Twitter has limited Donald Trump Jr.'s account and deleted one of his tweets for violating Twitter's COVID-19 misinformation policies. The tweet, posted on Monday, had what Twitter termed a misleading video on the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine.

Voice of America

Two former Twitter employees who were last fall charged with spying on behalf of the government of Saudi Arabia may have charges against them dropped at the recommendation of US prosecutors, according to Bloomberg. It is unclear at this time why the US is pushing to have the case against the two men, Ahmad Abouammo and Ali Alzabarah, dismissed.

The Verge

Twitter accounts belonging to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development tweeted out the N-word and other offensive language on Wednesday after a hacker or hackers took over the accounts. A digital comms staffer at the EBRD, Marcus Warren, also had his account hijacked to tweet out the N-word and other inappropriate content.

Business Insider

It seems Twitter is expanding its trial with ephemeral content - so don't be surprised if you start seeing Stories on the micro-blogging platform in the near future. Some users in the Netherlands are reporting they now have the ability to post content which will automatically disappear after 24 hours.

The Next Web

ABC political director joins Here & Now's Robin Young to discuss President Trump's retweets of doctors making false claims that masks and lockdowns aren't needed to stop the spread of the coronavirus and the drug hydroxychloroquine can cure it. The tweets, posted by Donald Trump Jr., undercut the president's own recent statements about the importance of wearing masks.

Here And Now

Twitter has "temporarily limited" the account features of Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward after determining she violated its policy on spreading misleading and "potentially harmful" information about the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision by Twitter came after she shared the viral video of a group of physicians making false and misleading comments about the pandemic.

AZCentral

Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing - and changing us. Social media platforms are struggling to contain a new round of coronavirus conspiracy theories thanks, in part, to Donald Trump. On Monday night, the president retweeted multiple accounts that posted a video falsely claiming that hydroxychloroquine cured Covid-19, including one tweet from his son, Donald Trump Jr.

Vox.com

As the National Hockey League nears its return to the ice on August 1, it has formed a partnership with Twitter and Disney Streaming Services to deliver new ways for fans to experience the action. The teaming will deliver live look-ins via Twitter of select NHL games during the 2020 Stanley Cup qualifiers and playoffs to fans in the U.S.

Deadline

Twitter has updated its policies to now include links to hateful content within its parameters to unacceptable activity.

Social Media Today

NEW DELHI: Anand Mahindra does Twitter in style. Like, almost always. From sharing inspiration-filled messages to life hacks to turning a good Samaritan, he has used the platform to maximum advantage, for himself and others. And during the four-month-and-counting lockdown period, the top boss has kept his Twitter fans engaged with a sneak-peek into his life away from the boardroom.

Economic Times

The main image on this article was changed on 29 July 2020. An earlier version incorrectly used an image of the rapper Kano. Twitter is simultaneously many things: a means of elevating otherwise ignored voices, a platform for facilitating debate, a portal to access a bewildering array of information - and a cesspit of hatred.

The Guardian

President Donald Trump slammed "Big Pharma" TV ads on Twitter Tuesday, the morning after pharma executives turned down his White House invite. But while drugmakers regularly take potshots about their advertising, the ad that sparked Trump's ire might not be a pharma commercial after all.

FiercePharma

Twitter's ability to push in-app advertising beyond performance advertisers to brand advertisers is about to be stress-tested. The company's Mopub marketplace for in-app ads will be one of those businesses swept up in the tailwinds from Apple's latest privacy protection.

Digiday

By conventional standards, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube showed themselves to be paragons of public service Monday when they took down a video promoting a long-debunked "cure for COVID" and agitating against mask-wearing.

Yahoo Finance

Twitter is praising a historic first for the Emmy Awards after nominations were announced Tuesday morning. For the first time in the ceremony's 71-year history, Black actresses dominate the category for lead actress in a limited series or movie. The three Black actresses in the running are Octavia Spencer ("Self Made"), Kerry Washington ("Little Fires Everywhere") and Regina King ("Watchmen").

Los Angeles Times

President Trump's attempt to punish social-media websites for alleged anti-conservative bias moved ahead this week as his administration formally asked the Federal Communications Commission to initiate a rulemaking process. Trump's executive order in May instructed the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to petition the FCC for new rules.

Ars Technica

The coronavirus has crippled sales at the Market grocery store and food hall in Twitter's San Francisco headquarters building - but the Market is pressing forward with an expansion. With thousands of workers at companies like Twitter, Uber and Square no longer commuting to the Mid-Market area, grocery sales at the Market have been cut in half.

San Francisco Chronicle

WASHINGTON - Twitter removed a tweet that had been retweeted by President Donald Trump that falsely said that there was a cure for the coronavirus. Late Monday night, Trump retweeted the tweet from an account with the handle "@stella_immanuel" that said: "Covid has cure. America wake up."

NBC News

Twitter contractors apparently were able to use the Twitter's internal tools to spy on some celebrities, including Beyoncé, years before the recent attack on Twitter that let hackers compromise some of the most high-profile accounts on the social network to tweet Bitcoin scams.

The Verge

That Vicariously app you might have seen pop up in your twitter feed via a little viral growth hacking has run aground on Twitter's automation rules. We reached out about it after it started spamming my feed with 'so and so has added you to a list' notifications and Twitter says t...

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