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Elon Musk puts Twitter deal on hold over fake account details
Elon Musk has said his $44bn (£35bn) deal to buy Twitter is on hold after he queried the number of fake or spam accounts...
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Elon Musk strikes deal to buy Twitter for $44bn
The board of Twitter has agreed to a $44bn (£34.5bn) takeover offer from the billionaire Elon Musk.Mr Musk, who made the shock bid less...
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Wiley sorry for tweets ‘that looked anti-Semitic’ after Twitter ban
Grime artist Wiley has apologised for "generalising" about Jewish people after being banned from social media.In an interview with Sky News, the artist insisted:...
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Twitter shuts thousands of accounts linked to China, Russia and Turkey
Twitter on Friday said it had removed tens of thousands of "state-linked" accounts used by China, Russia and Turkey to push their own propaganda,...
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Coronavirus: Twitter removes more than 170,000 pro-China accounts
Twitter has removed more than 170,000 accounts it says were tied to an operation to spread pro-China messages.Some of those posts were about the...
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Twitter accuses President Trump of making ‘false claims’
Twitter has accused the US president of making false claims, in one of the app's own articles covering the news.The move - which effectively...
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George Floyd protests: Twitter bans over #DCBlackout hoax
Twitter has suspended hundreds of accounts for spreading claims about a Washington DC "blackout" which never happened.Amid widespread civil unrest in the US, thousands...
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George Floyd: Twitter changes its profile to honour Black Lives Matter amid protests
Twitter has changed its profile on the microblogging site to support the Black Lives Matter movement.Twitter changed its profile picture and backdrop in addition...
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Twitter tags Trump tweet with fact-checking warning
A post by US President Donald Trump has been given a fact-check label by Twitter for the first time.Mr Trump tweeted, without providing evidence:...
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Coronavirus: Twitter boss pledges US$1bn for relief effort
Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter and payment app Square, has said he will donate $1bn (£810m) towards efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.According...
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