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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has been asked to stop providing social media services to Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif. In a letter published Friday, US Sens. Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Tom Cotton and Marsha Blackburn told Dorsey that allowing those leaders to hold Twitter accounts violates an executive …

Twitter on Thursday posted better than expected quarterly revenue, a surge that comes as the social network tries to distinguish itself by banning political ads. It was Twitter’s first billion-dollar quarter. The company also continues to attract new users. In the fourth quarter, the number of monetizable daily active users — people who log into the site daily and see …

Twitter isn’t adding an edit button anytime soon, but Jack Dorsey is open to change. The microblogging site’s CEO asked Tesla and SpaceX boss Elon Musk — a constant tweeter and one of its most popular users, with more than 30 million followers — to suggest some improvements. Thousands of Twitter employees watched as Dorsey video-called Musk from a company …

No, Twitter will probably never add an edit button to modify your tweets. In a video interview with Wired published Tuesday, Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey answered a series of questions posted by users of the platform he helped create in 2006. And, of course, one of the questions was about the coveted button that would save so many headaches …

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Twitter executives said Wednesday the social network plans to experiment this year with a new feature that would give users more control over who can reply to a tweet, a move that could help combat online abuse on the site. But …

Twitter recently announced that users can disable SMS-based two-factor authentication, a requirement the company has held onto despite the increased security risk of receiving 2FA codes via SMS. Two-factor authentication, widely considered a best practice when it comes to keeping your online accounts secure, adds an extra layer of security to your online accounts by requiring a six-digit number after you’ve entered the correct …

Twitter is rolling out a new feature for following specific topics. In a blog post Monday, Twitter said the Topics feature in the coming months will start making suggestions in your timeline and in search based on what you already follow. You’ll be able to follow a topic with one tap. The feature, which was earlier reported by The Verge, will reportedly …

Google is in talks over making changes to its political ads policy, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The reported discussions come as social media giants Facebook and Twitter take different tacks on the issue. Google has been holding internal meetings on possible changes to the policy and is expected to share more information with its employees as soon as …

Facebook‘s logo is getting a refresh. On Monday, the social media giant said it’s changing its corporate logo from one that’s synonymous with its main Facebook app and website to one that can better mesh with the other products it owns and operates, including Instagram, WhatsApp and Oculus.  Antonio Lucio, Facebook’s chief marketing officer, said in a blog post that …

Twitter will stop selling ads concerning candidates for office, elections or political issues such as climate change and immigration, the company’s CEO said Wednesday, staking out a position that sets the social network apart from industry giant Facebook. In a series of 11 tweets, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey unveiled the changes, which will take effect next month. He argued that …