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2020
Twitter appoints Patrick Pichette as board chairman
Twitter appointed Patrick Pichette, formerly Google's chief financial officer, as its new chairman of the board.
2020
Twitter clarifies its approach to policy-violating messages
Twitter said it had reviewed its safety policies and would focus on context rather than fact-checking when deciding whether tweets violated its content rules. It stated that it does not attempt to address all misinformation and prioritizes potential harm.
2020
Twitter apologizes over Trump tweets about intern's death
Twitter apologized for the pain caused to the family by President Trump's insinuation on Twitter that Joe Scarborough may have been responsible for Lori Klausutis's 2001 death. The report says the tweets prompted calls for the company to remove them.
2020
Twitter announces a special emoji for #KeepItOn
Twitter announced that it would support the #KeepItOn campaign by creating a special emoji for the hashtag on its platform. Twitter said the campaign seeks to raise awareness of efforts to end internet shutdowns globally.
2020
Twitter introduces quote-tweet viewing feature on iOS
Twitter introduced an iOS feature that lets users view retweets with comments in one place. The update was to roll out to a majority of iOS users that day, with web and Android versions planned for the coming weeks.
2020
CrossInstall agrees to join Twitter
CrossInstall announced that it had signed an agreement to join Twitter’s brand; the article describes CrossInstall as being acquired and says the companies would work together after the acquisition.
2020
Twitter announces labels for misleading COVID-19 posts
Twitter announced it was rolling out labels to mark tweets containing false or misleading COVID-19 information and direct users to related resources.
2020
Twitter appoints Fei-Fei Li to its board
Twitter announced that Dr. Fei-Fei Li had been appointed as a new independent director to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.
2020
Twitter updates its API for COVID-19 research
Twitter updated its platform API so licensed developers and researchers could study public discussion of COVID-19 topics in real time.
2020
Twitter retires most SMS-based tweet and notification features
Twitter turned off its Twitter via SMS service in most countries, citing vulnerabilities with SMS, while retaining the feature in a few countries and keeping SMS messages needed to log in to and manage accounts.
2020
Twitter discontinues SMS-based platform activity
Twitter officially discontinued SMS-based activity on its platform, including sending and receiving tweets by text message.
2020
Court dismisses Twitter transparency lawsuit
A U.S. federal judge granted the government’s request to dismiss Twitter’s lawsuit seeking permission to disclose the precise number of national security letters it received. The judge said releasing the number posed a national security risk.
2020
Twitter files preemptive suit against VOIP-Pal
Twitter filed a complaint for declaratory judgment against VOIP-Pal, seeking a judgment that it did not infringe a patent VOIP-Pal had asserted in new lawsuits against other technology companies.
2020
Twitter launches gaming wellness campaign in Saudi Arabia
Twitter launched an awareness campaign about wellness in gaming in Saudi Arabia. The campaign involved six regional gamers, who kicked it off on Sunday.
2020
Tech companies partner with WHO on COVID-19 hackathon
The WHO partnered with Microsoft, Facebook and other tech companies on a global hackathon addressing challenges related to COVID-19; the companies would share resources to support participants.
2020
Twitter warns of first-quarter revenue decline and operating loss
Twitter warned that its first-quarter revenue would decline year over year and that it expected an operating loss, citing the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020
Twitter launches #EveryWoman emoji campaign
Twitter launched a special emoji activated by the hashtag #EveryWoman for International Women’s Day and profiled five women who used its service.
2020
Facebook sues analytics company over alleged user-data access
Facebook filed a lawsuit in California against an analytics company, alleging that it illegally accessed user data through a malicious SDK installed in apps. The article reports the allegations and does not state a court determination.
2020
Twitter to acquire Chroma Labs
A report attributed to Bloomberg said Twitter would acquire Chroma Labs, a startup that makes software for editing photos and videos for sharing on social platforms. Twitter’s product lead said the company was working with Twitter; a Twitter spokesperson declined to comment on the deal terms.
2020
Twitter acquires Chroma Labs
Twitter acquired Chroma Labs, a startup that made photo and video editing software. Twitter said Chroma Labs’ seven employees would join its product, design and engineering teams.