Twitter to let users charge followers to see premium posts

The site is also working on other new products, including Communities that let users chat about favorite topics.

• Feb 26, 2021

Twitter CEO says Trump ban not a decision to "celebrate"

Jack Dorsey said the ban was "the right decision for Twitter": "Offline harm as a result of online speech is demonstrably real, and what drives our policy and enforcement above all."

• Jan 14, 2021

Facebook, Twitter CEOs testify on election measures

Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey have promised lawmakers they would aggressively guard their platforms from being manipulated by foreign governments or used to incite violence around the election results.

• Nov 17, 2020

Facebook & Twitter CEOs testify before Senate

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testified before a Senate committee about their platforms' handling of the 2020 election and their content moderation systems. CBS News tech reporter Dan Patterson joins CBSN's Tanya Rivero with his takeaways from the hearing.

• Nov 17, 2020

Tech CEOs testify before Senate

Members of the Senate Commerce Committee grilled the CEOs of Facebook, Twitter and Google over how they moderate content on their platforms. Wednesday's hearing focused on the law known as Section 230, which protects social media companies from liability for content published by users. Politico technology reporter Steven Overly joined CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss.

• Oct 28, 2020

Facebook, Twitter and Google CEOs face Senate grilling

Six days before the election, the heads of America's largest tech companies defended their regulation of online speech.

• Oct 29, 2020

Tech CEOs clash with senators at hearing

CEOs from Facebook, Google and Twitter testified before the Senate Commerce Committee on the importance of the law known as Section 230, which protects social media companies from liability for content published by platform users. CNET senior producer Dan Patterson and Wall Street Journal congressional reporter Siobhan Hughes join CBSN to discuss the battle over social media networks, censorship and free speech on their platforms.

• Oct 28, 2020

Twitter eases hacked materials policy after blocking Hunter Biden story

Twitter initially blocked a New York Post story based on alleged emails taken from his personal laptop.

• Oct 16, 2020

Senate moves to subpoena CEOs of Facebook, Twitter, Google

Senate Commerce Committee voted unanimously to compel the CEOs to testify on issues of perceived political bias.

• Oct 1, 2020

Universal basic income cause gets $3 million boost from Jack Dorsey

The Twitter co-founder's donation will help fund a group of guaranteed income pilot programs in a dozen U.S. cities.

• Jul 10, 2020

Twitter blocks Trump campaign's George Floyd video tribute

Social media company disabled the video over a copyright claim. The Trump campaign claims it is being censored.

• Jun 5, 2020

Executive order targets tech companies

President Trump has long accused social media companies of political bias and on Thursday, he took a major step in paring down their legal rights. CBS News' Natalie Brand reports from the White House and Syracuse assistant professor of communications Jennifer Grygiel joins CBSN's Lana Zak to explain why the order may not be what it seems.

• May 28, 2020

Twitter to ban all political advertising

Twitter is halting all political advertisements across its social media platform starting in mid-November, founder and CEO Jack Dorsey announced Wednesday.

• Oct 30, 2019

Why Twitter is banning political ads

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced he is banning all political ads on its platform ahead of the 2020 election. CBS News correspondent Errol Barnett has details, and CBS News contributor and Wired editor-in-chief Nick Thompson joins CBSN with more on the social media company's decision.

• Oct 31, 2019

Twitter says its employees can work from home forever

Employees have proven they can make it work, so if they want to "do so forever, we will make that happen."

• May 12, 2020

Twitter's Jack Dorsey pledges $1 billion for virus relief efforts

That's about a-third of his fortune and may be most any one person has given to that cause so far.

• Apr 8, 2020

Kamala Harris urges Twitter to suspend Trump's account

President Trump has used Twitter to attack those involved in the whistleblower complaint against him

• Oct 2, 2019

Twitter moves to foil hackers after Chloe Grace Moretz's feed hijacked

A tweet from the Hollywood actress's account claimed to reveal Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's Social Security number

• Sep 4, 2019

Hackers tweet racial slurs from Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's account

The hacked tweets included sexist, racist and anti-Semitic comments, as well as bomb threats

• Aug 30, 2019

Twitter will start labeling tweets that violate their rules

The social media company made the announcement in a statement Thursday

• Jun 27, 2019

Twitter's most famous user and critic meets with CEO Jack Dorsey

President Trump is among the Republicans calling for stricter regulation of the social media company

• Apr 23, 2019

Twitter, Snap CEOs to be invited to international "fake news" hearing

They're on a list that includes a dozen of the world's most powerful tech leaders, including Apple's Tim Cook, and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg

• Feb 18, 2019

Twitter CEO Dorsey knocked for promoting Myanmar

Tweets touting travel to the Southeast Asian country draw criticism for ignoring plight of persecuted minority group

• Dec 10, 2018

Silicon Valley residents approve tax on Google, other tech giants

California voters tell tech companies to do more to combat issues ranging from soaring housing costs to homelessness

• Nov 7, 2018

Twitter stock jumps on earnings surprise, despite fewer users

Profits climb more than expected, with video ads contributing more than half of all ad sales in third quarter

• Oct 25, 2018

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