New York: Twitter last weekend blocked a New York Times account for almost 24 hours, stating a tweet by the account violated the micro-blogging website’s rules against hateful conduct. The tweet by @nytimesworld – the account of the international reporting team — had promoted an article about Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s apology to indigenous people […]
San Francisco: Within a week again in another overhaul Twitter has doubled the length of users’ display names from 20 to 50 characters. “The new length means the user can add more emojis. Many users embraced the change, though some also questioned why Twitter was adding somewhat gimmicky features when it could be working on […]
San Francisco: Twitter has taken down its account verification exercise, the process that gives important public figures on the micro-blogging platform a blue check mark next to their names. The announcement came after people criticised Twitter for verifying the account belonging to the organiser of the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that left one […]
San Francisco: After running a successful trial with few users, Twitter has finally rolled out its new 280-character limit virtually for all users. In September, Twitter had launched a test that expanded the 140-character limit so that users could express themselves easily in a tweet. “Our goal was to make this possible while ensuring we keep […]
San Francisco: Twitter which updated its policies last week to fight abuse in an efficient way has come under fire for censoring LGBTQ terms like “bisexual” on its platform. According to The Verge on Monday, while updating its policies, the micro-blogging website also censored the “bisexual” hashtag under its adult content rules. The biggest updates […]
New Delhi: Twitter on Friday launched a “Video Website Card” to advertisers in India that is designed to work across a variety of brand’s objectives. It features an auto-playing video, a customisable headline and destination URL paired with a large tap target. Advertisers can elect to run this creative unit on the video views, website […]
San Francisco: A Twitter employee brought down US President Donald Trump’s Twitter account for 11 minutes on his last day at office, the micro-blogging platform confirmed on Friday. Trump’s Twitter account @realdonaldtrump disappeared from the site for around 11 minutes shortly before 7 p.m. Later, in a series of tweets issued by Twitter’s Government and Elections […]
San Francisco: In a significant move to stop revenge porn, Twitter has introduced a new policy that states that no one can post or share “intimate photos or videos” of someone that were produced or distributed without their approval. While some forms of consensual nudity and adult content are permitted on Twitter, sharing explicit sexual […]
New Delhi: Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani on Saturday took a dig at Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi over the rise in the number of people retweeting his messages and sought to link this with twitter accounts in Russia, Indonesia and Kazakhstan. However, Congress rejected the allegation as “factually wrong”. “Perhaps @OfficeOfRG planning to […]
San Francisco: After Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced plans to act more aggressively on violence and sexual abuse, the micro-blogging website has now detailed new rules it will implement soon. In an internal email which was obtained by Wired.com, Twitter’s head of safety policy has emailed members of its Trust and Safety Council on new […]
San Francisco: Responding to high-profile #WomenBoycottTwitter protest, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has said that the company was now changing its policies around how it vets content. In a series of tweets, Dorsey said that the social network would up its game when it comes to monitoring content and policing hateful and harassing tweets on the […]
London: Twitter activity during football matches can help predict the result of the tie when combined with betting market prices, researchers have found. The tone of Twitter posts can predict when a team is more likely to win and soccer bets are mispriced, a study by the University of East Anglia (UEA), published in the […]
Washington: Twitter has turned over to the US Senate 201 profile names of accounts associated with alleged Russian effort to meddle in the presidential election last year. The handover took place this week, Xinhua quoted US media reports saying on Friday. It was part of the social networking service’s effort to aid in the Russian […]
San Francisco: Micro-blogging site Twitter has announced that it is developing a bookmarking feature to save tweets. Keith Coleman, Head of Product, tweeted that the new feature, called #SaveForLater, was in the works. “Fresh out of ‘HackWeek’ and coming soon — a new way to save tweets to read later. Been a top request! The team […]
San Francisco: After Facebook and Twitter admitting the presence of Russian operatives on their platforms to influence the 2016 US presidential election, Google has reportedly discovered that millions were spent on ads by Russian agents who aimed to spread disinformation across Google’s platforms, including YouTube. According to a report in The Washington Post on Monday, […]
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