Title: How Twitter Makes Money: advertising and data licensing
Headings: How Twitter Makes Money
How Twitter Makes Money
Advertising and data licensing are the major sources of revenue
Key Takeaways
Twitter's Financials
Twitter's Business Segments
Advertising Services
Data Licensing and Other
Twitter's Recent Developments
How Twitter Reports Diversity & Inclusiveness

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Twitter's Recent Developments
Twitter, as well as social-media rival Facebook, began adding labels to posts on their platforms over false or misleading claims about the U.S. presidential election in November 2020, including posts from former President Donald Trump. Trump and others were tweeting misleading claims about winning the election before final results had been determined. Twitter added labels to inform users about the potential inaccuracy of the information contained in such tweets. 9 ﻿﻿﻿﻿ Social media companies have been under increased public scrutiny in recent years over how they monitor user-posted content on their sites. On January 8, 2021, Twitter permanently suspended Trump's account, citing "risk of further incitement of violence." Twitter said that tweets by Trump were very likely to encourage people to carry out similar criminal acts as the ones that took place at the U.S. Capitol just days earlier. 10 ﻿﻿
How Twitter Reports Diversity & Inclusiveness
As part of our effort to improve the awareness of the importance of diversity in companies, we offer investors a glimpse into the transparency of Twitter and its commitment to diversity, inclusiveness, and social responsibility. We examined the data Twitter releases to show you how it reports the diversity of its board and workforce to help readers make educated purchasing and investing decisions. Below is a table of potential diversity measurements. It shows whether Twitter discloses its data about the diversity of its board of directors, C-Suite, general management, and employees overall, as is marked with a ✔.