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Elon Musk announced Friday that his Twitter deal is on hold until he receives more information about how many fake accounts there are on the social media platform.

Musk to unban Donald Trump on Twitter

Elon Musk said Twitter would reverse its ban of former President Donald Trump if his purchase of the social media company goes through.

Musk's $44b Twitter buyout challenged in shareholder lawsuit

Elon Musk and Twitter Inc. were sued by a Florida pension fund seeking to stop Musk from completing his $44 billion takeover of the social media company before 2025.

Twitter shuts account linked to Iran’s Leader over Trump assassination video

Twitter said Saturday it had permanently suspended an account linked to Iran's Leader that shared a video calling for taking revenge of those responsible for the assassination of top Iranian commander Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

Twitter considers charging users for special content, in revenue push

Twitter said it plans to offer a subscription service in which users would pay for special content from high-profile accounts, part of an economic model to diversify its revenue.

Twitter users fact-check misinformation in new trial program

Twitter Inc. said on Monday it launched a pilot program that has users flag tweets that they believe are misleading and write notes to provide context.

Leader’s Twitter account posts warning over assassination of Gen. Soleimani

The office of the Leader of Iran posted a photomontage of former US president Donald Trump playing golf under the shadow of a warplane alongside a pledge to avenge a deadly 2020 drone strike he ordered.

Social media and Trump: A relationship bound for disaster

By Ragheb Malli

Twitter plans to relaunch verification program next year

Twitter Inc. released plans for its new policy on how people are “verified” on the site, an area the company has long promised to revamp to address confusion and criticisms over the blue check-mark badges it uses to authenticate the identity of prominent accounts.

Twitter launches disappearing tweets tool worldwide

Twitter launched a new feature worldwide called ‘fleets’: Tweets that disappear after 24 hours, similar to the stories feature on Snapchat and Instagram.

Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs will testify before US Senate committee

The chief executives of Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet-owned Google agreed to voluntarily testify at a hearing before the US Senate Commerce Committee on October 28 about a key law protecting Internet companies.

Twitter says monitoring service does not violate surveillance ban

Twitter said a service that monitors tweets for police, alerting them to brewing social justice protests and more, does not break the platform's ban on being used for surveillance.

Iran minister calls for lifting Twitter ban

Political Desk

Twitter permanently bans former KKK leader David Duke

In 1999, the former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke predicted that the Internet would help give birth to a “coming white revolution.”

Twitter: Iran Leader’s tweets on Israel don’t violate rules

Twitter defended its decision not to block or restrict tweets by Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s office against Israeli occupation of Palestine, saying those posts do not violate the social media giant’s rules.