Jack Dorsey

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Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal to receive $1mn annual salary

Agrawal, 37, holds a bachelor's degree from IIT Bombay and a PhD in computer science from Stanford University

01 Dec 2021 2:24 PM

Chief executive Jack Dorsey said the user gains showed “the highest quarterly year-over-year growth rate we’ve delivered” using this measure. (Photo | Twitter - Jack Dorsey)

Revenue loss hurts Twitter amid pandemic despite surge in users

Twitter's revenue slumped 19 percent from a year ago to $683 million.

23 Jul 2020 6:38 PM

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and President Donald Trump are seen in this combination picture. The President's draft executive order was expected to argue that actions like Twitter’s fact check labeling meant they should lose the protections of being a “platform.” The order was also expected to try to hold back federal advertising dollars from Twitter and other social media companies that “violate free speech principles".

Trump to exercise the might of his presidential powers on Twitter for daring to fact-check his tweets

He is working on signing an executive order to make the companies liable for content on their platforms but it may not pass Congress' muster

28 May 2020 10:43 PM

Rihanna, Jack Dorsey and Jay-Z donating $6.2 million to COVID-19 relief fund

Previously, Rihanna and Dorsey had donated USD 4.2 million to help victims of domestic violence in Los Angeles

16 Apr 2020 4:34 PM

Jack Dorsey, as CEO, banned political advertising on Twitter in October in an attempt to quell fake news at a time when the US presidential election campaigns had begun full swing (Photo | Wikimedia Commons)

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's job on the line ahead of US elections

Republican donor Billionaire Paul Singer’s investment firm Elliot Management Corp buys stake in Twitter, looks to replace Jack

02 Mar 2020 5:12 PM

Twitter plans to build 'decentralized standard' for social networks (Photo: AFP)

Twitter is mulling radically changing its platform

Twitter's CEO Jack took to his handle on the network yesterday to announce that the company is trying to change things on its site.

12 Dec 2019 12:22 PM

Although Dorsey's account was retrieved in 15 minutes, the incident is a reminder of the security vulnerabilities still existing. (Photo: AP)

How Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's account was hacked

On Friday afternoon, hackers took over Jack Dorsey's Twitter account using an utterly simple technique.

01 Sep 2019 11:52 AM

Twitter said Friday the account of chief executive Jack Dorsey had been 'compromised' after a series of erratic and offensive messages were posted. (Photo: AP)

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account hacked, racist tweets posted

Some of the tweets contained the hashtag #ChucklingSquad which was believed to indicate the identity of the hacker group.

31 Aug 2019 9:12 AM

At the time, a popular trend, sometimes to gain a domain-name advantage, was to drop vowels in the name of their companies and services.

Today in tech history: Twttr is launched!

On July 15, 2006, a small service called Twttr which is a “group send” SMS application was launched for public use.

15 Jul 2019 8:26 AM

Square, which was co-founded by Dorsey in 2009, arrived in Britain just over two years ago with the objective of helping small businesses accept card payments.

Twitter chief Jack Dorsey helps UK refugee entrepreneurs take payments

Dorsey said communities needed to help people of all backgrounds participate in the economy.

12 Jun 2019 10:02 AM

In 2018 he declined all compensation and benefits other than a salary of USD 1.40.

Twitter's Jack Dorsey paid USD 1.40 in 2018

Dorsey had declined all direct compensation and benefits for three years in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

09 Apr 2019 2:25 PM

The Twitter co-founder has for years elected to not receive any salary from Twitter. (Photo:Twitter)

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey receives salary of 1 dollar 40 cents for 2018

Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey received USD 1.40 as his first salary in 2018 - one cent for each of the 140 characters.

09 Apr 2019 11:00 AM

It is to be noted that there won’t be any option to edit the old tweet, but more like an after-explanation to save you from a bad history of tweets. (Photo: ANI)

Twitter considering clarification feature for bad tweets

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said that the company is mulling a feature which would allow users to clarify their bad tweets.

18 Feb 2019 11:59 AM

Twitter CEO says his and other tech firms have not combated abuse enough

The company has been investing heavily to improve what Dorsey has described as the ‘collective health’ of Twitter.

13 Feb 2019 10:10 AM

US intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia used social media during the 2016 US elections to sway voters. Moscow denies that charge.

Twitter, other tech firms have not combated abuse enough: Twitter CEO

Dorsey said he does not like how Twitter tends to incentivize outrage.

13 Feb 2019 9:25 AM

He suggests that a delay of 5-second to 30-second could be introduced. (Photo: ANI)

Twitter CEO explains how editable tweets would work

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey talks about the idea of tweets which can be edited.

05 Feb 2019 12:07 PM

The comments drew critical comments from human rights observers and users of Twitter.

'Aware of atrocities': Twitter CEO responds to critics of Myanmar tweets

UN-mandated investigators have accused Myanmar’s army of “genocidal intent.”

13 Dec 2018 1:18 PM

As Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey got roundly trolled for hate mongering against a community, many believe the micro-blogging platform got a taste of its own medicine.

Tweet Revenge

This debate reflects the circumstances specific to India that prevail on Twitter, and how regressive voices attack activists especially women.

24 Nov 2018 12:59 AM

Twitter had hosted a closed-door discussion and one of the participants had shared her experience as a low-caste Dalit woman.

Twitter CEO kicks up storm in India, offending some Hindus

Twitter has apologised and expressed regret over the incident, which some Indians have called “hate-mongering”.

21 Nov 2018 10:36 AM

Twitter strives to be an impartial platform for all.

Twitter CEO trolled for 'hate mongering' against India's Brahmins

Twitter India said the poster was handed to Dorsey by a Dalit activist.

20 Nov 2018 4:04 PM

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