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Twitter stayed pretty much the same for years. One of the most memorable product updates came in 2017 when the number of characters that could fit in a tweet doubled.In the past few months, however, the company has signaled an itch for…

Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter Inc. and Square Inc., speaks during an Empowering Entrepreneurs event at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Tuesday, April 2, 2019.Cole Burston | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesTwitter announced…

This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on weekdays.A remarkable clash between an American internet company and the world's largest democracy takes place over the reasonable limits of freedom of…

The Twitter app is loading onto an iPhone in this illustration photo that was taken in Los Angeles, California.Mike Blake | ReutersIndia blamed Twitter for failing to promptly follow government instructions to remove certain content and…

Twitter said Tuesday that its revenue for the fourth quarter of last year was $ 1.29 billion, up 28 percent year over year and slightly above Wall Street's expectations. Income for the quarter was $ 222 million, supported by a turnaround…

Steven A. CohenScott Eells | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSteve Cohen, the founder of Point72 hedge fund and owner of the New York Mets, turned off his Twitter account after his family received threats in the GameStop trading frenzy this…

Here's what you need to know:Mike Lindell, the executive director of MyPillow, helped fund a bus tour promoting Donald J. Trump's false electoral claims.Recognition...Erin Scott / ReutersTwitter said it had permanently banned Mike Lindell,…

As President Biden completed his transition to the White House, several social media companies were completing their own transitions from highly regarded official accounts.But the handover wasn't as seamless as it was four years ago when…

LONDON - In Sri Lanka and Myanmar, Facebook continued to post warnings that they had contributed to the violence. In India, activists have called on the company to fight against positions held by politicians against Muslims. In Ethiopia,…

However, the labels did shed some light on how those who run the platforms thought at the time. Sunlight is the best disinfectant, the platforms seemed to say, but the labels only looked like a couple of extra fluorescent tubes installed…