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Twitter revives pure chronological timeline for over 300 mn users

San Francisco: Giving its over 336 million users more control, Twitter has announced that it will completely revert their timeline into a pure reverse chronological feed. The micro-blogging platform in 2016 announced that it will only show “most important tweets” and stop the most recent tweets first which irked many users. In a series of […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Twitter to show live streams on top of your timeline

San Francisco: Micro-blogging platform Twitter will now show live streams and broadcasts right on top of your timeline. “We’re making it easier to find and watch live broadcasts. Now, when accounts you follow go live, the stream will appear right at the top of your timeline,” the company tweeted. The new feature will include breaking […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Twitter To HC: Will Appoint Grievance Officer In 8 Weeks; Have Right To Challenge IT Rules

On the aspect of appointment of RGO under rule 4(1)(c), Twitter said it is in the process of making an offer of appointment to a resident of India as its "interim RGO" and expects to do so on or before July 11, 2021.

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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President, PM greets nation on Ganesh Chaturthi

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted the country on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. “Ganpati Bappa Morya! greetings and good wishes to my fellow citizens on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. May Lord Ganesh guide us all towards a path of progress, peace, happiness and prosperity,” the […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Twitter now allows live audio-only broadcasts

San Francisco: Twitter has launched an audio-only broadcasting feature so your followers can hear, but not see you. The new feature announced on Friday is currenly publicly available for all iOS users of the main Twitter app and its live-streaming app Periscope, The Verge reported. To use the “audio-only broadcast” option, users need to update […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Twitter permanently bans US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

San Francisco: Twitter said it has permanently banned US conspiracy theorist Alexander Jones and accounts associated with his website Infowars for “abusive behaviour”. “Today, we permanently suspended @realalexjones and @infowars from Twitter and Periscope,” Twitter said on Thursday on its Safety account, Xinhua news agency reported. The world leading social media site said it took […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Twitter India head quits, Balaji Krish new interim chief

New Delhi: Taranjeet Singh, who was elevated as Twitter’s Country Director for India in May 2017, has decided to move on. In a series of tweets late on Tuesday, Singh announced his resignation, saying that Balaji Krish, Twitter’s Global Head of Revenue Strategy and Operations, will become the interim country head. “Hello everyone, after four […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Twitter plans threaded conversations, 'who is online' feature

San Francisco: Twitter is planning to roll out threaded conversations like Facebook along with status indicators — showing who else is online among your followers — on its platform. In a tweet, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said on Friday that the micro-blogging platform will soon get interesting updates. “Playing with some new Twitter features: presence […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Twitter issues new policy, certification process for ads in US

San Francisco :  In a bid to tackle political interference on its platform, Twitter has announced a new policy and certification process for issuing advertisements in the US that will come into effect from September 30. This new policy will impact ads that refer to an election or a clearly identified candidate or ads that […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Twitter suspends 486 more accounts linked to Iran, Russia

San Francisco : After suspending 284 accounts originating in Iran and Russia, Twitter on Tuesday announced it has cracked down on additional 486 such accounts that were designed to mislead people in the Middle East, Latin America, Britain and the US. “Since our initial suspensions last week, we have continued our investigation, further building our […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Twitter records 400k tweets on Asiad

New Delhi: Social media giant Twitter recorded over 400,000 tweets as Indian athletes led by wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat began India’s medal rush, by clinching gold medals at the ongoing 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta. Besides the grapplers, Indian shooters Deepak Kumar and Lakhsya Sheoran on Monday bagged silver medals in their respective […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Twitter may block account for abusive chats during live broadcasts

San Francisco: Twitter is getting tough on those who send abusive comments on its livestreaming platform Periscope as the microblogging site said it would suspend the accounts of such habitual offenders from August 10. The company will enforce its Periscope Community Guidelines more aggressively by reviewing and suspending accounts of repeat offenders, TechCrunch reported on […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Twitter introduces new policies to curb trolling and abuse

San Francisco: To address abuse and trolls on its platform, Twitter has introduced new policies on hateful conduct and violent extremism, including a plan to bring in new technology and staff to fight spam and abuse. The micro-blogging platform said that in May, its systems identified and challenged more than 9.9 million potentially “spammy” or […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Emergency was India's darkest phase: Parrikar

Panaji: India saw the darkest phase in its democracy when then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency rule on June 25, 1975, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar tweeted on Tuesday. “India saw the darkest phase in its democratic history when Gandhi imposed national emergency. The draconian act of crushing civil liberties. Salute those who fought […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Twitter comes out with IIFA emoji

Mumbai: Twitter on Friday launched a special IIFA emoji for the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Weekend and Awards. Viewers can simply tweet using #IIFA2018 to use the emoji. The special emoji appears next to the hashtag in the tweet, and is designed based on the iconic IIFA award, read a statement to IANS. Keya […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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