Elon Musk, the world's richest person, who took ownership of Twitter last week, hailed the correction saying the feature that produced it was awesome."Our goal is to make Twitter the most accurate source of information on Earth, without regard to political affiliation," Musk tweeted.

Twitter users have been watching closely to see whether Musk will reinstate Trump, banned for inciting last year's attack on the Capitol by a mob seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election, and other de-platformed users.

The deal drew contrasting reactions, with former US president Donald Trump cheering the change of leadership on a platform that had banned him, while activists warned of a surge in harassment and misinformation. European politicians were quick to signal to Musk that the continent had regulations for social media companies.

Musk wasted no time sacking chief executive Parag Agrawal, as well as the company's chief financial officer and its head of safety, the Washington Post and CNBC reported citing unnamed sources. Agrawal previously went to court to hold the Tesla chief to the terms of a deal he had tried...

New York, United States---Closing in on his Twitter megadeal, Elon Musk said Thursday his goal is to enable "healthy" debate of ideas and counter the tendency of social media to splinter into partisan "echo chambers." In a message meant to reassure jittery Twitter advertisers on the eve of a court-imposed...

According to a TRENDS poll, fear of being robbed online by fraudsters prowling on the web is keeping many MENA buyers from making their purchase online.

Twitter had filed a lawsuit to hold Musk to the terms of the takeover deal he inked in April, even though Musk tried to get out of it. A US judge recently suspended litigation in the saga after Musk expressed a change of heart, giving the parties until October 28...

Tesla watchers are expecting a strong fourth quarter.

Having spent months trying to break free of the $44 billion buyout contract, Elon Musk now says he is "excited" about taking over Twitter. The social media giant had filed a lawsuit to hold Musk to the terms of the deal he inked in April after the Tesla chief said...

Musk is expected to complete a $44-billion takeover of Twitter by the end of the month. If he fails to do so, a trial for a breach-of-contract suit in the on-again-off-again deal will take place in November.

US equities posted gains for a second straight session amid hopes of a US monetary policy pivot, after a bruising September ended another losing quarter for Wall Street. Twitter surged on the revived chance of Elon Musk's takeover as the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 2.8 percent.

A TRENDS poll on Twitter revealed that 43.9 percent of voters preferred real estate, followed by technology at 37.4 percent.

The SEC also charged Musk with fraud and ordered him to step down as chair of Tesla's board of directors, pay a $20 million fine and, after another controversial tweet in early 2019, demanded his tweets directly related to business of the company be vetted by a lawyer before posting.

After a Washington Post report revealed that Facebook and Twitter have shut down a number of fake accounts suspected to be created by the US military, promoting pro-West disinformation, the Pentagon has begun a review of its psychological warfare operations while denying that the military was behind fake accounts.

While attacks using the Log4j exploit vulnerability can be effective for state actors focused on specific politically targeted websites, the most dangerous use of the exploit is when botnets perform large scale scanning for vulnerable sites to create crypto mining and DDoS platforms, he adds.

Nearly 99 percent of the votes cast by stock owners endorsed the agreement with Musk to sell him the tech firm for $54.20 per share, Twitter said in a release.Twitter added that it was ready to consummate the merger agreement immediately, and no later than September 15 as per a...

Google pulled the Parler app from its online marketplace just days after the deadly attack on the seat of US government on January 6, 2021, saying it had allowed "egregious content" that could incite more violence. Parler had become a haven for far-right personalities who say they have been censored...

The trial of "Edit Tweet" will begin with internal employees, then be expanded out to the platform's "Twitter Blue" subscription population, the company said. Under the revision being studied, users could edit a tweet "a few times" in the 30 minutes after the initial posting, in ways that transparently note...

According to court documents made public on Monday, Musk's attorneys served Zatko with a subpoena Saturday demanding he share any documents or messages regarding the impact of spam and false accounts on Twitter's activity, dating back to January 2019.

Twitter misled users and federal regulators about glaring weaknesses in its ability to protect personal data, the platform's former security chief claimed in whistleblower testimony likely to impact the company's bitter legal battle over Elon Musk's takeover bid. In a complaint filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission and...

The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority has called on taxpayers from the business sector subject to value added tax (VAT) to submit their tax declaration for July, no later than August 31. The Authority has urged business sector taxpayers to promptly submit their tax declaration in order to avoid a...

Amid a high-stakes court battle with Twitter over a $44 billion buyout deal, Elon Musk has sold nearly $7 billion worth of Tesla shares, according to legal filings published Tuesday.

The court battle between Elon Musk and Twitter heats up as the billionaire Tesla boss accuses it of fraud, alleging the social media platform misled him about key aspects of its business before he agreed to a $44 billion buyout. The entrepreneur said he has been deceived by the company.

A judge has ordered a five-day trial over Twitter's lawsuit against Musk to begin on October 17.

Twitter blamed disappointing results Friday on "headwinds," including the uncertainty imposed on the company by Elon Musk's chaotic buyout bid. The firm is locked in a legal battle with the mercurial Tesla boss over his effort to walk away from a $44 billion deal to purchase the platform, leaving the...

