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Users of Musk's Twitter can soon get blue check for $8 monthly fee

Twitter updates its app in Apple's App Store to begin charging for sought-after blue check verification marks, in Elon Musk’s first major revision of the social media platform.

Will Twitter layoffs fuel misinformation before the US midterms?

More than 60 civil society groups call on advertisers to boycott Twitter after Elon Musk fired roughly half of the company's employees, including trust and safety teams that manage content moderation.

Elon Musk sacks half of Twitter's 7,500-strong staff

"Roughly 50 percent" of employees were impacted and would be denied access to company computers and email on an immediate basis, an internal document reads.

Twitter to start 'difficult process' of staff layoffs

Elon Musk's social media firm informs employees they will be alerted on Friday morning whether they will be terminated, says internal mail.

Elon Musk intends to cut half of Twitter jobs – report

Twitter's new owner Elon Musk also plans to reverse the social media company's existing work from anywhere policy, according to Bloomberg News.

Elon Musk: Twitter will charge $8 a month for blue tick

Twitter will charge social media users for its sought-after "verified" badge, says new boss Elon Musk, in his push to monetise the platform and make it less reliant on ads.

Elon Musk says he will be Twitter CEO

Billionaire Elon Musk has moved quickly to begin making changes on Twitter and fired some top executives at the company after a $44B buyout.

Twitter to revise how it verifies users: Musk

"Whole verification process is being revamped right now", Musk said in his tweet without giving more details.

Trolls flood Twitter with slurs to test 'free speech' after Musk takeover

The social media giant's head of safety says the platform's rules "haven't changed" after the takeover by self-declared "free speech absolutist" Elon Musk.

Dogecoin surges over 70% on Elon Musk's Twitter deal

Tesla, of which Musk is CEO, started accepting dogecoin as payment for its merchandise early this year.

Media trolled as 'fired Twitter engineers' turn out to be pranksters

Reporters fall for hoax as two men, outside Twitter headquarters in California, give interviews and identify themselves as terminated "Rahul Ligma", a popular meme reference, and "Daniel Johnson."

Elon Musk takes over Twitter, sacks top executives

Tesla and SpaceX owner takes control of Twitter and fires its top executives, US media report, hours before the deadline for the billionaire to seal his on-again, off-again deal to purchase the social media network.