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Joseph James O’Connor, a 24-year-old British hacker who hacked into the Twitter accounts of Musk, Gates, and Biden, will be jailed for 5 years and pay $794,000 in damages. This was reported by Dev.ua with reference to TechCrunch. Joseph was sentenced by a federal court in New York. Prior to that, the Briton pleaded guilty […]
After the first screenshots of the so-called “Project Balcelona”, which is the name of a new text social network from Meta, were leaked to the Internet, we heard nothing more about it. Now journalists have published new images and said that the company is already attracting its first celebrities. One of Meta’s directors showed employees […]
After the Russians blew up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, Ukrainians launched an information campaign on Twitter – but as it turned out, the social network began to mark some posts with the “sensitive content” tag and hide their content. The account of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy was no exception. In Twitter’s settings, […]
Chinese and Russian media outlets can once again work without restrictions on Twitter. Elon Musk decided to lift the “sanctions” against them. In 2020, the social network began flagging media accounts controlled by governments. Publications that contained links to government websites were labeled “Stay Informed,” which reminded of editorial control by China and Russia. In […]
On Friday, Alphabet, the owner of YouTube, announced the lifting of restrictions on former US President Donald Trump’s channel after more than two years of blocking. This was reported by Reuters. Trump can now add videos to his YouTube account, which was blocked along with other social media platforms for calling for violence during the […]
Elon Musk continues to look for ways to make money on Twitter, and another one of them is aimed at companies and brands that will be forced to pay for the ‘golden tick’ – a mark that they recently received on the social network. If the owners of ‘gold’ badges refuse to pay $1000 per […]
Twitter has announced that its paid users can now upload 60-minute videos. These videos can be in 1080p resolution and must have a file size of up to 2 GB. This option is available when downloading from PC, iOS or Android still has previous limits. Prior to the innovation, users of paid Twitter Blue accounts […]
On December 13, Ukrainians cannot register on Twitter. All because of Elon Musk, who announced a “surprise for bots” the day before. What is the problem and how did it happen that subscribers of Ukrainian mobile operators cannot become part of the social network – read further in our material. What happened to Twitter On […]
Elon Musk’s “ultra-hardcore” vision for Twitter seems to have manifested itself in the dreary little conference room bedrooms at the company’s recently vacated headquarters, Forbes writes. Several rooms at Twitter’s headquarters have been converted into small sleeping quarters, according to multiple sources. Employees returning to work at the San Francisco office on Monday found modest […]
Elon Musk says the number of new Twitter users is at an “unprecedented high” in November, despite changes in moderation and a possible increase in “toxicity” on the network. Musk attributes the growth to his own efforts to stem user and advertiser churn. According to Musk, in the seven days to November 16, the number […]