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Twitter Will Be In Trouble If It Fails To Comply With India Rules: HC

"We are not stopping you from taking action, court has not granted any protection to Twitter. If they are in violation, you know what to do," the high court told central government counsel.

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
'Social media OTT videos might affect market of other OTT platforms'

Mumbai: With youth subscribing more digital content over television, the newly-launched Facebook and Twitter Over The Top (OTT) videos may affect the market of other OTT platforms since most people spend a huge time on social media, an sector stakeholder said on Saturday. “… Considering the fact that more and more people spend a huge […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Google launches probe into Russian meddling of 2016 US polls

San Francisco: After Twitter deleted over 200 fake Russian accounts used to meddle the 2016 US presidential election, Google has now launched a probe into the role its services could have played in the Russian interference, reports said. “Google is conducting a broad internal investigation to determine whether Russian-linked entities used its ads or services […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
A 3D-printed logo for Twitter is seen in this picture illustration made in Zenica
Twitter users shared more polarising news during 2016 US election

London: Twitter users in the US shared more polarising political news and conspiratorial content from Russian, WikiLeaks and junk news sources, during the 2016 presidential election, finds a study. The findings led by researchers from Oxford University, showed that users of the micro-blogging site in some states, shared more polarising political news and information than […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Twitter bans 200 accounts, identified RT's role in US elections

San Francisco: As the probe into Moscow’s alleged meddling in the 2016 US presidential election intensifies, Twitter announced that it has deleted over 200 fake Russian accounts and identified Russia Today of buying bought ads targeted at American users’ accounts. In a closed-door meeting late Thursday, Colin Crowell, Twitter’s Vice President for Public Policy, met […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
EU gives Facebook, Twitter 'last warning' on hate speech

Brussels: The European Union on Thursday gave an ultimatum to Facebook, Twitter and other social media companies to rid their platforms of hate speech or face legal consequences. The European Commission, EU’s top regulator, said the social media firms are still failing to act fast enough. It said it would pass laws allowing the EU […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Twitter abandons Apple Watch platform

San Francisco: As Twitter announced to double its 140-character limit to 280, many Apple Watch users across the world were left disappointed on Thursday when they realised that the app has disappeared. According to a report in TechCrunch, Twitter’s iTunes App Store page no longer notes compatibility with the Apple Watch. With the rollout of […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Twitter abandons Apple Watch platform

San Francisco: As Twitter announced to double its 140-character limit to 280, many Apple Watch users across the world were left disappointed on Thursday when they realised that the app has disappeared. According to a report in TechCrunch, Twitter’s iTunes App Store page no longer notes compatibility with the Apple Watch. With the rollout of […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Twitter now testing 280-character limit

San Francisco: In a move that will surely delight US President Donald Trump and frustrate many, Twitter has begun testing 280-character tweets — doubling the previous 140-character limit – to help users become more expressive. Currently, the 280-character tweet facility is available to a small group of its 328 million users but it would soon […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Trump's tweets are 'newsworthy', will stay: Twitter

San Francisco: As twitteratis wondered why the micro-blogging platform did not remove US President Donald Trump’s latest controversial tweet on North Korea that clearly violated its guidelines, Twitter has given a confusing reply. Trump tweeted last weekend: “Just heard Foreign Minister of North Korea speak at UN. If he echoes thoughts of Little Rocket Man, they […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Twitter testing Android app that uses less mobile data

San Francisco: In a bid to increase its monthly active users (MAU) in the developing markets where internet connectivity is poor, Twitter has started testing an Android app called ‘Twitter Lite’ that uses less mobile data to work. Twitter, which has over 328 million total monthly active users — 68 million MAU in the US […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Twitter bots can promote good behaviour, not just fake news

New York: Twitter bots earned a bad reputation for their alleged role in the 2016 US presidential election but researchers have found that automated tweets can also help promote good behaviour such as getting the flu shot among the social network’s users. In a large-scale experiment designed to analyse the spread of information on social networks, […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Twitter adds former Google executive to its board

San Francisco: Twitter has added Patrick Pichette, who served as Google’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) from 2008 to 2015, to its board of directors. Pichette will replace Hugh Johnston, the CFO of Pepsi, who joined Twitter’s board last year, technology news website Recode reported late on Tuesday. According to Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Pichette’s […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Indian-born Krishnan joins Twitter as Senior Director

San Francisco: Micro-blogging website Twitter has hired Indian-born Sriram Krishnan, a former top executive from Facebook and Snap, as its Senior Director of Product. “I’m going to be joining Twitter and become a part of #theflock to work with the fantastic product team there,” Krishnan tweeted. A well-known product executive around Silicon Valley, Krishnan has primarily […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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Twitter fixed 'bug' that enables advertisers to reach racists

San Francisco: Twitter has fixed a “bug” on its platform that allowed advertisers to target “Jew haters” and others with racial epithets and terms like “Nazi”, the microblogging site announced. According to a report by The Daily Beast on Friday, Twitter ads returned 26.3 million users who may respond to the term “wetback”, 18.6 million […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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