Twitter Closes Accounts

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  Ubisoft Clarifies That It Won’t Delete Inactive Accounts With Purchased Games

  Ubisoft confirmed that it won’t be deleting ‘inactive’ accounts, leading to the permanent deletion of digitally purchased games. Over the weekend, an email screenshot on Twitter suggested that Ubisoft had temporarily suspended a user’s UPlay account for being inactive for a while and would be closing it permanently within the next 30 days u...

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  Threads App Gains 100 Million Users in Under a Week, Elon Musk's Twitter Reportedly Sees Traffic Drop

  Threads has crossed 100 million registered users in under a week, according to a website tracking the number of users that have signed up for the new microblogging service. Closely linked to a user's Instagram account, Threads was rolled out globally (except in the EU) last week. Meanwhile, Elon Musk tweeted a derogatory comment about Meta CEO Mark...

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  India Expects Twitter to Comply With Country's Rules After Musk Takeover; New IT Rules Inbound, MoS IT Says

  Elon Musk's Twitter takeover deal was completed on Thursday, but the Indian government continues to expect the firm to comply with the country's IT rules, according to MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar. The government is expected to release amended IT rules after months of consultation, the minister said on Friday.

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  Twitter Staff Stock Accounts Locked Ahead of October 28 Deadline to Close Deal With Elon Musk: Report

  Twitter has reportedly locked staff stock accounts days ahead of the company's deadline to close its deal with Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The company updated its employee FAQ page this week to alert staff that they won't be able to access or trade shares from the Equity Award Center. Musk and Twitter have been given a deadline of October 28 to complete t...

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  Kanye West to Buy Parler for Undisclosed Sum, Deal Expected to Close in Q4 2022

  Kanye West is set to acquire Parler, the social media app that was recently restored to the Google Play store after it was removed following the January 2021 Capitol Riots. The announcement comes shortly after West's Instagram and Twitter accounts were restricted earlier this month over anti-Semitic posts.

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  Twitter Slammed by Firms Over Ads Displayed Next to Child Pornography Accounts, Ad Campaigns Suspended

  Twitter was slammed by major advertisers like Dyson, Mazda, and Ecolab over the platform displaying their ads next to accounts and tweets related to child pornography. The companies said they have suspended or removed their ads from the microblogging service, after promotions for 30 brands ranging from Disney to Coca-Cola and NBC Universal to a chi...

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  Twitter Ordered to Share Former Executive’s Documents With Elon Musk for Information on Spam Accounts

  Twitter has been ordered to give Elon Musk documents from a former Twitter executive who is believed to be a key figure in calculating the amount of fake accounts on the platform by Musk’s legal team. Twitter was ordered to collect, review and produce documents from former General Manager of Consumer Product Kayvon Beykpour.

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  Twitter Reports Huge Spike in Governments' Requests to Remove Content, Snoop Users' Details

  Twitter has warned that governments around the globe are asking to remove content or snoop on private details of user accounts at an alarming rate. While US made up for 20 percent requests, India is close behind.

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  Elon Musk ‘Slow-Walking’ Trial Over $44 Billion Deal, Twitter Claims

  Twitter has accused Tesla CEO Elon Musk of trying to "slow walk" the company's lawsuit to hold him to his $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,51,500 crore) acquisition of the microblogging service. Urging a September trial to ensure deal financing remains in place, Twitter said that if Musk is ordered to close the deal it could still take months of addition...

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  Elon Musk Says Will Seek Lower Price for Twitter Due to Higher Spam Accounts

  Elon Musk says he could seek a lower price for Twitter, saying that there could be at least four times more fake accounts than what the company has said.

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  Elon Musk Says $44-Billion Twitter Deal on Hold Over Spam/ Fake Accounts [Update: 'Still Committed']

  Elon Musk said on Friday his $44-billion (roughly Rs. 3,40,710 crore) acquisition of Twitter was temporarily on hold, citing pending details on spam and fake accounts.

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  Dilip Kumar's Twitter Account To Be Closed With Saira Banu's Consent

  "With the consent of Saira Banu ji, I have decided to close this twitter account of beloved Dilip Kumar Saab," tweeted Faisal Farooqui

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  Congress Alleges Twitter Handles Of 5 Senior Leaders, Including Randeep Surjewala, Locked

  Close on the heels of temporary suspension of Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account, the Congress on late Wednesday claimed that similar action was taken against the handles of five senior leaders, including media head Randeep Surjewala.

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  Twitter Is Exploring Instagram-Like ‘Trusted Friends’ Feature to Share Tweets With Closed Group

  Twitter is working on a few feature ideas that will give users better control on who can see their tweets. The features include sharing tweets with a certain group of “Trusted Friends,” Facets to allow users to tweet from multiple handles, and Reply Language Prompts to encourage people to not to use expletives in replies.

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  Twitter Seeks Public Opinion on How to Treat Rule-Breaking World Leaders

  Twitter on Thursday said via a blogpost that it will be releasing a survey to gather public opinion on how and when it should ban world leaders from the platform if they don’t follow rules. Social media platforms including Twitter and Facebook have been under scrutiny for the way they handle accounts of politicians and government officials, parti...