After Twitter flagged a pair of President Trump’s tweets with a fact-checking label on Tuesday, tensions between the president and his favored social media platform are running high. On Wednesday night, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey—rarely one to pick a political fight—took to his own platform to clarify the company’s decision. Fact check: there is someone…
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Jack Dorsey is trending on his own platform, Twitter. People are criticizing him for not deleting Donald Trump tweets that they deem were conspiracies. After getting criticized for a “left-leaning bias,” Dorsey is getting hate from both sides. That means he’s doing a good job. Jack Dorsey was trending on his own app today. People…
Elliott Management wants Jack Dorsey out at Twitter. The activist hedge fund partly blames Dorsey’s divided attention for Twitter stock’s underperformance. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg need not worry about such an eventuality though. Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) is no stranger to negative headlines. From privacy abuses to misuse of the platform for nefarious ends, the social media giant…
CEO Jack Dorsey just announced, via tweet, that Twitter will be banning all political advertising — albeit with “a few exceptions” like voter registration. “We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought,” Dorsey said. While it’s not totally clear how broad those exceptions will be, it sounds like the ban will apply to…
Pro-Bitcoin Jack Dorsey Invests in CoinList’s $10 Million Raise With a ‘Hell No’ to Facebook’s Libra
The funding round raised $10 million for the crypto startup specializing in token sales. The move comes months Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey launched Square Crypto. The startup could turn out to be a competitor to Cash app. Months after announcing a Bitcoin-focused initiative by the Square financial services firm (Square Crypto), Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey…
The Jack Dorsey hack may have been a protest against Twitter’s reluctance to censor hate speech while also highlighting no one is safe online. | Source: REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo In a shocking display of Twitter’s vulnerability, CEO Jack Dorsey had his account hacked. The offending tweets were clearly intended to be as offensive as possible…