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Twitter, Inc. was an American social media company based in San Francisco, California, which operated and was named for its flagship social media network prior to its rebrand as X. In addition to Twitter, the company previously operated the Vine short video app and Periscope livestreaming service.
Twitter, officially known as X since July 2023, is a social networking service.It is one of the world's largest social media websites and one of the most-visited websites. [3] [4] Users can share short text messages, images, and videos in short posts commonly known as "tweets" or "retweets" (officially "post" or "repost") and like other users' content. [5]
Twitter became a key part of politics and international relations but was also banned or blocked in some countries. Twitter went public in 2013 and continued to expand. The COVID-19 pandemic challenged Twitter's handling of misinformation on the platform. Elon Musk took Twitter private in 2022 and later changed the name of the service to X.
Jack Patrick Dorsey (born November 19, 1976) [3] is an American Internet entrepreneur, philanthropist, and programmer, who is a co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, Inc. from 2015 until 2021, as well as co-founder, principal executive officer and chairman [4] of Block, Inc., which is the developer of the Square financial services platform.
Twitter briefly replaces its logo with a Doge logo for 3 days. [217] 2023 April 10 Company operation Twitter, Inc. is merged with X Corp. [218] 2023 April 20 Product Discontinuation of legacy verified checkmarks [215] 2023 May 12 Company operation Linda Yaccarino is appointed as Twitter's new CEO following Musk's resignation [219] 2023 June 12
The business magnate Elon Musk initiated an acquisition of American social media company Twitter, Inc. on April 14, 2022, and concluded it on October 27, 2022. Musk had begun buying shares of the company in January 2022, becoming its largest shareholder by April with a 9.1 percent ownership stake.
Parag Agrawal (Hindi pronunciation: [pəˈɾaːɡ əɡɾəˈʋaːl]; born May 21, 1984) [2] is an Indian-American software engineer and businessman who was the CEO of Twitter, Inc. from November 2021 to October 2022. [3]
Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh, 598 U.S. 471 (2023), was a case of the Supreme Court of the United States.The case considered whether Internet service providers are liable for "aiding and abetting" a designated foreign terrorist organization in an "act of international terrorism", on account of recommending such content posted by users, under Section 2333 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death ...