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Twitter’s blue bird on its former headquarters in San Francisco (Godofredo A Vasquez/AP)

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Twitter bird sign sells for more than £27,000 at auction

Twitter’s famous bird logo that was removed from the company’s former San Francisco headquarters when Elon Musk took over the social media company and rebranded it to X has sold for nearly 35,000 dollars (£27,132) at auction.

<p>X users are opted in to the new system by default but can choose to opt out in settings on the web-based app. File Picture: Yui Mok/PA</p>

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Data Protection Commission ‘surprised’ over X move to use user posts to train AI chatbot

<p>Séamas O'Reilly,<span class="contextmenu emphasis"> </span>who has almost 100,000 followers, had gone nearly a week without being able to read his tweets. Picture: Orfhlaith Whelan</p>

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'Irish Examiner' columnist Séamas O'Reilly has X account reinstated

'Was it something I said?': 'Irish Examiner' columnist Séamas O’Reilly sees X account suspended

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'Was it something I said?': 'Irish Examiner' columnist Séamas O’Reilly sees X account suspended

world

Elon Musk’s first year at Twitter ‘hugely damaging’

technology

Timeline: Elon Musk’s chaotic first year in charge of Twitter

EU digital chief warns Musk over misinformation on X about Israel-Hamas war

EU digital chief warns Musk over misinformation on X about Israel-Hamas war

The European Union’s digital policy chief has said misinformation about the war between Israel and Hamas abounds on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in a letter to owner Elon Musk.

Tue, 10 Oct, 2023

Elon Musk threatens to sue the Anti-Defamation League over lost revenue on X

Elon Musk has threatened to take legal action against antisemitism campaign group the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), accusing it of “trying to kill” his social media platform X.

Tue, 05 Sep, 2023

Agence France-Presse pursues copyright case against X, formerly known as Twitter

Agence France-Presse pursues copyright case against X, formerly known as Twitter

It said it is seeking payment under European Union intellectual property rules that cover “neighbouring rights”, which allow news outlets and publishers to seek payment from digital platforms for the sharing of their work.

Thu, 03 Aug, 2023

Elon Musk’s X sues research group highlighting hateful tweets

Elon Musk’s X sues research group highlighting hateful tweets

X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has sued a group of researchers, alleging their work highlighting an increase in hate speech on the platform cost the company millions of dollars of advertising revenue.

Tue, 01 Aug, 2023

‘X’ sign removed from the former Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters

‘X’ sign removed from the former Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters

A brightly flashing “X” sign has been removed from the San Francisco headquarters of the company formerly known as Twitter just days after it was installed.

Tue, 01 Aug, 2023

Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented rise in hateful tweets

Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented rise in hateful tweets

X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has threatened to sue a group of independent researchers whose research documented an increase in hate speech on the site since it was purchased last year by Elon Musk.

Mon, 31 Jul, 2023

Elon Musk reveals new X logo to replace Twitter’s blue bird

Elon Musk has unveiled a new X logo to replace Twitter’s famous blue bird as he follows through with a major rebranding of the social media platform he bought for 44 billion dollars (£34. 3 billion) last year.

Mon, 24 Jul, 2023

New Twitter X logo branded ‘sinister’ and ‘an active attempt to look more evil’

Elon Musk reportedly told staff by email that Twitter would become X and changed his profile picture to the new logo.

Mon, 24 Jul, 2023

Twitter unveils X to replace famous blue bird logo

The blue logo, known as Larry the Bird, has been Twitter’s emblem since its creation in 2006, with the current design in use since 2012

Mon, 24 Jul, 2023

Elon Musk shares plans to replace Twitter bird logo with an X

Twitter owner Elon Musk appears to have suggested he will replace the social media platform’s bird logo with an X.

Sun, 23 Jul, 2023

What if the next big social media app is ... Nothing?

What if the next big social media app is ... Nothing?

Twitter and Threads’ faux battle for digital domination masks an ongoing decline in the public appetite for online activity, writes Max Chafkin

Sat, 22 Jul, 2023

Elon Musk says Twitter is losing cash due to heavy debt and drop in advertising

Elon Musk says Twitter is losing cash due to heavy debt and drop in advertising

Elon Musk says Twitter is losing cash because advertising has dropped by half.

