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Russia increases attacks on civilian areas Officially, Russia’s military has paused its drive to seize Ukrainian territory. But in recent days it has stepped up its haphazard attacks on civilian areas, with strikes delivered by warplanes, artillery and missiles. Residents and Ukrainian soldiers alike have been terrified, maimed and killed by the strikes. Ukrainian officials … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — For years, Twitter was a runner-up social media company. It never grew to the size and scale of a Facebook or an Instagram. It simply muddled along. Then, Elon Musk, a power user of the service, stormed in. He offered $44 billion to buy Twitter and declared that the company could perform … Read more
In a new scam targeting restaurants, criminals are leaving negative ratings on restaurants’ Google pages as a bargaining chip to extort digital gift cards. Restaurateurs from San Francisco to New York, many from establishments with Michelin stars, said in recent days that they’ve received a blitz of one-star ratings on Google, with no description or … Read more
Shares of Twitter fell more than 11 percent by the close of trading on Monday, as investors anticipated a potentially drawn-out legal battle between the social media company and Elon Musk over his move to scrap a deal to buy the company. Mr. Musk reached an agreement to buy Twitter for $44 billion about three … Read more
On Friday, the tech billionaire Elon Musk announced that he was terminating a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter. The reason, he said, was an ongoing disagreement over the number of spam bot accounts on the platform. Now, the issue of what constitutes a spam bot account, and how many currently exist on Twitter, is … Read more
A brewing legal battle over Elon Musk’s effort to terminate a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter will most likely land in a courtroom in Delaware. That’s where a 230-year-old court that is a prime venue for corporate battles may hear a case, should Twitter sue Mr. Musk to force a completion of the deal, … Read more
Now that Elon Musk has signaled his intent to walk away from his $44 billion offer to buy Twitter, the fate of the influential social media network will be determined by what may be an epic court battle, involving months of expensive litigation and high-stakes negotiations by elite lawyers on both sides. The question is … Read more
To fight disinformation, California lawmakers are advancing a bill that would force social media companies to divulge their process for removing false, hateful or extremist material from their platforms. Texas lawmakers, by contrast, want to ban the largest of the companies — Facebook, Twitter and YouTube — from removing posts because of political points of … Read more