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Meta mulls a Twitter competitor codenamed ‘P92’ that will be interoperable with Mastodon — MoneyControl

Meta, the parent firm of Facebook and Instagram, is hashing out a plan to build a standalone text-based content app that will support ActivityPub,...

Jack Dorsey’s new ‘decentralized’ Twitter hits the App Store — Gizmodo

The Bluesky social media app, created by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, has been released in beta for testing, but currently remains accessible only...

Twitter won’t restart paid verification until ‘significant impersonations’ stop, Elon Musk says — The Verge

Elon Musk told Twitter employees on Monday that the company won’t relaunch its paid verification subscription, writes Alex Heath.

Elon Musk gives Twitter staff deadline to commit to being ‘hardcore’ — The Guardian

Elon Musk has given Twitter’s remaining staff a Thursday deadline to commit to working “long hours at high intensity” and being “extremely hardcore” or...

Twitter quietly drops $8 paid verification; “tricking people not OK,” Musk says — ArsTechnica

Users began reporting that the option to pay $7.99 for a Twitter Blue subscription had disappeared, while others who had been verified previously found...