Sun, 16 Jul, 2023

Technology summit in Dublin

Twitter threatens legal battle with Meta over rival Threads app – reports

In a tweet referencing the letter on Thursday evening, Musk said: “Competition is fine, cheating is not.”

Fri, 07 Jul, 2023

The Threads app

Irish Examiner view: Billionaires’ bout

It would be stretching credulity to say the proposed fight between Elon Musk of Twitter and Mark Zuckerberg of Meta is eagerly anticipated

Thu, 06 Jul, 2023

New Meta app Threads ‘first credible threat’ to Twitter

New Meta app Threads ‘first credible threat’ to Twitter

Facebook owner Meta’s latest social media app Threads is the “first credible threat” to Twitter, according to a leading tech expert.

Tue, 04 Jul, 2023

Twitter blue checkmarks

Twitter to stop TweetDeck access for unverified users

TweetDeck is to become the next part of Twitter to be limited to users who have paid for verified status.

Tue, 04 Jul, 2023

Social media regulation

Facebook launching new app as a rival to Twitter

Facebook owner Meta is launching a new app to rival Twitter this week. Threads, which will be linked to Instagram, is available for pre-order in the Apple App Store and will go live on Thursday.

Tue, 04 Jul, 2023

Technology summit in Dublin

Twitter limiting number of tweets users can read per day, Elon Musk announces

Elon Musk has announced that Twitter is temporarily limiting the number of tweets people can read in a day, as thousands of users reported problems accessing the site. Mr Musk, who took over Twitter in October after buying it for $44bn (€40.

Sat, 01 Jul, 2023

Technology stock

Twitter has work to do to be ready for new digital rules, EU official says

Twitter needs to do more work to fall in line with the European Union’s tough new digital rule book, a top EU official said after overseeing a “stress test” of the company’s systems in Silicon Valley.

Fri, 23 Jun, 2023

Australian watchdog demands answers from Twitter on how it tackles online hate

Australian watchdog demands answers from Twitter on how it tackles online hate

Australia’s online safety watchdog has issued a legal notice to Twitter demanding an explanation of what the social media giant is doing to tackle a surge in online hate since Tesla chief executive Elon Musk bought the platform.

Thu, 22 Jun, 2023

Twitter worst among major social media platforms for LGBT+ safety – lobby group

Twitter worst among major social media platforms for LGBT+ safety – lobby group

On Twitter, attacks on LGBT+ users have increased substantially since Elon Musk took over the company last autumn, according to multiple advocacy groups.

Thu, 15 Jun, 2023

Gender identity

Twitter manager quits amid row over handling of transgender topics

The departure pointed to a fresh wave of turmoil among key officials at Twitter since Mr Musk took over last year.

Sat, 03 Jun, 2023

Twitter may be worth a third of what Musk paid for it last year, figures show

Twitter may be worth a third of what Musk paid for it last year, figures show

Twitter may now be worth one third of what Elon Musk paid for the social media platform just seven months ago, figures show.

Wed, 31 May, 2023

Elon Musk on Twitter

US officials investigate whether Elon Musk’s ‘Twitter Hotel’ plan broke laws

San Francisco officials are investigating Twitter after six former employees allege that owner Elon Musk’s leadership team broke laws in turning the company’s headquarters into a “Twitter Hotel” for workers being pushed to stay up late to transform ...

Fri, 19 May, 2023

Elon Musk on Twitter

Elon Musk confirms former NBCUniversal executive as new Twitter boss

It comes a day after Mr Musk said he had hired a new chief executive, an unnamed woman, for the business.

Fri, 12 May, 2023

Elon Musk

Elon Musk threatens to reassign National Public Radio’s Twitter account

Elon Musk threatened to reassign National Public Radio’s Twitter account to “another company”, according to the non-profit news organisation, in a continuing dispute between Mr Musk and media groups since his 44 billion dollar acquisition of the ...

