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Twitter shares plunge after revenue hit by advertising bugs and weaker demand October 24, 2019 Twitter has posted worse-than-expected profit and revenue figures for the third quarter, which the company blamed on advertising bugs and unusually low demand over the summer. Shares in the social media platform tumbled over 18 per cent following the announcement. Read more: Twitter founder Jack Dorsey has account hacked as series of racist messages posted [...]
Politicians live in a social media-driven world. Is this a good thing? October 3, 2019 It’s odd to see a constitutional crisis be upstaged by a disposable cup. Yet that’s exactly what happened at the Conservative party conference this week. Amid the platitudes, lanyards, and infighting, it was a simple receptacle that took centre stage. While TV cameras escorted Boris Johnson through the halls of Manchester Central Convention Complex on [...]
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey has account hacked as series of racist messages posted August 31, 2019 Twitter is investigating after the social media network’s co-founder and chief executive Jack Dorsey had his account hacked. A series of offensive and racist messages were posted to Dorsey 4.2m followers on Friday evening. Read more: Google uncovers ‘indiscriminate’ iPhone hack attack lasting years Among them included false reports of a bomb threat at Twitter’s [...]
Twitter shares rise on second quarter revenue boost July 26, 2019 Twitter has posted a strong rise in revenue for the second quarter as its user numbers jumped, pushing shares up more than 10 per cent. The social media firm reported an 18 per cent increase in revenue to $841m (£677m), while monetisable daily active users rose 14 per cent to 139m. Read more: Twitter buys [...]
The Metropolitan Police’s website and Twitter suffer from bizarre hack July 20, 2019 The Metropolitan Police’s website was hacked on Friday night as it posted a series of bizarre emails and tweets. A stream of unusual emails were sent from the force’s press office at around 23:30 BST last night. Read more: Police open probe into ambassador’s leaked Trump emails While a number of tweets, which have since [...]
Twitter buys fake news-fighting startup Fabula AI June 4, 2019 Twitter has acquired London-based startup Fabula AI, which uses machine-learning to detect fake news online. Read more: Twitter suspends 170,000 accounts in hate speech battle Founded in 2018, Fabula has developed an AI system that can analyse and learn from large datasets from social media sites. The tool can analyse how fake news spreads across [...]
‘Stone cold loser’: Trump slams mayor of London Sadiq Khan during state visit June 3, 2019 US President Donald Trump slammed mayor of London Sadiq Khan on Twitter only minutes before touching down ahead of his controversial UK state visit this morning. Read more: Trump touches down in London ahead of controversial state visit Trump tweeted that Khan, who has been highly critical of the state visit, “has done a terrible [...]
European stock markets bleed red as Trump takes trade war to Mexico May 31, 2019 European stock markets extended their slide into the red in the run-up to midday following the news that US President Donald Trump is set to slap fresh tariffs on all Mexican imports next month. Read more: Trump threatens Mexico with 25 per cent tariffs over immigrants Trump said the move was a bid to lower migration [...]
Post-Maybot, the Tories are on the hunt for a likeable leader May 30, 2019 Every Tory leadership election has a flavour. In 2016, after childishly airing our dirty laundry to our European neighbours during the bitter referendum, a sheepish UK was looking for a “grown-up”. Six years of boyish David Cameron making rash decisions on behalf of the country had taken its toll on the Conservative party, and the [...]
Online harms proposals will damage UK tech sector, tech giants warn May 30, 2019 Government plans to crack down on social media firms over the growing problem of online harms are unclear and will damage the UK’s digital sector, tech giants have warned. A scathing new report, seen exclusively by City A.M. and authored by the Internet Association (IA), which represents online firms including Google, Facebook and Twitter, has outlined a string [...]