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Twitter says attackers 'manipulated a small number of employees', downloaded data from up to eight non-verified accounts
• 5 years agoHackers accessed Twitter’s internal systems to hijack some of the platform’s top voices including US presidential candidate Joe Biden, billionaire Elon Musk and former president Barack Obama
Silver Lake to invest $1 bn in Twitter; executive officer to join board: Here's all you need to know about PE firm
Fp Staff • 5 years agoA pioneer in technology investing, Silver Lake's portfolio of investments collectively generates more than $204 billion of revenue annually and employs more than 356,000 people globally
Twitter, Facebook dismantle China-based campaign to undermine HK protests
• 6 years agoTwitter suspended operations that appeared to be a coordinated state-backed effort originating in China.
Trump accuses Twitter of 'shadow banning' accounts of fellow Republicans
• 7 years agoTrump accused the company of targeting fellow Republicans with a practice dubbed “shadow banning".
Top Twitter users see substantial dip in followers after recent policy change
Ians • 7 years agoTwitter not counting as followers any accounts that have been locked because of suspected fraud.
Britain urges social media companies to build systems to detect and block violent militant messaging
• 7 years agoShe noted that she visited Silicon Valley companies, including Alphabet Inc’s Google and YouTube, Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc, earlier this year and called on them to do more to take down or block militant content.
Facebook to bring changes in managing political ads ahead of the next US elections
• 7 years agoDisclosures by Facebook, Twitter Inc, and Alphabet Inc’s Google that their products were battlegrounds for Russian election meddling last year have turned into a crisis for Silicon Valley.
Twitter may lay off 8 percent of its workforce this week
Fp Archives • 8 years agoTwitter Inc may cut 8 percent of its workforce or about 300 people, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing people it said were familiar with the matter.
Twitter has shut down 360,000 accounts for promoting violence and extremism
Fp Archives • 9 years agoTwitter Inc has shut down 360,000 accounts for threatening or promoting terrorist acts since the middle of 2015, the company said in a blog post.
Twitter denies rumours of shutting down in 2017 after #SaveTwitter hashtag goes viral
Fp Archives • 9 years agoTwitter Inc denied on Thursday rumors that the social media messaging service will be shutting down in 2017, denouncing the claim as groundless.