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At Definity, the future is for stockholders, not policyholders
David Milstead
technology
New Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino begins role with social media company
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 23: Linda Yaccarino speaks onstage during Seat At The Table on March 23, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for The Female Quotient )
world
Twitter executive responsible for content safety resigns after Elon Musk criticism
FILE - Twitter logos hang outside the company's offices in San Francisco, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. Ella Irwin, a top Twitter executive responsible for safety and content moderation, has left the company. Her departure came after owner Elon Musk publicly complained about the platform’s handling of posts about transgender topics. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
technology
YouTube changes policy to allow false claims about past U.S. presidential elections
FILE - The YouTube app is displayed on an iPad on March 20, 2018, in Baltimore. YouTube will stop removing content that falsely claims the 2020 election or other past U.S. presidential elections were marred by “widespread fraud, errors or glitches," the platform announced Friday, June 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
politics
Independent publishers in Canada torn over Meta’s move to block news on platforms
Kerry Benjoe, editor of Eagle Feather News, poses for a photo at First Nations University of Canada in Regina on Wednesday March 15, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Bell
politics
Facebook to test blocking Canadians’ access to news in response to Ottawa’s online news bill
FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta and Facebook logo are placed on laptop keyboard in this illustration taken on November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
world
Judge dismisses Washington, DC, privacy lawsuit against Facebook owner Meta
FILE PHOTO: The logos of mobile apps, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Netflix, are displayed on a screen in this illustration picture taken December 3, 2019. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/
world
Twitter’s head of trust and safety says she has resigned
FILE PHOTO: The Twitter logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
technology
Dutch parliament chair calls on Twitter to prevent threatening messages on platform
FILE PHOTO: A keyboard is placed in front of a displayed Twitter logo in this illustration taken February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
opinion
Ron DeSantis’s launch shows how Elon Musk’s Twitter has radically changed political culture
Noam Cohen
report on business
Twitter not paying PR firm’s bills after Musk buyout - lawsuit
FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk's photo is seen through a Twitter logo in this illustration taken October 28, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
opinion
Don’t ban TikTok. Make it safer
Frances Haugen and Taylor Owen
world
Twitter’s launch of DeSantis’ presidential bid underscores platform’s rightward shift under Musk
FILE - Twitter, now X. Corp, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk poses prior to his talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, May 15, 2023 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. While shaky and skewered by critics, Twitter’s forum for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to announce his presidential run nevertheless underscored the platform’s unmistakable shift to the right under new owner Elon Musk. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool, File)
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Supreme Court avoids ruling on law shielding internet companies from being sued for what users post
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google LLC is seen at the Google Store Chelsea in New York City, U.S., January 20, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo/File Photo
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Twitter is purging inactive accounts including people who have died, angering those still grieving
This Thursday, May 11, 2023, image taken in New York, shows the account suspended notice of Jessica Reed on the Twitter page of her younger sister Emily Reed. On Monday, May 8, 2023, Twitter CEO Elon Musk announced the platform would be "purging accounts that have had no activity at all for several years." The news caused outrage among people fearing they could lose tweets that now-inactive accounts, including those belonging to users who have died, left behind on the app. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
world
YouTube sends gun videos to 9-year-olds: ‘It’s not the kids. It’s the algorithms,’ study finds
FILE - The YouTube app is displayed on an iPad in Baltimore on March 20, 2018. YouTube is great at sending users videos that it thinks they'll like based on their interests. But new research shows the site's powerful algorithms can also flood young users with violent and disturbing content. The non-profit Tech Transparency Project created YouTube accounts mimicking the behavior of young boys with an interest in first-person shooter games. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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Is Twitter’s new CEO heading toward a glass cliff?
