Social media platform also dropped "state-affiliated" and "government-funded" labels from media accounts.
Six months after he bought the company for $44 billion, Elon Musk acknowledges mistakes in running the social media platform, such as labelling BBC's account as "government-funded media".
Twitter boss Elon Musk has called The New York Times a 'propaganda' media outlet after the news organisation refused to pay for its verification badge.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk targeted the New York Times in a series of tweets after the US newspaper said it would not pay Twitter for verification of its institutional accounts.
Opening the blue tick to paying subscribers was among the first decisions made by Elon Musk when he took ownership of Twitter last year, but his overhaul backfired.
The new changes will make non-paying accounts invisible in the "For You" stream of recommended tweets.
Israeli military acknowledges it made a "mistake" in launching secretive influence campaign in an abortive attempt to improve Israeli public's view of army's performance in the war.
Ex-US president Donald Trump writes his first posts on Facebook while YouTube lifts curbs on his channel, following a more than two-year suspension after deadly Capitol Hill riot on January 6, 2021.
While the app has been a hit among young people, it has also faced accusations of privacy violations and concerns over its alleged ties to the Chinese government.
The fresh round of layoffs included product managers, big data experts and engineers working on machine learning and platform reliability.
Elon Musk's Twitter was hit with a yellow card from the European Commission as its reported efforts to tackle disinformation fell short of those by Alphabet's Google, Meta Platforms, Microsoft and TikTok.
Sweden-based audio company did not specify how many employees it will layoff.
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