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A Twitter employee and top exec who went viral last November after being pictured sleeping in the floor of the company’s offices amid the early days of Elon Musk’s takeover has been fired, according to multiple reports. Esther Crawford, Twitter’s Director of Product Management who also led the Twitter Payments division, was first reported by Platformer’s Zoë […]
Ice-T came to the defense of his wife Coco Austin after someone on Twitter criticized the dress she wore at the Grammys earlier this month. Maureen McCall posted a tweet last week where she complimented Adele for looking “fabulous” at the Grammys before describing her as “classy” when the singer was “heavier.” McCall then took aim at Coco […]
In a tweet shared on Friday, Elon Musk confirmed his plans to get rid of blue checkmarks for “legacy verified” accounts. When a Twitter user tweeted at Musk to suggest that the verification checkmarks on the platform have “become a joke” now that anyone can get them by subscribing to Twitter Blue, Musk responded and […]
Trump’s single-term administration allegedly asked Twitter to censor outspoken critic Chrissy Teigen. According to New York magazine, the revelation came during a Wednesday congressional hearing about Twitter’s handling of the Hunter Biden laptop story. During her testimony, former Twitter employee Anika Collier Navaroli was pressed about an online dispute between then-President Donald Trump and Teigen. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) pointed to […]
Doja Cat enjoys goading idiots, as we all should. In a series of tweets this week, Doja pointed specifically to those who adhere to brainless illuminati conspiracy theories and constantly try to make nonexistent connections between and among various celebrities. “[P]laying with people’s ignorance and stupidity for my own happiness and personal gain >,” she […]
Elon Musk is offering more incentives for Twitter Blue sign-ups. The billionaire tech mogul announced on Friday that the platform would start sharing ad revenue with eligible users. Musk said those who are subscribed to Twitter Blue Verified will receive a cut of the revenue from ads that appear in their reply threads, but failed to provide […]
Netflix is feeling the sting of a poorly aged tweet. In 2022, the Wall Street Journal reported that the streaming giant intended to updates its U.S. policy on password sharing in an effort to generate more profits. The company confirmed it was moving forward with those plans in a letter to shareholders earlier this month, stating […]
The U.S. Surgeon General is cautioning against the use of social media by those 13 years of age and younger. During an appearance on CNN over the weekend, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy outlined what he said were his two main concerns about social media usage. “I worry that right now, if you look at the guidelines from the […]
Meta is preparing to reinstate Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts. The tech giant announced the move in a news post Wednesday, more than two years after the former president was unceremoniously kicked off the platforms. The suspension was handed down in wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, which were fueled by Trump’s baseless claims that the 2020 presidential election had been […]
A new report by Forbes has shed more light on how videos go viral on TikTok, with employees of the company revealing they have the power to manually boost clips to give them a wider reach on the platform. According to six current and former employees of TikTok and its parent company ByteDance, a feature referred to internally […]
