Twitter is a free social networking site where users can broadcast short posts, called tweets, which can contain text, videos, photos, or links. It is a microblogging service that allows registered users to post, share, like, and reply to tweets with short messages. People use Twitter to get the latest updates and promotions from brands, communicate with friends, and follow business leaders, politicians, and celebrities. It was the first social media platform to break the news of the water landing of US Airways Flight 549 in New York City's Hudson River. Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams and has since grown to over 330 million active users as of 2023. Twitter is used to share information quickly and has a history of transforming into an "everything app" under the ownership of Elon Musk, who acquired the company in 2022.
