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Twitter May Start Labelling Your Tweets Based on How Wrong You Are
Twitter is one of many social media companies that’s struggled to keep misinformation from running rampant on its platform over the years. Its latest attempt to move the needle looks to be a tiered warning label system that changes based on how wrong you are, according to app researcher Jane Manchun Wong.
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Looks Like Twitter May Be Working on a Subscription Service Called Twitter Blue for $4 per Month
Twitter hasn’t released many details about the paid subscription model it’s cooking up, but thanks to app researcher Jane Manchun Wong we may have some clues about what it will cost and be called. On Saturday, Wong tweeted that the subscription service Twitter Blue will cost $US2.99 ($4) per month and allow users to undo…
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Billboard Is Partnering With Twitter to Rank Music in a New, Fun Way
Billboard — the music industry’s stalwart chart resource — announced plans on Wednesday to team up with Twitter to give the people what they want: more charts.
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India Cracks Down on Social Media Posts Criticising Its Pandemic Response Amid Brutal Second Wave
India’s government reportedly ordered Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to censor dozens of posts criticising the administration’s response to the pandemic, arguing that they were misleading or could hinder emergency response efforts. The crackdown comes amid an unprecedented surge in covid-19 cases and deaths in India as a second coronavirus wave hits the nation with a…