Across the country, government agencies, especially those tasked with sending messages during emergencies, have embraced Twitter over the last decade.
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Twitter risks crashing as hundreds of engineers, workers exit over Musk upheaval
The newest departures mean the platform is losing workers just at it is gears up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which opens Sunday. It’s one of Twitter’s busiest events, when tweet surges heavily stress its systems.
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Twitter is in chaos. Here are some ways to protect your account.
There are already signs that the exodus of hundreds of employees is stressing the system.
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Hundreds said to have opted to leave Twitter over Musk ultimatum
The number of likely departures prompted new owner Elon Musk to ease his return-to-office edict and managers to meet to decide which engineers to ask back.
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Musk to remaining Twitter staff: Go ‘hardcore’ or leave
Elon Musk has asked employees to decide by Thursday evening if they want to remain a part of the business, according to an email sent by the company’s new owner to its remaining staff.
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A fake tweet sparked panic at Eli Lilly and may have cost Twitter millions
By Friday morning, Eli Lilly executives had ordered a halt to all Twitter ad campaigns.
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Sen. Markey, Musk exchange barbs on impersonation scandal
The spat began after a Washington Post columnist wrote that he had impersonated Markey, with his permission, to show how easy it is to get a blue check mark under Twitter’s new verification system.
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Biden says Elon Musk’s foreign connections are ‘worth being looked at’
President Biden said the new Twitter owner’s ‘cooperation’ with other countries deserves scrutiny, adding he wasn’t suggesting Musk was ‘doing anything inappropriate.’
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Twitter’s content moderation head quits as departures alarm the FTC
In a rare comment, the Federal Trade Commission said it was monitoring developments ‘with deep concern.’
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Twitter survival at stake, Musk warns as remote work ends
The exodus at Twitter is ongoing, including the company’s chief information security officer Lea Kissner, putting the company at ‘serious risk of a breach’ cybersecurity experts say.