Category: Twitter
MP’s X account targeted in crypto scam
Lucy Powell, the Leader of the House of Commons, has become the latest high-profile figure to fall victim to a social media hack, with her X account being compromised to […]
Elon Musk completes $44 million Twitter deal. 5 social media sites launched by celebs
The world’s wealthiest man, Elon Musk has completed a $44 billion takeover of the social media site, Twitter. The deal comes after months of talks and rumours of Musk’s takeover, and […]
Twitter vs Elon Musk: A Probable Breakthrough in Sight
Tesla owner Elon Musk is often in the news, due to things he might have done or not have done. Recently he was in the news owing to his ex-girlfriend, […]
Twitter down, but which sites have most downtime?
Twitter experienced one of the site’s longest outages for years today (July 14th, 2022), with the social network completely unavailable to users around the globe on web and mobile for […]
Billionaire Elon Musk to buy Twitter for $44bn
Elon Musk has won his $44bn (£35bn) takeover battle for Twitter after the social network dropped its opposition to the Tesla billionaire’s bid. Mr Musk, who made the shock bid […]
Twitter users ‘3 times more likely’ to follow those with same political views
Twitter users are three times more likely to follow back the accounts of strangers if they share the same political views, according to a new study that sheds light on […]
Twitter to warn users of liking misleading tweets
Twitter is to warn users if they are about to like a misleading tweet, in its latest attempt to stem the spread of fake news and disinformation. The social network […]
Social media analysis reveals Britain’s broadband stress levels
Brits are not shy of taking to social media to vent their frustrations, and it would appear that angry broadband customers are no exception. Examining the 305,568 tweets aimed at […]
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates targeted in Twitter hack
Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates were among many prominent US figures targeted in a Twitter hack. Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Kanye West were also targeted in […]
Twitter accounts of deceased will not be removed
Twitter has said accounts belonging to the deceased will not be removed as part of its “clean-up” of inactive profiles until it figures out a way to memorialise these accounts. […]
