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It appears, though, that the program hasn’t actually kicked in yet. On Wednesday, Bloombergreportedthat the $8 per month pay-for-verification setup could launch as soon as next week. And The Verge had previouslyreportedthat Musk had given employees a launch deadline of this Monday, Nov. 7. (Crawford has reportedly beensleeping at the officeto finish projects on time.) Musktweetedin response that, “Twitter will suspend the account attempting impersonation and keep the money!” but he didn’t offer specifics....

Every day, there’s a new main character onTwitter, and International Women’s Day was no different. Often, there is disconnect between what they say and what they do. This is exactly the kind of hypocrisy the Gender Pay Gap Bot highlights. It’s often used as a barometer for measuring gender equality within an organization. She noticed that many of them reposted their tweets using a different variation of the IWD hashtag....

Twitter’s new ownerElon Muskisn’t done charging users who rely on the platform. There has been an immense amount of enthusiasm for the upcoming changes with Twitter API. Researchers, for example, have used Twitter’s API to study sentiments about COVID-19 and mental health. The change could affect Twitter bots. Twitter’s explanation hasn’t appeased developers and researchers who rely on Twitter data. Twitter and its developers have clashed in the past. Fake accounts impersonated major brands, prompting Twitter to temporarily pause the rollout of the subscription service in November....

Courter, who tweeted from the handle @a_dsgnr, said he’s looking for feedback about the ideas. Twitter hasn’t yet built any of the products he mentioned in his tweets. Another idea Twitter is considering includes allowing people to tweet from different personas through one account. Users could follow all the personas or individual ones. For example, there’d be a Twitter persona for your thoughts as a parent or worker. Twitter is thinking about tweaking tools it’s already rolled out....

Twitter fired Zatko in January. The company declined to comment about the reported settlement. Twitter has disputed Zatko’s claims and says his complaint is inaccurate, inconsistent and lacks context. The revelation of a settlement adds another twist to Twitter’s chaotic year. Twitter and Musk are scheduled to go to trial on Oct. 17. On Friday, Musk again tried to use the settlement to end his deal with Twitter. Twitter didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment about the letter....

A deal could be announced as early as Monday, according to reports fromBloombergandReuters. The two sidesmet Sundayto discuss Musk’s proposal, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Terms of the transaction were reportedly still being negotiated overnight into Monday morning. It’s also possible the deal could fall apart at the last minute, reported Reuters. Shares of Twitter jumped over 5% in premarket trading in the US on Monday, topping $51....

Twitter was down for large numbers of people on Thursday morning. Web outage reporting siteDown Detector showed a spike in reportsat about 5 a.m. PT. Reports decreased within an hour but remained elevated. The problem appears to have been widespread, with outage spikes occurring in countries around the world. Thanks for sticking with us. Twitter users were quick to connect the two events, jokingly suggesting Musk was behind the outage....

The shareholder approval is the latest development in the chaotic story around a potential sale of Twitter. Musk’s flip-flop on purchasing the social data pipe has created uncertainty about Twitter’s future. Musk and Twitter have beenlocked in a legal battle ever since. It also alleges that Twitter lied to Musk about the number of bots on the platform. Twitter has disputed Zatko’s claims and says his complaint is inaccurate, inconsistent and lacks context....

The number of monetizable daily active users grew to 211 million in the third quarter. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters expected the company to report 212.6 million daily users in the third quarter. TheiPhonemaker recently rolled out a feature that requires users to give permission to apps that track their online activities. Facebook and Snap have already said the changes have weighed on their performance. Twitter, though, said the impact on its third-quarter revenue and fourth-quarter guidance was lower than expected....

Some Twitter users also reported that the platform was interfering with links to Mastodon. An option at the bottom of the warning lets you ignore the alert and click to the rival site. But it no longer appears possible to tweet out a Mastodon link. An attempt to do so triggered an fault signal that said the link was “potentially harmful.” It wasn’t immediately clear which rules the suspended account broke or why Mastodon links were labeled potentially harmful....

Two-factor authentication allows people to protect their accounts even if someone has stolen their password. They can also use a security key. Other accounts can use an authentication app or security key for 2FA. Learn more here:https://t.co/wnT9Vuwh5n Twitter users can change their two-factor authentication app through their account parameters. Twitter’s announcement came hours after Platformer’s Zoe Schiffer tweeted that thesocial networkplanned to make this change. The change also comes asTwitter faces more scrutinyand whistleblower complaints regarding account security....

Nonprofit law firm Whistleblower Aid, which is representing Zatko, confirmed to CNET that the complaint is authentic. The firm also represented formerFacebook product manager turned whistleblower Frances Haugen. On Tuesday,Musktweeted a meme that said “Give a little whistle.” A Twitter spokesperson pushed back on the reports, calling the whistleblower complaint inaccurate and opportunistic. Agrawal reportedly sent anemail to employeesTuesday morning addressing the complaint. The complaint is already sparking scrutiny from US lawmakers....