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Report: Twitter employee may have spied on users for Saudis

Western intelligence officials notified Twitter that an employee had been co-opted by Saudi Arabia several years ago to spy on the accounts of users critical of the government, The New York Times reported on Saturday......»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralOct 21st, 2018

Parler appears to be experiencing an outage as users report issues accessing the social media platform

Users of the alternative social media site took to Twitter on Friday to report that the site wasn't working for them. Parler is appealing to users as a free-speech platform. OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP Parler appeared to be expe.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderJan 8th, 2021

Beware Twitter hack offering masks for sale

Twitter users report direct messages going out to their followers urging them to buy the masks. But Twitter itself says the site wasn't victim.....»»

Category: topSource: usatodayMar 24th, 2020

Authorities say two inside Twitter spied for Saudis

On Wednesday, the .....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsNov 7th, 2019

US: Saudis recruited Twitter workers to spy on users

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — U.S. prosecutors say the Saudi government recruited two Twitter employees to get personal account information of their critics. The complaint unsealed Wednesday in U.S. Distr.....»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralNov 6th, 2019

Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp And Twitter Users Report Major Problems

Update: Now Twitter users are re.....»»

Category: blogSource: zerohedgeJul 3rd, 2019

Snapchat employees spied on users with internal tool, report says

Multiple employees abused privileged access to user data, reports Motherboard......»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralMay 24th, 2019

Employees Of "Sexting-Central" Snapchat Spied On Users

Employees at social media giant Snap have been abusing internal tools for accessing user data in order to spy on Snapchat users, according to an investigative report by Motherboard, which interviewed multiple current and fo.....»»

Category: blogSource: zerohedgeMay 24th, 2019

User-Reported Twitter Violations Jumped 19%—but the Number of Accounts Punished Dropped

The company's latest transparency report shows that Twitter only punishes about 5% of accounts flagged by users for violating the .....»»

Category: europeSource: fortuneMay 10th, 2019

Twitter makes tweet-reporting feature more robust

Twitter has announced on its safety account that users will be able to give a more comprehensive review about the content they report and why. .....»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralMar 8th, 2019

Trump"s tweet overshadows a solid hiring spree

An uproar ensued over a tweet President Donald Trump sent out an hour before the official release of the often market-moving employment report, in which some worry the President tipped off Twitter users that a good jobs report was on the way......»»

Category: videoSource: reutersJun 1st, 2018

Twitter shares fall after report says account suspensions to cause user decline

Shares of Twitter Inc fell 9 percent on Monday after a report said the social media company had suspended more than 70 million fake accounts in May and June, which could lead to a decline of monthly active users in the second quarter......»»

Category: topSource: reutersJul 9th, 2018

The Pros And Cons From Twitter"s Q2 Earnings Report

Still spooked by Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR)’s sequential quarterly drop in monthly active users (MAU), investors sustained Friday’s earnings sell-off into Monda Latest Ratings .....»»

Category: blogSource: benzingaJul 30th, 2018

Twitter tests chronological-order button, will let users report fake accounts

Twitter Inc. moved to fix two longstanding user complaints Wednesday, announcing a way to report bots and fake accounts, and testing a button to easily show a user’s feed in chronological order......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchOct 31st, 2018

UK Think-Tank Blames Hatred Of Islam On Russian Twitter Trolls

UK Twitter users divided over Islam may have fallen victim to Russian trolls, according to a research group which analyzed over 9 million tweets.  A report released Thursday by the UK's cross-party D.....»»

Category: blogSource: zerohedgeNov 2nd, 2018

Saudis Call for Amazon Boycott Over Coverage of Khashoggi Murder in Jeff Bezos-Owned Washington Post

Using #BoycottAmazon, tweets accuse The Post of publishing lies and fake news. Saudi Arabian Twitter users have called for a boycott of Amazon due to Th.....»»

Category: europeSource: fortuneNov 5th, 2018

Social Skills: Are Decentralized Platforms the Future of Online Interactions?

Traditional social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, while still immensely popular, have lost users and have experienced changes in traffic patterns. In fact, according to an August 2018 SimilarWeb report, over the last two y.....»»

Category: realestateSource: rismediaFeb 14th, 2019

Who Saw This Coming? Elon Musk"s Starlink Projected To Rake In $6.6B Revenue This Year As Users Flock To Satellite Internet Service

The report, presented by Quilty Space analysts during a May 9 webinar, highlights Starlink's rapid growth over the past three years. read more.....»»

Category: blogSource: benzingaMay 10th, 2024

These are the kinds of San Francisco roads Tesla"s FSD had a hard time dealing with, report says

Teslas would hesitate while making left turns on two-way streets in San Francisco's Sunset District, a former Tesla employee told The.....»»

Category: dealsSource: nytMay 4th, 2024

Musk"s Boring Company screwed up a Las Vegas dig, causing a public transit system to shut down temporarily: report

"We put the public at risk for anybody who was on that monorail at that time," a former employee said. The Boring Company .....»»

Category: smallbizSource: nytApr 12th, 2024

Twitter to Limit Recommended Timeline to Verified Users 

Elon Musk’s Twitter appe.....»»

Category: topSource: redherringApr 10th, 2024