Former NBCUniversal executive Joe Benarroch to join TwitterAt Comcast Corp's NBCUniversal, Benarroch oversaw communication strategy for its Advertising and Partnerships division, reporting to Yaccar...
05 Jun, 2023, 08.35 AM IST
Twitter's head of brand safety and ad quality decides to leaveThe latest departure adds to a growing challenge for new Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino, even before she steps into the role.
02 Jun, 2023, 11.40 PM IST
Twitter's head of trust and safety Ella Irwin says she has resignedIrwin, who joined Twitter in June 2022, took over as head of the trust and safety team in November when previous head Yoel Roth resigned. S...
02 Jun, 2023, 07.57 AM IST
Why leaked Pentagon documents are still circulating on social mediaAs of Saturday, Twitter continued to host tweets with the Pentagon's documents, some of which had been up since at least Wednesday. There i...
09 Apr, 2023, 06.30 PM IST
All eyes on Elon Musk as high-profile celebrities await Twitter's 'Blue Tick' ultimatumElon Musk vowed to act, despite a previous attempt triggering a swarm of trolls and imposters.
31 Mar, 2023, 09.26 AM IST
Twitter research group stall complicates compliance with new EU lawThe stalling of a Twitter program that was critical for outside researchers studying disinformation campaigns throws into question the comp...
28 Jan, 2023, 04.54 PM IST
Twitter's trust and safety head ditches protocol for Elon Musk's whimsOn a day hundreds of Twitter Inc. employees were debating whether to resign, Ella Irwin showed up with a pep talk. Elon Musk had offered he...
27 Jan, 2023, 11.36 AM IST
Twitter further cuts staff overseeing global content moderationTwitter laid off roughly 3,700 employees in early November in a cost-cutting measure by Musk, and hundreds more subsequently resigned.
08 Jan, 2023, 08.52 AM IST
Twitter's 'suicide prevention feature' is still active, says Elon MuskReuters have been informed by Twitter’s head of safety Ella Irwin that the #ThereIsHelp feature has been “temporarily removed” as the compa...
24 Dec, 2022, 11.46 PM IST
Twitter restores suicide prevention featureTwitter head of trust and safety Ella Irwin confirmed the removal and called it temporary. "We have been fixing and revamping our prompts. ...
24 Dec, 2022, 09.23 PM IST
Twitter removes suicide prevention feature, says it's under revampThe removal of the feature, known as #ThereIsHelp, had not been previously reported. It had shown at the top of specific searches contacts ...
24 Dec, 2022, 08.01 AM IST
Twitter restores several journalists' accounts after online backlashThe company plans to reinstate more over the next 30 days, adding, however, that reinstated accounts still need to comply with its rules. "...
18 Dec, 2022, 05.53 AM IST
Twitter suspends accounts of journalists from NYT, Washington PostReports said the microblogging site suspended the news feed of social-media site Mastodon, which earlier had posted a link on its Twitter p...
16 Dec, 2022, 08.22 AM IST
Twitter suspends bot account tracking Elon Musk's jetThe account tracked movements of Musk's private jet using data in the public domain and put out alerts.
14 Dec, 2022, 10.40 PM IST
Twitter to introduce new controls for ad placements: emailThe new controls are part of Twitter's effort to reassure and lure back advertisers that have pulled ads off the platform since it was purc...
09 Dec, 2022, 09.43 AM IST
Twitter executive says moving fast on moderation, as harmful content surgesTwitter is also more aggressively restricting abuse-prone hashtags and search results in areas including child exploitation, regardless of ...
03 Dec, 2022, 07.42 AM IST
Twitter reshuffles 'health' team amid spam bot debateThe social media company will combine its health experience team, which works on reducing misinformation and harmful content, with the Twit...
24 Aug, 2022, 09.50 AM IST