<p>Operation Bluebird, a startup based in Virginia, announced on August 26, 2026, the launch of its new social media network called Twitter.now. The company aims to revive the name and logo of the allegedly abandoned "Twitter" after Elon Musk changed the company's name to X in 2022.</p><p>Stephen Coates, one of the cofounders of Operation Bluebird, stated, "We are a small company, we have investors, and we have a product. And we have waited months and months to launch, and we are not going to wait anymore." Coates and his team believe that the Twitter identity and intellectual property were abandoned following Musk's acquisition of Twitter.</p>
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Operation Bluebird Launches New Social Media Network Twitter.now
Operation Bluebird has launched a new social media platform called Twitter.now, aiming to reclaim the Twitter name and logo. Co-founder Stephen Coates expressed the company's readiness to launch after a prolonged wait, citing the abandonment of the Twitter identity by Elon Musk's X.
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