“Twitter” Returns: New Social Network Twitter.now Is Launched

    The “Twitter” name is returning to the world of social media. Operation Bluebird, a startup whose founders include Stephen Coates, a former member of Twitter’s legal team, is testing a new social network called Twitter.now. The project has attracted particular attention because of its name. Elon Musk’s company, which renamed the platform X after acquiring Twitter, sued Operation Bluebird last year. X was trying to prevent the startup from creating a social network under the “Twitter” name.    Operation Bluebird claims that X has abandoned trademarks such as “Twitter” and “Tweet,” and that the right to use those names therefore no longer belongs to X. Operation Bluebird co-founder Stephen Coates says their goal is not to recreate the old Twitter. The company wants to build a new social network based on greater trust, transparency and user choice. The main feature distinguishing Twitter.now will be an AI-powered verification system called VERA. VERA will analyze claims in posts, show their sources and context, and then assign a trust score to the post.    In the future, users will be able to set their own minimum trust level. For example, a user will be able to choose to see only posts rated above a certain trust score in their feed. In this way, the company is trying to reduce the widespread problems of disinformation and low-quality content on social media. The VERA system is currently in its initial version. The company plans to introduce VERA 2.0, which will offer broader capabilities, in the near future.