FILE - The Twitter splash page is seen on a digital device, Monday, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. By hiring Linda Yaccarino as Twitter’s new CEO, Friday, May 12, 2023, Elon Musk is welcoming a veteran ad executive to the helm of the social media site. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
world
Secure messaging arrives on Twitter - sort of. ‘Don’t trust it yet,’ Musk warns
FILE - The Twitter splash page is seen on a digital device, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. Twitter launched encrypted messaging Wednesday, May 10, 2023, offering select users the ability to communicate more securely. But its new service is much more of a baby step than a giant leap forward. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
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Elon Musk says he’s found a woman to lead Twitter as new CEO
FILE PHOTO: A view of the Twitter logo at its corporate headquarters in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 18, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
international business
Facebook is wrong to say news lacks economic value, Trudeau says
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Meta Platforms' business group is seen in Brussels, Belgium December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
world
Twitter to remove idle accounts, archive them
FILE PHOTO: A keyboard is placed in front of a displayed Twitter logo in this illustration taken February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/File Photo
inside the market
Friday’s Insider Report: CEO and CFO are buyers of this stock that’s tumbled into oversold territory
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Canadian Twitter users on why they decided to pay for their blue check mark
The Twitter splash page is seen on a digital device, on April 25, 2022, in San Diego. When Elon Musk took over Twitter last November, he quickly turned his attention to the platform's highly sought-after status symbol: the blue verification check mark. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Gregory Bull
technology
Companies wary as Twitter’s verification checkmark policy fuels imposter accounts
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 28, 2022 the Twitter logo is seen on the exterior of Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, California. - Twitter owner Elon Musk on March 17, 2023 put out word that he will make public the long-secret algorithm for recommending tweets. The code used for recommending the posts suggested to users will become "open source" at the end of March, Musk said in a tweet of his own. (Photo by Constanza HEVIA / AFP) (Photo by CONSTANZA HEVIA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Why Twitter looks different, and what’s changed (as of right now)
Professionals once saw the platform as a way to build networks, discover news, connect with others and disseminate trustworthy information in a hurry. They now feel they're inundated with misinformation and new Twitter policies they don't agree with every time they log on, but have yet to find a site that offers the same immediacy and connections to leave for. Twitter logos are displayed outside the company's offices in San Francisco on Dec. 19, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jeff Chiu
world
Rival warlords in Sudan scramble for international support
Women gather to pray in Port Sudan, on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, on April 21, 2023. - Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands wounded since the fighting erupted on April 15 between forces loyal to Sudan's army chief and the commander of the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Confusion as Musk’s Twitter yanks blue checks from agencies
A view shows Twitter account of Pope Francis after losing the verified blue status in this illustration photo taken, April 21, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/Illustration
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Twitter removes ‘government funded’ labels on CBC and other news organizations
international business
Twitter begins removing blue checks from users who don’t pay
FILE - A Twitter logo hangs outside the company's offices in San Francisco, on Dec. 19, 2022. William Shatner, Monica Lewinsky and other prolific Twitter commentators — some household names, others little-known journalists — could soon be losing the blue check marks that helped verify their identity on the social media platform. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
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Elon Musk treating journalistic independence like ‘a game,’ CBC says about Twitter
Twitter CEO Elon Musk arrives to speak at the "Twitter 2.0: From Conversations to Partnerships," marketing conference in Miami, Florida, on April 18, 2023. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Why Twitter’s new labels caused CBC, NPR to stop using the platform
FILE - A Twitter logo hangs outside the company's offices in San Francisco, on Dec. 19, 2022. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation paused its use of Twitter on Monday, April 17, 2023, after the social media platform owned by Elon Musk stamped CBC’s account with a label the public broadcaster says is intended to undermine its credibility. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
world
Twitter removes policy against deadnaming transgender people
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 10: In an aerial view, a modified company sign is posted on the exterior of the Twitter headquarters on April 10, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Twitter CEO Elon Musk had the sign in front of Twitter headquarters modified by painting over the letter "W" in the Twitter name. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
technology
Deepfake porn could be a growing problem amid AI race
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world
Trump reports little income from Truth Social, $1-million from NFTs
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in this screen grab taken from a social media video released April 2, 2023, after his indictment by a Manhattan grand jury following a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels. SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE / DONALD J. TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT 2024/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
technology
Twitter to let users offer content subscriptions in monetization push
FILE PHOTO: The shadows of people holding mobile phones are cast onto a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo in this illustration picture taken in Warsaw September 27, 2013. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
international business
NPR to stop using Twitter, says account’s new label is misleading
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 17, 2013, the headquarters for National Public Radio (NPR) in Washington, DC. - NPR on April 12, 2023, said it would "no longer remain active" on Twitter, accusing the platform owned by Elon Musk of undermining its credibility and sowing doubt over its editorial independence. NPR's clean break from Twitter comes after the highly respected news broadcaster had already suspended tweets from its main account when it received a label on the platform that it was "state affiliated media". (Photo by Saul LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)