Twitter reported disappointing results on Friday, a miss that the social network attributed to "headwinds" including the uncertainty related to Elon Musk's buyout bid.

Just days before the first court hearing in Twitter's lawsuit seeking to force the Tesla boss to close the $44 billion deal, the firm is stuck in limbo.

Twitter experienced a widespread but seemingly brief outage in the United States and parts of Europe on Thursday. The Downdetector website showed that outage reports spiked in the United States around 1200 GMT, while users reported service interruptions in France and elsewhere.

Twitter shares jumped Wednesday after a hedge fund revealed it had taken a stake in the firm based on its "strong case" against Elon Musk for moving to back out of his $44 billion buyout bid.

Twitter on Tuesday sued Elon Musk for breaching the $44 billion contract he signed to buy the tech firm, calling his exit strategy "a model of hypocrisy," court documents showed. The suit filed in the US state of Delaware urges the court to order the billionaire to complete his deal...

Elon Musk's pursuit of Twitter was a melodrama from beginning to end -- a volatile courtship between a mercurial billionaire and the massively influential social media platform.

Twitter shares slid late Thursday after a Washington Post report that Elon Musk's $44 billion deal to buy the social media giant is in danger. The world's richest man has previously expressed misgivings and even implied he could walk away from the deal over concerns about what he believes are...

Twitter is challenging the Indian government's orders to block content on its social media site in court, local media reported Wednesday citing legal documents. The suit is the latest showdown between Twitter and Indian authorities, which have been accused of muzzling criticism both on and offline. In the case filed...

Business magnate Elon Musk said Tuesday that his $44 billion move to take over Twitter remained held up by "very significant" questions about the number of fake users on the social network. Musk was reluctant to talk about the deal when asked at the Qatar Economic Forum, saying it was...

An investor in dogecoin, originally created as a joke but whose value increased and fell as it was promoted by Elon Musk, filed a $258 billion lawsuit Thursday against the billionaire and his companies Tesla and SpaceX. Keith Johnson, who says he lost money after investing in dogecoin, described himself as...

Twitter will yield to Elon Musk's demand for internal data central to a standoff over his troubled $44 billion bid to buy the platform, US media reported on Wednesday. The news comes just days after the Tesla chief threatened to back out of his deal to purchase Twitter.

Twitter said that the deal for Musk to acquire the company was a step closer to being sealed with the passing of a deadline.

Elon Musk notified US regulators on Wednesday that he will rely less on loans in his bid to buy Twitter, as he and partners put $33.5 billion into the deal. Musk has been courting major Twitter investors in the hope of getting them to partner with him in taking the...

Billionaire Elon Musk said Tuesday his bid to buy Twitter won't proceed unless he gets proof of the number of spam accounts plaguing the platform, adding more uncertainty to his roller-coaster pursuit of the social media giant. Hours after Musk's early morning tweet over bots, Twitter insisted the deal push...

From e-commerce colossus Amazon to social networking star Facebook, US tech firms that once grew with abandon have reined in hiring to endure tumultuous times. Internet giants that saw business boom during the pandemic have taken a hit from inflation, war, supply-line trouble and people returning to pre-Covid lifestyles. Corporate...

Elon Musk said he is putting his bid to buy Twitter on hold, a few weeks after agreeing to take the company private in a $44 billion deal. “Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users,” Musk said.

Kayvon Beykpour, a general manager, said he was ousted from the company.

Saudi investor Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who initially spurned Elon Musk’s bid for Twitter, agreed to roll his $1.89 billion stake into the deal rather than cashing out, saying Tesla chief will be an "excellent leader" for the social media company. On April 14, Alwaleed opposed Musk’s buyout bid saying...

The groups urged advertisers to require that Twitter maintain its content moderation policies as a non-negotiable term of doing business with the platform.

Tesla chief Elon Musk sold about $4 billion worth of shares in the electric carmaker in the days after Twitter's board agreed to his $44 billion takeover of the social media platform. Musk sold 4.4 million Tesla shares on Tuesday and Wednesday—according to filings Thursday with the Securities and Exchange...

Listed on the New York Stock Exchange for just under nine years, Twitter has posted a net loss every year, except 2018 and 2019 when it made a profit of just over $1 billion.

Elon Musk describes himself as a "free-speech absolutist," leaving rights groups fearful that Twitter will provide a forum for hate speech and disinformation under his ownership. The world's richest man has signaled that, following his $44 billion takeover, he intends to reform what he sees as over-zealous policing of tweets.

Prince Alwaleed is one of the wealthiest businessmen in the Middle East, but Elon Musk is the richest person in the world.

Buying Twitter is just the latest conquest for Musk, who has revolutionized the car industry, sent his own rocket to space and built the world's biggest fortune.

The deal, which media outlets including The Wall Street Journal reported could be announced later in the day, would put the Tesla boss in charge of the influential social media site.