Twitter bans linking to Facebook, Instagram, other rivals

Twitter bans linking to Facebook, Instagram, other rivals

Twitter is also banning promotions of third-party social media link aggregators such as Linktree, which some people use to show where they can be found on different websites. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Twitter users will no longer be able to link to certain rival social media websites, including what the company described Sunday as “prohibited … Read more

Twitter plunges 22% in pre-market trade after Musk tweets buyout deal temporarily on hold

Twitter plunges 22% in pre-market trade after Musk tweets buyout deal temporarily on hold

Shares of Twitter Inc drop 22% to $35.20 in pre-market trade after Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk, who had inked a deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion, said in a tweet “deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting the calculation that spam/fake accounts represent less than 5% of users”. Twitter said in a filing … Read more