Fahad HSep 6, 20184 min readFacebook, Twitter grilled by Senate committee; Dorsey says company may label botsvia C-SPAN Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Wednesday appeared before a Senate committee to face questions...
Fahad HAug 31, 20182 min readTwitter suggested accounts to unfollow, says it was part of an ‘incredibly’ limited testTwitter confirmed this week it recently ran a test suggesting accounts to unfollow. The test lasted for only a few days, was applied to a...
Fahad HAug 23, 20184 min readFacebook, Twitter & Google take down malicious content originating from IranFacebook, Twitter, and Google’s security teams are staying busy. All three companies reported this week that they had removed malicious...
Fahad HJul 31, 20181 min readTwitter shares how it ranks search results after being accused of shadow banning accountsTwitter says Tweets from an account the searcher is interested in rank “highly” in search results, along with popular tweets connected to...
Fahad HJul 24, 20182 min readTwitter tightens access to API platform & restricts number of daily actions an app can performTwitter is following through on its commitment to improve the health of its platform. Tuesday, the company announced that all new...
Fahad HJul 18, 20182 min readTwitter puts verification process work on hold to focus on elections integrityrvlsoft / Shutterstock.com In March, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said Twitter intends to open verification to everyone as it works to improve...
Fahad HJul 17, 20182 min readReport: After purging locked accounts from follower lists, Twitter’s own account takes the bigLast week, Twitter made a grand gesture to show its commitment to improving the health of its platform by removing locked accounts from...
Fahad HJul 11, 20182 min readTwitter is removing locked accounts from follower countsAs part of Twitter’s ongoing mission to improve the health of the platform, the company says it is removing locked accounts from follower...
Fahad HJun 27, 20185 min readTwitter now removing 214% more spammy accounts YoY as it ramps up efforts against bad actorsEarlier this year, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, along with three other executives who head up the company’s product and security teams,...
Fahad HMay 25, 20183 min readTwitter introduces new US election candidate labels & launches its Political Campaigning PolicyTwitter is arming itself against abuse from outside forces in advance of this year’s midterm elections. The site is introducing new...
Fahad HMay 23, 20181 min readSpredfast launches Vault to better control access to brands’ social accountsSpredfast’s visualization of its Vault software Typically, a number of people need access to a brand’s social media account. For general...
Fahad HMay 17, 20182 min readTwitter is changing how conversations happen based on user behavior and conductrvlsoft / Shutterstock.com In its latest attempt to improve the health of its platform, Twitter says it will be modifying the way...
Fahad HMar 16, 20184 min readHow Twitter’s latest policy update to stop spam & malicious content is impacting brandsLast month, Twitter made a major announcement that left many social media managers mimicking the guy with blinking eyes GIF. In a move to...
Fahad HMar 9, 20183 min readTwitter’s Jack Dorsey says the platform’s intention is to open verification to everyonervlsoft / Shutterstock.com During a 45-minute livestream yesterday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey addressed a number of safety-abuse and...
Fahad HFeb 21, 20182 min readTwitter takes aggressive steps to curb spam & bot activity by blocking identical actions acrossTwitter made substantial changes today that will greatly impact social media managers who oversee multiple accounts and use automation...
Fahad HNov 7, 20172 min readTwitter officially enables 280-character limit for all accounts, including brandsTwitter is officially doubling its character count. Less than two months after testing extending tweets’ maximum length to 280...
Fahad HOct 16, 20172 min readTwitter latest to be slammed for deleting Russian fake account dataFacebook, Google and Twitter have all found themselves unwitting players in Russia’s effort to disrupt and influence the 2016 election....
Fahad HSep 8, 20171 min readTwitter brings Teams to its mobile apps for on-the-go account sharingTwitter is making it easier for multiple people to manage a brand’s account while away from their computers. Two-and-a-half years after...
Fahad HJun 13, 20172 min readTwitter gives brands DM buttons for people to open links, post pre-written tweetsTwitter is rolling out buttons that brands can add to direct messages that, when clicked, can direct people to visit the brand’s site,...
Fahad HMay 23, 20172 min readTwitter adds Direct Message Cards for advertisers to kick-start specific conversationsOne of chatbots’ main challenges is kick-starting a conversation. So Twitter is introducing its own kind of ice-breaker. Twitter is...
