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Supreme Court Leaves Intact Social Media Liability Shield in Win for Google, Twitter
May 18 2023 // The US Supreme Court left in place a broad liability shield for social media companies for content posted by users, insulating Twitter Inc., Facebook Inc. and Google LLC from claims that they provided assistance to Islamic...
Twitter Beats Two Lawsuits Stemming From Mass Layoffs, for Now
May 9 2023 // A California federal judge on Monday dismissed a proposed class action accusing Twitter Inc of targeting female employees for layoffs after Elon Musk acquired the company last year, but said plaintiffs would be allowed to...
In Reversal After NYC Transit Exit, Twitter Restores Free Access for Public Services
May 4 2023 // In an about-face, Twitter says it has restored free access to a key tool for verified government and “publicly owned” services so they can tweet weather, transit and other alerts after New York City’s...
New York City Transit Halts Service Alerts on Twitter After Suspension
May 2 2023 // Shortly after midnight last Thursday, several New York City subway trains slowed to a crawl as emergency crews tended to a person discovered on the tracks in Manhattan. The delays were flagged for the Metropolitan...
Cyber Official Urges Microsoft, Twitter to Boost Security
Feb 28 2023 // A senior US cybersecurity official described adoption of some of Microsoft Corp. and Twitter Inc.’s security protocols as “disappointing” as part of a broadside against large technology companies’...
Twitter Asks Judge to Toss Out Proposed Sex Bias Class Action
Jan 30 2023 // Twitter Inc. has asked a federal judge to toss out a proposed class action claiming the company targeted female employees during its recent mass layoffs, saying the plaintiffs failed to identify any actual...
Twitter Sued in Germany in Bid to Force Vetting of Antisemitic Posts
Jan 25 2023 // Twitter Inc. was hit by a lawsuit in Germany by an anti-hate speech organization and a European group of Jewish students in a bid to force the platform to remove antisemitic content. HateAid and the European Union of...
Twitter’s Laid-Off Workers Cannot Pursue Claims Via Class-Action Lawsuit
Jan 17 2023 // Twitter Inc has secured a ruling allowing the social media company to force several laid-off workers suing over their termination to pursue their claims via individual arbitration than a class-action lawsuit. U.S. District...
Twitter Accused of ‘Sham Redundancy Process’ by UK Staff Targeted in Mass Firings
Jan 11 2023 // Twitter Inc. was accused of carrying out a “sham redundancy process” and threatened with lawsuits by UK staff targeted by mass firings following Elon Musk’s takeover of the social-media giant. Winckworth...
Twitter Hacked, 200 Million User Email Addresses Leaked, Researcher Says
Jan 6 2023 // Hackers stole the email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users and posted them on an online hacking forum, a security researcher said Wednesday. The breach “will unfortunately lead to a lot of hacking,...
Twitter Must Notify Laid-Off Workers of Pending Lawsuit, Judge Rules
Dec 16 2022 // Twitter Inc must notify the thousands of workers who were laid off after its acquisition by Elon Musk of a proposed class action accusing the company of failing to give adequate notice before terminating them, a San...
Latest Twitter Lawsuit Says Company Targeted Women for Layoffs
Dec 8 2022 // Twitter Inc has been hit with another lawsuit stemming from the recent purging of half its workforce, this one accusing the social media company of disproportionately targeting female employees for layoffs. The proposed...
Allianz to Halt Paid Twitter Ads, for Now
Nov 8 2022 // German insurer and asset manager Allianz will halt its paid advertising on Twitter for now, a spokesperson said on Monday, the latest in a wave of similar moves by companies in the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover of the...
Twitter Sued for Mass Layoffs by Musk Without Enough Notice
Nov 4 2022 // Twitter Inc. was sued over Elon Musk’s plan to eliminate about 3,700 jobs at the social-media platform, which workers say the company is doing without enough notice in violation of federal and California law. A...
Musk Denies He Is Firing Twitter Employees in Attempt to Avoid Payouts
Oct 31 2022 // Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk has denied a New York Times report about laying off Twitter employees at a date earlier than Nov. 1 to avoid stock grants due on the day. In a response to a Twitter user asking about the...
Twitter Whistle-Blower Describes ‘Ticking Bomb’ of Security Gaps
Sep 13 2022 // Twitter Inc.’s security lapses were so grave that they threatened national security, the company’s former head of security-turned-whistle-blower told senators on Tuesday. Speaking before the Senate Judiciary...
Musk Looks to Delay Twitter Trial Following Whistleblower Claims
Aug 31 2022 // Elon Musk is seeking to delay until November a trial over his intention to back out of a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter Inc TWTR.N and amend his complaint against the social media company, according to court filings,...
‘Tape or Chewing Gum:’ Twitter’s Lapses Echo Worldwide
Aug 29 2022 // From fire departments to governments, from school districts to corporations, from local utilities to grassroots organizers around the world, Twitter at its best is a tool to get a message out quickly, efficiently,...
Twitter Misled Regulators on Hackers and Spam, Whistleblower Claims
Aug 24 2022 // Twitter Inc. misled federal regulators about its defenses against hackers and spam accounts, the social media company’s former security chief Peiter Zatko said in a whistleblower complaint. In an 84-page complaint,...
Twitter Rejects Musk’s Claims That He Was Hoodwinked
Aug 5 2022 // Twitter Inc. on Thursday dismissed Elon Musk’s claims in a Delaware court filing that he was hoodwinked into signing the deal to buy the social media company, saying that it was “implausible and contrary to...
