Twitter partners with Google Cloud to improve data insights and user experience
Google Cloud announced a new, multi-year, strategic partnership with Twitter. The company will deepen its initial work with Google and move its offline analytics, data …
Tailored AI-generated advice may stop the spread of misinformation
Warnings about misinformation are now regularly posted on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms, but not all of these cautions are created equal. A research from …
Twitter chooses AWS to provide global cloud infrastructure
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that Twitter has selected AWS to provide global cloud infrastructure to deliver Twitter timelines. Under the multi-year deal, Twitter will …
Digital thought clones manipulate real-time online behavior
In The Social Dilemma, the Netflix documentary that has been in the news recently for its radical revelations, former executives at major technology companies like Facebook, …
Twitter employees were spear-phished over the phone
Twitter has finally shared more details about how the perpetrators of the recent hijacking of high-profile accounts to push a Bitcoin scam managed to pull it off. The way in …
High-profile Twitter accounts hijacked to push Bitcoin scam. How did it happen?
The Twittersphere went into overdrive on Wednesday as a bunch of prominent, verified Twitter accounts were hijacked and started promoting a COVID-19 cryptocurrency giveaway …
Software vulnerabilities sometimes first announced on social media
Software vulnerabilities are more likely to be discussed on social media before they’re revealed on a government reporting site, a practice that could pose a national …
How people deal with fake news or misinformation in their social media feeds
Social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter, provide people with a lot of information, but it’s getting harder and harder to tell what’s real and …
State-sponsored actors may have abused Twitter API to de-anonymize users
A Twitter API that’s intended to help new account holders find people they may already know on Twitter has been abused by known and unknown actors to tie usernames to …
Twitter finally allows users to delete their phone number without disabling 2FA
Twitter users can finally delete their mobile phone number from their account while still being able to use 2FA to additionally secure it. The move comes after too many …
Twitter 2FA phone numbers “inadvertently” used for advertising purposes
Twitter’s Support account published the following announcement on Tuesday: We recently found that some email addresses and phone numbers provided for account security …
BotSlayer tool can detect coordinated disinformation campaigns in real time
A new tool in the fight against online disinformation has been launched, called BotSlayer, developed by the Indiana University’s Observatory on Social Media. The …
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