the company, Elon Musk has overseen the firings or departures of roughly 5,000 of Twitter’s 7,500 employees Twitter Inc has fired a dozen of staff in the trust and safety team handling global content moderation and in the unit related to hate speech and harassment, Bloomberg news agency reported. The Elon Musk-led company laid off workers in Dublin and Singapore offices in January. As per Bloomberg's report, the affected staff include Nur Azhar Bin Ayob, the head of site integrity for Twitter’s Asia-Pacific region, a relatively recent hire; and Analuisa Dominguez, Twitter’s senior director of revenue policy. Workers on teams handling policy on misinformation, global appeals and state media on the platform were also eliminated, the report added. Ella Irwin, Twitter’s head of trust and safety confirmed the agency that several members of the teams were fired. She said Twitter did eliminate roles in areas of the company that didn’t get enough “volume" to justify continued support. But she said that Twitter had

After two months of waiting, laid off Twitter employees got severance agreements from Elon Musk. The process for accessing the agreements was so odd, many workers feared a phishing attempt. Some affected workers say they will not sign because of how much they are being asked to give up. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. Hundreds of Twitter employees who were part of Elon Musk's first round of layoffs just got severance paperwork after waiting for two months. Now they must decide whether to sign or join lawsuits against the company and its billionaire owner.In the early hours of Saturday, the former Twitter employees laid off on Nov. 4 received a message from "twitterseparation@cptgroup.com," an email not associated with any internal department at the company, several people familiar with the situation told Insider.The email was designated as "spam" for most people who received it. After digging it out of spam folders, the message directed people to a website operated by CPT Group for access to the full separation agreement."As you know, we've had to reduce our global workforce to ensure the company's success moving forward

BERLIN, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Germany's digital minister recently met Elon Musk to clarify what Berlin expects from Twitter, especially in fighting disinformation, since the Tesla founder took over the social media firm, the digital ministry said on Friday.Digital and Transport Minister Volker Wissing, who was in California at the start of 2023, told Musk that Germany expects Twitter to voluntarily comply with commitments to fight disinformation, a spokesperson for the ministry said.Wissing also told Musk he expects Twitter to adhere in future to the Digital Services Act, agreed by the European Union's 27 member states and lawmakers in April 2022, which requires online platforms to do more to police the internet for illegal content."There was a very open and long talk," the spokesperson said in a statement, adding that Musk made reassurances to Wissing.The German government will continue to critically observe the situation at Twitter, added the spokesperson, who would not comment in detail about individual statements by Musk.Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Reporting by Miranda Murray, Editing by William MacleanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Birdwatching — Germany will continue "critically" monitoring Twitter for disinformation. Ashley Belanger - Jan 6, 2023 8:28 pm UTC Twitter CEO Elon Musk continues to deal with intense scrutiny of how his social media platform will fight disinformation with its reduced staff. Early in 2023, Musk met with Germany's digital minister, Volker Wissing, in California to discuss whether Twitter would “voluntarily comply” with an agreement Twitter previously made with the European Commission to combat disinformation. A ministry spokesperson described the meeting as “a very open and long talk” that ended with Musk assuring Wissing that Twitter wouldn’t back down from the disinformation fight. Politico reported in December that part of Twitter’s agreement with the commission involves preventing users from profiting from misinformation, labeling political ads, and making data available to researchers. Ars could not immediately reach Twitter for comment. A ministry spokesperson told Ars that "in his talks with Elon Musk, Federal Minister Wissing made it clear, among other things, that Germany expects the existing voluntary commitments against disinformation and the rules of the Digital Services Act to be observed in the future." The DSA was implemented in November, designed to “ensure that the online environment remains a safe space,”