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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey did silent vipassana for 10 days: It’s almost impossible to follow his schedule in everyday life
A regular meditator, Dorsey went for a 10-day vipassana retreat to Myanmar for his birthday this year on 19 November
Debating political ads on social media is Facebook, Twitter's way to derail issue; what's needed is legislation, not bans
The advertising model and opaque ad-targeting of these platforms ends up undermining trust in political advertising itself.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey calls Facebook’s experiment to hide ‘likes’ a ‘great step’
Facebook is expanding its experiment of hiding ‘likes’ on Instagram posts to a small portion of the US.
Twitter accused of casteism after disabling Dilip Mandal's account; supporters hail #JaiBhimJaiPeriyar, demand #cancelallBlueTicksinIndia
The online protests and campaigns began after Twitter decided to abruptly disable the Twitter account of Dilip Mandal, a professor at Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication and a consulting editor at a news website.
Twitter posts poor revenue in Q3 2019 leading to 20% drop in share prices; CFO blames buggy ad platform
Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal said the company’s ad platform encountered bugs, or glitches, that hindered its ability to target ads and share data with partners.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says 'hell no' to joining Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency program
Dorsey says Libra is "not consistent with what I personally believe and what I want our company to stand for.”
Hacking of CEO Jack Dorsey's account prompts Twitter to disable 'tweet via SMS' feature
SIM swap fraud is a very simple exploit involving phishing and social engineering.
Facebook, Twitter not extended invitations to Trump's social media summit: Report
The summit hosted by Donald Trump, set for Thursday, is to address issues relevant to social media.
Chinese artist calls out Twitter for rejecting his #Tiananmen30 tank man emoji
Badiucao said the firm did not create a special emoji for the anniversary to avoid the wrath of Chinese authorities.
Twitter is researching if white supremacists should be banned from its platform
A lot of the researchers who the site spoke to have said that Twitter's actions are "too little, too late."
Donald Trump criticises social media companies after Facebook bans extremist figures
Trump said he would “monitor the censorship of AMERICAN CITIZENS on social media platforms.”
Twitter not using algorithms to ban white supremacist content to prevent flagging Republicans
Banning politicians would not really be a great idea as a trade-off for flagging all white supremacist content.
Twitter beats expectations with $787 million revenue as monthly users rise to 330 mn
Twitter said advertising demand in Q1 grew strongly, led by the US, where ad revenue rose by a quarter.
US President Donald Trump asks Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey about his lost follower count
The meeting followed Trump's comment that Twitter was biased against him without providing evidence.
Jack Dorsey sent out the first tweet 13 years ago today: Here's how to find yours
Here's a simple formula to put in Twitter's Advanced search to track back to your first ever tweet.
Steve Wozniak says Twitter's Dorsey better than Facebook's Zuckerberg at handling 'techlash'
The report states that Steve Wozniac has been critical of Zuckerberg in the past as well.
Parliamentary panel asks Twitter to address issues in 'real-time,' summons WhatsApp
Twitter asked to engage more with ECI, not to have any 'international interference' in the election polls
Facebook, WhatsApp summoned by parliamentary panel to discuss social media rights
Facebook-owned photo-sharing app Instagram has also been asked to appear before the panel on 6 March.
Twitter is testing a new profile preview feature to help users read threads easily
The new feature, a sort of 'profile preview' is to help people more accurately follow conversations.
Twitter vs Indian parliamentary panel: No one comes out looking good in this drama; it distracts us from real issues
Real issues with social media that urgently need addressing, as well as the threat of increased government surveillance that needs fighting, will now get lost in all the posturing.