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Periscope is a live video streaming app for Android and iOS developed by Kayvon Beykpour and Joe Bernstein and acquired by Twitter before launch in 2015.

Periscope

Vine was a short-form video hosting service where users could share six-second-long looping video clips. The service was founded in June 2012, and American microblogging website Twitter acquired it in October 2012, just before its official launch. Users' videos were published through Vine's social network and could be shared on other services such as Facebook and Twitter. Vine's app could also be used to browse through videos posted by other users, along with groups of videos by theme, and trending, or popular, videos. Vine competed with other social media services such as Instagram and Mobli.

Vine

X, formerly Twitter, is a global social networking platform that allows its users to send and read 280-character messages. It enables registered users to read and post their tweets through the web, short message service (SMS), and mobile applications.  As a global real-time communications platform, X has more than 400 million monthly visitors and 255 million monthly active users around the world. X’s active group of registered members includes World leaders, major athletes, star performers, news organizations, and entertainment outlets. It is currently available in more than 35 languages.  X was launched in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone, and Noah Glass. X is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with local offices in Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Boulder, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, Sunnyvale, and Washington.  X's international offices are located in Amsterdam, Berlin, Dublin, London, Madrid, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Sydney, Seoul, Tokyo, Toronto, and Vancouver.

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Twitter announced details of its new policy banning political ads on Friday, saying that although politicians, political candidates and groups like SuperPACs will be banned from advertising on its platform, other groups and qualifying news organizations will be allowed to advertise on political issues. The policy, well-intentioned though it may be, will likely create confusion among campaigns and activist groups — and a headache for Twitter.

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Online platforms including Facebook  and Alphabet Inc's   Google face growing pressure to stop carrying political ads that contain false or misleading claims ahead of the U.S. presidential election.

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Twitter Inc  on Friday laid out its plan for banning  political ads just as campaigns for the 2020 presidential election heat up, and for banning ads that advocate for a certain outcome on social and political causes.

Twitter sets out plans for banning political ads

Twitter has said it will ban all political ads. But what is or isn’t a political message is often in the eye of the beholder.

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Last month, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced that the social network will no longer permit political ads to run on the site. Dorsey noted that a political message should be earned — not bought — and acknowledged the challenges that political ads online pose when it comes to misleading information, deepfakes and targeted messaging. Twitter will announce additional details on the policy this afternoon.

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Twitter made a bold move by banning political ads, but what effect will this have on the company's future?

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Social media platform Twitter  on Monday unveiled its plan for handling deepfake videos and other manipulated media, and called for feedback from the public.

Twitter wants your feedback on its deepfake policy plans

The social media network is losing traction with advertisers while wrestling with technical issues in its ad-management systems.

Why Twitter Shares Plunged 27% Last Month

Twitter last month said it was introducing a new policy to help fight deepfakes and other “manipulated media” that involve photos, videos, or audio that’s been significantly altered to change its original meaning or purpose, or those that make it seem like something happened that actually did not. Today, Twitter is sharing a draft of […]

Twitter drafts a deepfake policy that would label and warn, but not always remove, manipulated media

Jack Dorsey made a wise choice for both his bottom line and his country. Facebook and Google would do well to follow his lead.

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While Jack Dorsey's policy sounds compelling, it’s flawed in principle and, I fear, counterproductive.

Banning digital political ads gives extremists a distinct advantage

Twitter has had a terrible stretch over the past month, but Katie Stockton of Fairlead Strategies says a relief rally could be in the cards.

Twitter has plummeted in the last month, and charts suggest a relief rally could come

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The indictment of two former Twitter employees accused of spying for the Saudis highlights the platform’s power and the kingdom’s efforts to control it.

Why Spy on Twitter? For Saudi Arabia, It’s the Town Square

Twitter's stock has been struggling since it reported lackluster Q3 ad sales and announced a ban on political ads.

Twitter Faces Increased Pressure Over its Ad Sales and Policies

Europe's antitrust chief praised Twitter on Thursday for banning political advertising but criticized Facebook, which will continue to run such ads, for its "de facto manipulation of who you're going to vote for".

EU's Vestager backs Twitter for banning political ads, berates Facebook

Twitter's new feature corrals tweets by topic

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) shares have fallen 35% from their 2019 high, but one team of analysts thinks things could still get worse.

Evercore Downgrades Twitter, Expects High R&D Spend Before Recovery

The U.S. Justice Department has charged two former Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) employees with spying on Saudi Arabian dissidents.

DoJ Says 2 Former Twitter Employees Spied On Critics Of Saudi Crown

Jack Dorsey, founder and CEO of Twitter Inc. (NYSE:TWTR), shocked media mavens and market movers alike with his surprise announcement that the popular social media platform would no longer permit paid political advertising.

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Shares of Twitter Inc. TWTR, -0.91% are off 1.6% in premarket trading Thursday after Evercore ISI analyst Kevin Rippey cut his rating on the stock to underperform from in-line.

Twitter stock falls after Evercore turns bearish

Evercore ISI downgraded Twitter to underperform from in line and slashed its price target to $25 per share from $42 per share.

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