The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is prepared to lift the ban on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, contingent upon directives from the government.
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Facebook and X Face Turbulence in Pakistan
Popular social media platforms, including Facebook and X (formerly known as Twitter), are experiencing significant disturbances in Pakistan.
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X Makes Likes Private to Protect User Privacy
X, formerly known as Twitter, has announced a change in how likes on posts are handled. The social media platform will now make users’ liked posts private, addressing concerns about users facing backlash for their online preferences.
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Major Companies Boycott X Over Controversial Comments by Elon Musk
In a startling turn of events, prominent companies such as Apple, Disney, and IBM have ceased advertising on X following a wave of controversy sparked by an alleged antisemitic post by the platform’s owner, Elon Musk.
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Elon Musk Introduces X Symbol in Twitter’s Rebranding
Elon Musk, owner of Twitter Inc, has announced a significant transformation for the popular social media company. As part of this exciting change, Twitter’s iconic blue bird logo has been replaced by a striking X symbol.
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Elon Musk reverts Twitter logo back to bird symbol
Elon Musk – CEO of Twitter on Friday replaced the Twitter’s logo to the bird’s symbol. Previously the logo had been changed to the Doge symbol.
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Dogecoin surge against PKR following Twitter logo change
The value of Dogecoin surged against Pakistani Rupee (PKR) following the change in Twitter’s logo from the bird’s symbol to Doge symbol.
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Twitter shuts offices temporarily on backlash fear
Twitter has closed its offices temporarily in many locations in the world amid many staff opted to leave and fears of backlash, resulted in emerging of new concerns regarding ability of the social media platform to survive online.
Reports suggested that the company initially closed the offices until Monday due to rising concerns that the angry staff could destroy the company.
It comes after hundreds of workers are said to have rejected an ultimatum from new owner Elon Musk to sign up for longer, more intense working hours in order to build a new “hardcore” Twitter – Musk said those who did not sign up would be let go.
Twitter has told employees that the company’s office buildings will be temporarily closed, effective immediately.
The announcement comes amid reports that large numbers of staff were quitting after new owner Elon Musk called on them to sign up for “long hours at high intensity” or leave.
The message went on to say: “Please continue to comply with company policy by refraining from discussing confidential company information on social media, with the press or elsewhere.”
This week Musk told Twitter staff that they had to commit to working long hours and would “need to be extremely hardcore” or leave the company, according to reports.
In an email to staff, the firm’s new owner said workers should agree to the pledge if they wanted to stay, the Washington Post reported.
Those who did not sign up by Thursday 17 November would be given three months’ severance pay, Musk said.
Earlier this month the company said that it was cutting around 50 per cent of its workforce.
Today’s announcement that Twitter had temporarily closed its offices came amid signs that large numbers of workers have now also resigned as they have not accepted Musk’s new terms.
Employees have been tweeting using the hashtag #LoveWhereYouWorked and a saluting emoji to show they were leaving the firm.
Twitter users have lost all hope in the microblogging platform and are dealing with the loss with humor like Twitter usually does.
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Twitter moves court against Musk for breaching $44bn deal
Twitter Inc. on Tuesday reportedly filed a case against Elon Musk, the CEO Tesla Inc. for cancelling $44 billion purchase deal.
The Twitter filed case against Elon Musk in the Delaware Court of Chancery to hold Musk to pay the amount of $44 billion for the deal of Twitter.
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The CEO of Tesla, Inc., Elon Musk decides to terminate the $44 billion deal to buy Twitter claiming about the multiple violations in the agreement.
Elon Musk claimed that the deal of purchasing Twitter was canceled because the Twitter breached the deal by failing to hand over data. He demanded that the number of bots and spam accounts on the platform should be evaluated.
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The legal experts said that the dispute could result in the involvement of judge forcing Musk to complete the deal or forcing him to pay a $1 billion breakup fee, or other scenarios including a settlement, renegotiation of the purchase price, or even Musk walking away without paying anything.
In May, Musk said that the deal was “temporarily on hold” as he was waiting for the dates on the number of fake and spam accounts on Twitter.
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The billionaire businessman had asked for evidence to back the company’s assertion that spam and bot accounts make up less than 5% of its total users.
In a letter filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Musk’s lawyer said that the Twitter had failed or refused to provide this information.
According to the letter: “Sometimes Twitter has ignored Mr. Musk’s requests, sometimes it has rejected them for reasons that appear to be unjustified, and sometimes it has claimed to comply while giving Mr. Musk incomplete or unusable information.”