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The email account that journalists used to use to correspond with Twitter's communications team is now automatically responding to messages with a poop emoji.

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Got a question for Twitter's press team? The answer will be a poop emoji

Twitter's communications email went dark after mass layoffs late last year. CEO Elon Musk announced this weekend (and NPR confirmed) that it now responds to press inquiries with a single poop emoji.

March 20, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition, March 9, 2020, in Washington.

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  • Business

Elon Musk apologizes after mocking laid-off Twitter employee with disability

The billionaire owner of Twitter apologized after publicly questioning a Twitter employee's query about whether he had been laid off and speaking dismissively of that employee's disability.

March 08, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a patriotic concert in Moscow just ahead of the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 22, 2023.

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  • Technology

How Russia is losing — and winning — the information war in Ukraine

The war in Ukraine is also playing out online, where Russia is using propaganda, fake accounts, and manipulated videos and images to deflect blame and undermine support for Ukraine.

February 28, 2023
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  • Shannon Bond
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, pictured in 2018, announced that Instagram and Facebook are launching a paid verification service called 'Meta Verified.'

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  • Technology

Instagram and Facebook launch new paid verification service, Meta Verified

Instagram and Facebook are launching a new paid verification service, Meta Verified. Here's what it means — and how it compares to Twitter Blue.

February 20, 2023
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  • Roshan Fernandez
The Twitter logo is seen on the awning of the building that houses the Twitter office in New York on Oct. 26, 2022.

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  • Technology

Twitter will limit uses of SMS 2-factor authentication. What does this mean for users?

Users who don't pay a fee for Twitter Blue within the next 30 days will lose SMS two-factor authentication. But there are ways to work around this without signing up for a Twitter subscription.

February 18, 2023
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
With a poster of a <em>New York Post</em> front page story about Hunter Biden's emails on display, Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, listen during a hearing before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee on Wednesday. The committee held a hearing on Twitter's short-lived decision to limit circulation of the <em>Post </em>story in 2020.

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  • Politics

Ex-Twitter officials reject GOP claims of government collusion

At a contentious House committee hearing, Republicans aired long-held grievances over what they say is Silicon Valley's bias against conservatives.

February 09, 2023
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  • Shannon Bond
In this courtroom sketch, Elon Musk, left, with shareholder attorney Nicholas Porritt, appears in federal court in San Francisco on Friday.

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  • Business

Elon Musk takes the witness stand to defend his Tesla buyout tweets

Two tweets in 2018 led to a class-action lawsuit alleging Musk misled investors, pulling him into court for about a half hour to deliver sworn testimony in front of a nine-person jury.

January 21, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Twitter is auctioning off office, kitchen and tech supplies from its San Francisco headquarters as its financial struggles continue.

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  • Business

Twitter auctioned off office supplies, including a pizza oven and neon bird sign

The 631 lots include mid-century modern furniture, an assortment of office supplies, high-end kitchen appliances and company memorabilia. The de facto fire sale lasted for 27 hours.

January 19, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, pictured here at a German factory in March 2022, faces a trial this week over his series of 2018 tweets teasing a Tesla buyout that never materialized.

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  • Business

Here's what's at stake in Elon Musk's Tesla tweet trial

In 2018, Musk tweeted he had secured enough funding to take Tesla private, but a deal never materialized. A trial over the risk he brought to shareholders could further tarnish the CEO's reputation.

January 17, 2023
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  • Emily Olson
The TikTok logo is displayed outside a TikTok office on December 20, 2022 in Culver City, Calif. Congress passed legislation to ban the popular Chinese-owned social media app from most government devices.

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  • Technology

From Twitter chaos to TikTok bans to the metaverse, social media had a rocky 2022

From Facebook's troubled pivot to the metaverse to Twitter's management chaos to industry-wide layoffs, social media companies have had a rocky 2022

December 23, 2022
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  • Shannon Bond
Elon Musk (center), standing with former President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner (left) look on during the World Cup Final between Argentina and France in Qatar on December 18.

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  • Technology

Elon Musk says he will resign as Twitter CEO once he finds a replacement

"I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job!" Musk tweeted after most respondents to his Twitter poll said he should step down.

December 21, 2022
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  • Bobby Allyn
Twitter headquarters in San Francisco on Nov. 4. The United Nations and the European Union are among the groups that condemned Elon Musk's decision to suspend several journalists from the social media platform.

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  • National

Elon Musk reinstates suspended journalists on Twitter after backlash

The United Nations and the European Union are among the groups that condemned Musk's sudden decision to suspend several journalists from the social media platform.

December 18, 2022
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  • Juliana Kim
Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition on March 9, 2020.

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  • Technology

Twitter suspends several journalists who shared information about Musk's jet

Press advocates said the move sets a dangerous precedent and worried about future moves against journalists who cover the billionaire.

December 16, 2022
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  • Bobby Allyn
Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. The parent company of Facebook says bad actors are increasingly using realistic faces generated with artificial intelligence to run social media influence operations.

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  • Technology

AI-generated fake faces have become a hallmark of online influence operations

As artificial intelligence becomes more widely available, bad actors are turning to computer-generated faces in their attempts to manipulate social media networks.

December 15, 2022
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  • Shannon Bond
A sign at Twitter headquarters is shown in San Francisco on Dec. 8, 2022.

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  • Business

Twitter has changed its rules over the account tracking Elon Musk's private jet

Twitter on Wednesday suspended an account that used publicly available flight data to track Elon Musk's private jet, despite his pledge to keep it up because of his free speech principles.

December 14, 2022
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