Twitter is under investigation by city officials in San Francisco following a complaint that the company allegedly converted rooms in its headquarters to sleeping quarters, an inquiry that has drawn scorn from Elon Musk.
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Former Google executive Gill Whitehead to lead regulator’s online safety team
Ofcom has appointed a former executive from Google to oversee its new role as regulator for online safety, ahead of new laws to police the internet which are due to be introduced in the UK next spring.
Elon Musk threat of Apple ‘war’ in row over Twitter
Elon Musk appeared to threaten a “war” with Apple after claiming that it had cut back on advertising with Twitter and was trying to exclude the social media site from its app store.
Meta seeks government protection from Rees-Mogg’s EU law bonfire
Facebook and Instagram have asked for government protection from Jacob Rees-Mogg’s bonfire of up to 4,000 EU laws on post-Brexit statute books.
Openreach scales back UK ultrafast fibre broadband
Openreach is to limit its investment in the rollout of ultrafast fibre broadband as BT pushes forward with an intense cost-cutting scheme.
Twitter’s top advertisers leave en masse following Musk entrance
Twitter’s top advertisers are leaving the social media firm en masse, as Elon Musk’s grand plans scare away marketeers.
UK’s digital services tax reaps almost £360m from US tech giants in first year
The digital services tax has reaped almost £360m from US tech giants including Amazon, Google and Apple in its first year, raising more from most of the digital businesses than they have been paying in UK corporation tax.
Facebook sued for collecting personal data to sell adverts
Facebook is being challenged in the High Court over the personal details it collects on users in a case that threatens the company’s business model.
Twitter has ‘50% chance’ of major crash during World Cup
Twitter stands a 50% chance of a major outage that could take the site offline during the World Cup, according to a recently departed employee with knowledge of how the company responds to large-scale events.
Musk gives Twitter staff deadline to commit to long hours and being ‘hardcore’
Elon Musk has given Twitter’s remaining staff a Thursday deadline to commit to working “long hours at high intensity” and being “extremely hardcore” or else leave with three months’ severance pay.
Google to pay record £330m privacy settlement
Google will pay $391.5m (£330m) to settle allegations about how it collects data from users.
The Twitter Exodus: are we coming or going?
The internet is currently buzzing with opinions on Elon Musk’s divisive Twitter takeover, but what does the data say?
Exodus continues at Twitter as Elon Musk hints at possible bankruptcy
As Elon Musk’s ownership of Twitter entered its third week, and following mass layoffs, the billionaire laid bare a delicate financial future for the social media platform, amid an exodus of top privacy and security executives.
Elon Musk scraps Twitter’s work from home policy as ‘intense work’ is needed to succeed
Elon Musk has scrapped Twitter’s working from home policy and ordered its staff back to the office, days after firing 3,700 employees.
Elon Musk reassures advertisers amid ‘blue check’ verification chaos
Elon Musk sought to reassure advertisers on Twitter on Wednesday that his chaotic takeover of the social media platform won’t harm their brands.
