Twitter, Inc.

E3345

microblogging service operator social media company technology company

Twitter, Inc. was a major social media and microblogging company best known for its real-time short-message platform that shaped online news, politics, and public discourse worldwide.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Twitter	654
Twitter, Inc. canonical	10
X (formerly Twitter)	7
X (Twitter)	5
Board of Twitter (now X) (former)	1
TWTR	1
Twitter (internal services)	1
Twitter / X	1
Twitter, Inc. (predecessor of X Corp.)	1
Twitter, Inc. to X Corp.	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T38648 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Twitter, Inc.
Context triple: [Elon Musk, acquisition, Twitter, Inc.]

A. Google
Google is a multinational technology company best known for its search engine and wide range of internet-related products and services, including Android, YouTube, and cloud computing.
B. Facebook
Facebook is a major global social networking platform that allows users to connect, share content, and communicate online.
C. Microsoft
Microsoft is a multinational technology company best known for its Windows operating system, Office productivity suite, and Azure cloud computing platform.
D. IBM
IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
E. Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg is an American technology entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as the co-founder and CEO of Facebook (now Meta Platforms).
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Twitter, Inc.
Target entity description: Twitter, Inc. was a major social media and microblogging company best known for its real-time short-message platform that shaped online news, politics, and public discourse worldwide.

A. Google
Google is a multinational technology company best known for its search engine and wide range of internet-related products and services, including Android, YouTube, and cloud computing.
B. Facebook
Facebook is a major global social networking platform that allows users to connect, share content, and communicate online.
C. Microsoft
Microsoft is a multinational technology company best known for its Windows operating system, Office productivity suite, and Azure cloud computing platform.
D. IBM
IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
E. Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg is an American technology entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as the co-founder and CEO of Facebook (now Meta Platforms).
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	microblogging service operator ⓘ social media company ⓘ technology company ⓘ
acquiredBy	Elon Musk-controlled entities ⓘ X Corp. ⓘ
acquisitionDate	2022-10-27 ⓘ
acquisitionValue	44000000000 USD ⓘ
ceo	Dick Costolo ⓘ Jack Dorsey ⓘ Parag Agrawal ⓘ
chairperson	Jack Dorsey ⓘ Omid Kordestani ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
formerName	Obvious Corporation ⓘ
foundedAs	Obvious Corporation ⓘ
foundedBy	Biz Stone ⓘ Evan Williams ⓘ Jack Dorsey ⓘ Noah Glass ⓘ
headquartersLocation	San Francisco ⓘ surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
inception	2006-03-21 ⓘ
industry	microblogging ⓘ online advertising ⓘ social networking ⓘ
influenced	online journalism ⓘ political campaigning ⓘ social movements worldwide ⓘ
ipoDate	2013-11-07 ⓘ
legalStatus	X Corp. ⓘ surface form: merged into X Corp.
majorRevenueSource	data licensing ⓘ digital advertising ⓘ
netIncome	-221000000 USD (2021) ⓘ
notableFeature	140-character tweet limit (later 280 characters) ⓘ @mentions ⓘ hashtags ⓘ retweets ⓘ trending topics ⓘ
notableFor	influence on online news dissemination ⓘ influence on politics and public discourse ⓘ real-time short-message communication ⓘ
numberOfEmployees	~7500 (2021) ⓘ
operated	Periscope ⓘ Twitter, Inc. self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Twitter Vine ⓘ
primaryProduct	Twitter platform ⓘ
revenue	5060000000 USD (2021) ⓘ
serviceType	microblogging ⓘ social networking service ⓘ
stockExchange	New York Stock Exchange ⓘ
successor	X Corp. ⓘ
tickerSymbol	Twitter, Inc. self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: TWTR
userBase	over 200 million daily active users (2021) ⓘ

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