Twitter leads $100M round in top Indian regional social media platform ShareChat

Posted on August 16, 2019 by Manish Singh

Is there room for another social media platform? ShareChat, a four-year-old social network in India that serves tens of million of people in regional languages, just answered that question with a $100 million financing round led by global giant Twitter . Other than Twitter, TrustBridge Partners, and existing investors Shunwei Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, SAIF Read more about Twitter leads $100M round in top Indian regional social media platform ShareChat[…]

Twitter exec says edit button isn’t ‘anywhere near the top of our priorities’

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Lucas Matney

At a press event in San Francisco, Twitter Product Lead Kayvon Beykpour talked about a number of product changes coming to the company’s service, he also addressed the oft-memed user request for an edit button. Long story, short, you shouldn’t expect to see the button anytime soon. “Honestly, it’s a feature that I think we Read more about Twitter exec says edit button isn’t ‘anywhere near the top of our priorities’[…]

Elon Musk, SEC agree to guidelines on Twitter use

Posted on April 27, 2019 by Kirsten Korosec

Tesla, Elon Musk and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reached an agreement Friday that will give the CEO freedom to use Twitter —within certain limitations — without fear of being held in contempt for violating an earlier court order. Musk can tweet as he wishes except when it’s about certain events or financial milestones. In Read more about Elon Musk, SEC agree to guidelines on Twitter use[…]

Medium lowers its paywall for Twitter users

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Taylor Hatmaker

If you’re not the paying sort, Medium has a mile-wide new hole in its paywall that might interest you. (But really, you should be the paying sort.) On Wednesday, Medium CEO and Twitter co-founder Ev Williams announced that Medium is tearing down its paywall for readers that visit the site through Twitter. In tweets, Williams Read more about Medium lowers its paywall for Twitter users[…]

Twitter removes thousands of accounts that tried to dissuade Democrats from voting

Posted on November 3, 2018 by Zack Whittaker

Twitter has deleted thousands of automated accounts posting messages that tried to discourage and dissuade voters from casting their ballot in the upcoming election next week. Some 10,000 accounts were removed across late September and early October after they were first flagged by staff at the Democratic Party, the company has confirmed. “We removed a Read more about Twitter removes thousands of accounts that tried to dissuade Democrats from voting[…]