Billionaire businesswoman Magda Wierzycka says she has abandoned Twitter following an avalanche of criticism over a tweet she posted to commemorate Human Rights Day on Wednesday. Wierzykca‚ the CEO of investment firm Sygnia‚ tweeted an iconic photograph of Hector Pieterson who was shot … Read More

There's a decent chance you came to this article via Twitter. While the company isn't as big as its main rival, Facebook, it can be argued that in today's climate, Twitter is the more socially important and era-defining network. As proof, you need to look no further than the president …

LONDON: Amnesty International, the human rights group, has accused Twitter of failing to prevent online violence and abuse against women, which is preventing many women from expressing themselves freely on the social platform. Released on the same day that Twitter marked the 12th anniversary … Read More

The cryptocurrency industry is relatively new and unregulated, and the number of scams is on the rise as criminals attempt to cash in on the recent boom. Twitter, therefore, is said to be considering a ban on cryptocurrency advertisements, which were recently banned by Google and Facebook. Read More

Jack Dorsey, CEO of both Twitter and payment platform, Square, told the Times of London there will be a single world currency in the next ten years, and he believes that will be bitcoin. His comments came at a downturn in the broader crypto markets and amidst declarations of bitcoin's …

Amnesty wrote: 'The research highlights the particular experiences of violence and abuse on Twitter against women of colour, women from ethnic or religious minorities, lesbian, bisexual or transgender women, non-binary individuals, and women with disabilities, to demonstrate the intersectional nature … Read More

Yesterday, Google Director of Information Security Engineering Michael Zelewski announced his upcoming departure on Twitter. With Facebook, there were reports that CSO Alex Stamos was leaving his role, but that seems to not be true. Instead, Stamos said his role is simply changing to focus more on … Read More

A new study out of the University of Colorado has found that the majority of Twitter users don't know that researchers freely collect and analyze their tweets — even those that have been deleted — in the name of science. The study, in which CU researchers were joined by partners …

Conservative Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson is catching flak on Twitter for making what some are calling "racist" comments about how quickly America's racial makeup is changing. Tucker ran a segment on his show Tuesday lamenting the "bewildering" pace of demographic changes in America, … Read More

Twitter's chief information security officer is leaving the company, sources familiar with the matter have told The Verge. Michael Coates, who joined the company in January 2015, is quitting to start his own company, sources said. Coates announced the move internally about three weeks ago, sources … Read More