Facebook, Twitter grilled by Senate committee; Dorsey says company may label bots
via C-SPAN Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Wednesday appeared before a Senate committee to face questions...
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Twitter suggested accounts to unfollow, says it was part of an ‘incredibly’ limited test
Twitter confirmed this week it recently ran a test suggesting accounts to unfollow. The test lasted for only a few days, was applied to a...
Facebook, Twitter & Google take down malicious content originating from Iran
Facebook, Twitter, and Google’s security teams are staying busy. All three companies reported this week that they had removed malicious...
Twitter shares how it ranks search results after being accused of shadow banning accounts
Twitter says Tweets from an account the searcher is interested in rank “highly” in search results, along with popular tweets connected to...
Twitter tightens access to API platform & restricts number of daily actions an app can perform
Twitter is following through on its commitment to improve the health of its platform. Tuesday, the company announced that all new...
Twitter puts verification process work on hold to focus on elections integrity
rvlsoft / Shutterstock.com In March, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said Twitter intends to open verification to everyone as it works to improve...
Report: After purging locked accounts from follower lists, Twitter’s own account takes the big
Last week, Twitter made a grand gesture to show its commitment to improving the health of its platform by removing locked accounts from...
Twitter is removing locked accounts from follower counts
As part of Twitter’s ongoing mission to improve the health of the platform, the company says it is removing locked accounts from follower...
Twitter now removing 214% more spammy accounts YoY as it ramps up efforts against bad actors
Earlier this year, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, along with three other executives who head up the company’s product and security teams,...
Twitter introduces new US election candidate labels & launches its Political Campaigning Policy
Twitter is arming itself against abuse from outside forces in advance of this year’s midterm elections. The site is introducing new...
Spredfast launches Vault to better control access to brands’ social accounts
Spredfast’s visualization of its Vault software Typically, a number of people need access to a brand’s social media account. For general...
Twitter is changing how conversations happen based on user behavior and conduct
rvlsoft / Shutterstock.com In its latest attempt to improve the health of its platform, Twitter says it will be modifying the way...
How Twitter’s latest policy update to stop spam & malicious content is impacting brands
Last month, Twitter made a major announcement that left many social media managers mimicking the guy with blinking eyes GIF. In a move to...
Twitter’s Jack Dorsey says the platform’s intention is to open verification to everyone
rvlsoft / Shutterstock.com During a 45-minute livestream yesterday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey addressed a number of safety-abuse and...
Twitter takes aggressive steps to curb spam & bot activity by blocking identical actions across
Twitter made substantial changes today that will greatly impact social media managers who oversee multiple accounts and use automation...
Twitter officially enables 280-character limit for all accounts, including brands
Twitter is officially doubling its character count. Less than two months after testing extending tweets’ maximum length to 280...
Twitter latest to be slammed for deleting Russian fake account data
Facebook, Google and Twitter have all found themselves unwitting players in Russia’s effort to disrupt and influence the 2016 election....
Twitter brings Teams to its mobile apps for on-the-go account sharing
Twitter is making it easier for multiple people to manage a brand’s account while away from their computers. Two-and-a-half years after...
Twitter gives brands DM buttons for people to open links, post pre-written tweets
Twitter is rolling out buttons that brands can add to direct messages that, when clicked, can direct people to visit the brand’s site,...
Twitter adds Direct Message Cards for advertisers to kick-start specific conversations
One of chatbots’ main challenges is kick-starting a conversation. So Twitter is introducing its own kind of ice-breaker. Twitter is...
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