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Twitter Settles Retaliation Claim Over Return to Office Protest

Twitter has settled with a former employee who US labor board prosecutors concluded was illegally punished for protesting its return-to-office mandate. Software engineer Alexis Camacho claimed the company put them on administrative leave in retaliation for posting a message urging …

In Twitter Case, Supreme Court Protects Companies from Terrorism Lawsuits

The US Supreme Court on Thursday refused to clear a path for victims of attacks by militant organizations to hold social media companies liable under an anti-terrorism law for failing to stop the groups from using their platforms, handing a …

Twitter Beats Disabled Worker’s Lawsuit over Layoffs, for Now

A federal judge in California has tossed out a lawsuit accusing Twitter Inc. of discriminating against workers with disabilities by requiring employees to report to the office and put in long hours working at high intensity. U.S. District Judge Haywood …

Jury: Musk Didn’t Defraud Investors with 2018 Tesla Tweets

SAN FRANCISO (AP) — A jury on Friday decided Elon Musk didn’t defraud investors with his 2018 tweets about electric automaker Tesla in a proposed deal that quickly unraveled and raised questions about whether the billionaire had misled investors. The …

Elon Musk’s Tesla Tweet Trial Delves into Investor Damages

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An Elon Musk tweet declaring he had the financing to take Tesla private in 2018 caused billions of dollars in investor damages after the deal collapsed, according to estimates presented Tuesday at a trial examining the …

Twitter Leak Exposes 235 Million Email Addresses from Hack

Personal emails linked to 235 million Twitter accounts hacked some time ago have been exposed according to Israeli security researcher Alon Gal _ making millions vulnerable to having their accounts compromised or identities exposed if they have used the site …

Public Safety Accounts Urge Caution on Twitter After Changes

As Twitter became knotted with parody accounts and turmoil, Rachel Terlep, who runs an account for the Washington State Department of Natural Resources that intersperses cheeky banter with wildfire and weather warnings, watched with equal parts trepidation and fascination. “It …

Congress Wants to Hear What Twitter Whistleblower Has to Say

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. lawmakers are anxious to hear from Twitter’s former security chief, who has alarmed Washington with allegations that the influential social network misled regulators about its cyber defenses and efforts to control fake accounts. Leaders of several …

Former Twitter Security Chief Files Whistleblower Complaints

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former head of security at Twitter has filed whistleblower complaints with U.S. officials, alleging that the company misled regulators about its cybersecurity defenses and its problems with fake accounts, according to reports by The Washington Post …

Twitter to Pay $150M Penalty over Privacy of Users’ Data

WASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter will pay a $150 million penalty and put in new safeguards to settle federal regulators’ allegations that the social platform failed to protect the privacy of users’ data over a six-year span. The Justice Department and …