Wed, 03 May, 2023

Celebrities insist they will not pay for Twitter as blue ticks reappear

Celebrities insist they will not pay for Twitter as blue ticks reappear

Comedian Dara O Briain, who was not verified before the blue tick cull on April 20 but has 2.6 million followers, also received one and shared his confusion on Sunday morning

Sun, 23 Apr, 2023

SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer Award 2020 on December 01, 2020 in B

Elon Musk ‘personally paying’ to keep blue ticks on some verified Twitter users

It comes after legacy verified checkmarks were removed from the social app on Thursday

Fri, 21 Apr, 2023

Elon Musk Buys Twitter

‘My blue tick has passed away’ – Twitter users react to removal of legacy blue ticks

The legacy checkmarks began disappearing towards the end of Thursday

Thu, 20 Apr, 2023

Technology Stock

National Public Radio quits Twitter over ‘government-funded’ label

US non-profit media organisation National Public Radio is quitting Twitter after the social media platform stamped its account with labels the news organisation says are intended to undermine its credibility.

Wed, 12 Apr, 2023

David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away) exhibition

'It is not me': Graham Norton’s Twitter reactivated without his knowledge

Posting to over 600,000 followers, Norton urged peple to “spread the word” the account has not been reactivated by him, despite it still having a blue verified tick

Tue, 04 Apr, 2023

Twitter closes offices

Legacy Twitter blue ticks remain amid confusion over verification

The business, led by billionaire owner Elon Musk, has also confused many people by making older verified users indistinguishable from those who have paid for the checkmark

Mon, 03 Apr, 2023

Twitter to scrap features for non-paying users in Elon Musk shake-up

From April 15, only verified accounts will be able to us the “for you” page, which shows users recommended Tweets outside their follow lists, Mr Musk said.

Tue, 28 Mar, 2023

Elon Musk on Twitter

Twitter says parts of source code leaked online

Microsoft-owned GitHub took down the code after Twitter requested its removal.

Mon, 27 Mar, 2023

Sarah Harte: I’d rather eat my innards than deal with inevitable abuse of Twitter

Sarah Harte: I’d rather eat my innards than deal with inevitable abuse of Twitter

Abusers dissociate their online selves from their real-world selves and feel free to say the thing they wouldn’t say to a person’s face — researchers call it the online disinhibition effect

Wed, 15 Mar, 2023

Musk apologises to sacked Twitter worker after saying he did ‘no actual work’

Musk apologises to sacked Twitter worker after saying he did ‘no actual work’

Icelandic entrepreneur Halli Thorleifsson had sent a direct public tweet to the billionaire after he was locked out of his work’s computer system

Wed, 08 Mar, 2023

Twitter appears to resume normal service after part-outage on Wednesday

The 'following' tab, which many people have as their home screen on the social media platform, had stopped working for thousands of users earlier in the day

Wed, 01 Mar, 2023

Elon Musk on Twitter

Musk ‘demanded Twitter tweak site to better promote his tweets’

Musk became increasingly frustrated over what he saw as decreasing engagement with his tweets in recent weeks.

Wed, 15 Feb, 2023

EU calls out Twitter for incomplete disinformation report

The social media firm signed up to the EU’s voluntary 2022 code of practice on disinformation last year — before Tesla boss Elon Musk bought it.

Thu, 09 Feb, 2023

Twitter outage sees users told they have exceeded post limit

Twitter outage sees users told they have exceeded post limit

Users first noticed the problem when they tried to send tweets and received a message saying they had reached their “tweet limit”.

Thu, 09 Feb, 2023

Elon Musk to buy Twitter

Britain's crown estate sues Twitter over unpaid rent allegations

The cases could be part of an even bigger slew of lawsuits facing Elon Musk’s social media company.

Tue, 24 Jan, 2023

Elon Musk Speaks At Satellite Conference In Washington, DC

Irish Examiner View: EU laws on social media a long time coming

The new EU rules on social media have been described as groundbreaking legislation.

Wed, 28 Dec, 2022

Coronavirus and social media use

State departments spent €1.4m on social media ads in 2022

Dramatic rise in amounts forked out, with ads placed across Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, Snapchat, and YouTube

Mon, 26 Dec, 2022

The 2022 Met Gala Celebrating "In America: An Anthology of Fashion" - Arrivals

Irish Examiner view: Hard times for megalomaniacs

Just this week we learned that Elon Musk has announced he will step down as CEO of Twitter, while the tax details of former US president Donald Trump are to be made public

Thu, 22 Dec, 2022