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Twitter – the morning after the IPO
I was living in New York and working as a technology reporter for Reuters as one by one, the then internet giants of the day – Netscape, Commerce One, Ariba – all made their debuts on the Nasdaq.
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I was living in New York and working as a technology reporter for Reuters as one by one, the then internet giants of the day – Netscape, Commerce One, Ariba – all made their debuts on the Nasdaq.
It was the most hotly awaited public offering since Facebook – and as soon as the social media site Twitter began trading, the value of its shares shot up, valuing the firm at more than $31 billion.
As Twitter shares float on the New York stock exchange, the twitterati transmitted the event… through tweets, of course.
On the same day British Gas announces that energy bills will rise by ten per cent, it launches a question and answer campaign for its customers on Twitter. But it perhaps hasn’t gone quite to plan.
Women who have received rape and death threats on Twitter say the Met have been slow to bring the culprits to justice.
Twitter has filed to float on the stock market. But will pressure to turn out fat dividends for shareholders endanger the platform that has become so popular? And is it really worth $10bn?
The long-awaited flotation of Twitter is on the cards after the social networking site said it had submitted formal documents.
A 32-year-old man is arrested in Bristol in connection with the torrent of violent abuse aimed at Labour MP Stella Creasy and feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez on Twitter.
A number of high profile Twitter users are taking a “trolliday” today, a day away from trolls in silence to protest against abuse on the social network.
Tony Wang, the UK head of Twitter, issues a public apology to women who have experienced abuse on the social networking site.
Del Harvey, head of trust and safety at Twitter, tells Channel 4 News that there “needs to be a balance between making [reporting comments] easy and preventing others from trying to silence people.”
A Twitter user who has defended the right to be offensive on Twitter explains to Channel 4 News why people troll, and why they should be allowed to continue to do so.
A 25-year-old is arrested on suspicion of harassment by officers investigating Twitter abuse aimed at feminist campaigner Caroline Criado Perez and Walthamstow MP Stella Creasy.
Caroline Criado-Perez tells Channel 4 News a “huge cultural shift is needed” to deal with sexist abuse via social media, as police arrest a man in connection with “malicious communications”.
More than 10,000 people call for a Twitter abuse button, following rape threats and violent tweets targeting campaigner on women’s issues, Caroline Criado-Perez.