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Twitter Employees Sue Company, Claiming It Refuses to Pay 2022 Bonuses
Jun 21 2023 // Twitter Inc. employees sued the social media company claiming it refuses to pay 2022 bonuses, despite promises that they would be paid out at 50% of their target amounts. Twitter has a cash performance bonus plan that is...
Twitter Sued by Music Firms Over Violating Copyrights, At Up to $150,000 a Work
Jun 15 2023 // The National Music Publishers’ Association sued Twitter Inc. Wednesday, alleging it violates the copyright of songwriters by using their music on its platform without permission. Twitter is one of the only major...
Union Cleaning Workers in New York City Sue Twitter Over Back Pay
Jun 1 2023 // Eleven former Twitter cleaning workers at its New York City offices sued the company Tuesday, saying they are owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in back pay and damages after they were abruptly fired in December. The...
Judge Throws Out Shareholder Lawsuit Against Elon Musk Over Twitter Buyout
May 23 2023 // A judge dismissed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Elon Musk that claimed he cheated Twitter shareholders several times last year in the course of buying the social media company for $44 billion. In a decision on...
The Supreme Court Handed Google and Twitter a New Line of Defense
May 19 2023 // The US Supreme Court handed social media companies a new line of defense as they face an increasing number of lawsuits alleging their algorithms have harmed users — whether by addicting children or selling suicide...
Supreme Court Leaves Intact Social Media Liability Shield in Win for Google, Twitter
May 18 2023 // The US Supreme Court left in place a broad liability shield for social media companies for content posted by users, insulating Twitter Inc., Facebook Inc. and Google LLC from claims that they provided assistance to Islamic...
Twitter Beats Two Lawsuits Stemming From Mass Layoffs, for Now
May 9 2023 // A California federal judge on Monday dismissed a proposed class action accusing Twitter Inc of targeting female employees for layoffs after Elon Musk acquired the company last year, but said plaintiffs would be allowed to...
In Reversal After NYC Transit Exit, Twitter Restores Free Access for Public Services
May 4 2023 // In an about-face, Twitter says it has restored free access to a key tool for verified government and “publicly owned” services so they can tweet weather, transit and other alerts after New York City’s...
New York City Transit Halts Service Alerts on Twitter After Suspension
May 2 2023 // Shortly after midnight last Thursday, several New York City subway trains slowed to a crawl as emergency crews tended to a person discovered on the tracks in Manhattan. The delays were flagged for the Metropolitan...
Cyber Official Urges Microsoft, Twitter to Boost Security
Feb 28 2023 // A senior US cybersecurity official described adoption of some of Microsoft Corp. and Twitter Inc.’s security protocols as “disappointing” as part of a broadside against large technology companies’...
Twitter Asks Judge to Toss Out Proposed Sex Bias Class Action
Jan 30 2023 // Twitter Inc. has asked a federal judge to toss out a proposed class action claiming the company targeted female employees during its recent mass layoffs, saying the plaintiffs failed to identify any actual...
Twitter Sued in Germany in Bid to Force Vetting of Antisemitic Posts
Jan 25 2023 // Twitter Inc. was hit by a lawsuit in Germany by an anti-hate speech organization and a European group of Jewish students in a bid to force the platform to remove antisemitic content. HateAid and the European Union of...
Twitter’s Laid-Off Workers Cannot Pursue Claims Via Class-Action Lawsuit
Jan 17 2023 // Twitter Inc has secured a ruling allowing the social media company to force several laid-off workers suing over their termination to pursue their claims via individual arbitration than a class-action lawsuit. U.S. District...
Twitter Accused of ‘Sham Redundancy Process’ by UK Staff Targeted in Mass Firings
Jan 11 2023 // Twitter Inc. was accused of carrying out a “sham redundancy process” and threatened with lawsuits by UK staff targeted by mass firings following Elon Musk’s takeover of the social-media giant. Winckworth...
Twitter Hacked, 200 Million User Email Addresses Leaked, Researcher Says
Jan 6 2023 // Hackers stole the email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users and posted them on an online hacking forum, a security researcher said Wednesday. The breach “will unfortunately lead to a lot of hacking,...
Twitter Must Notify Laid-Off Workers of Pending Lawsuit, Judge Rules
Dec 16 2022 // Twitter Inc must notify the thousands of workers who were laid off after its acquisition by Elon Musk of a proposed class action accusing the company of failing to give adequate notice before terminating them, a San...
Latest Twitter Lawsuit Says Company Targeted Women for Layoffs
Dec 8 2022 // Twitter Inc has been hit with another lawsuit stemming from the recent purging of half its workforce, this one accusing the social media company of disproportionately targeting female employees for layoffs. The proposed...
Allianz to Halt Paid Twitter Ads, for Now
Nov 8 2022 // German insurer and asset manager Allianz will halt its paid advertising on Twitter for now, a spokesperson said on Monday, the latest in a wave of similar moves by companies in the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover of the...
Twitter Sued for Mass Layoffs by Musk Without Enough Notice
Nov 4 2022 // Twitter Inc. was sued over Elon Musk’s plan to eliminate about 3,700 jobs at the social-media platform, which workers say the company is doing without enough notice in violation of federal and California law. A...
Musk Denies He Is Firing Twitter Employees in Attempt to Avoid Payouts
Oct 31 2022 // Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk has denied a New York Times report about laying off Twitter employees at a date earlier than Nov. 1 to avoid stock grants due on the day. In a response to a Twitter user asking about the...
