Tag: Twitter

Indian technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad warned U.S. social media firms on Thursday to abide by the country’s laws, a day after a face-off between Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration and Twitter over content regulation.

Twitter blocked dozens of accounts in India on Monday, including that of a leading newsmagazine, on the demand of the government on grounds that the users were posting content aiming to incite violence, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he will look at building his own platform after Twitter suspended him on Friday, citing a risk of further incitement of violence following the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday by hundreds of his supporters.

Joe Biden will not inherit Donald Trump’s millions of followers on the official president of the United States and White House Twitter accounts when he assumes the presidency, marking a departure from past social media practice, the Democratic president-elect’s team said on Tuesday.

A man who murdered nine people after contacting them on Twitter has been sentenced to death, in a high-profile case that has shocked Japan.

Mumbai, October 15 (India Today) - Sushant Singh Rajput's sister Shweta Singh Kirti, who had deactivated her Twitter and Instagram accounts on Wednesday, is back on the social media platforms. She said that she had deleted the accounts as multiple log in attempts were made to access them by unknown people. While she had deleted her Twitter and Instagram accounts, ...

October 10 (The Verge) - Twitter announced a slew of temporary changes on Friday aimed at staving off abuse around the November 3rd US presidential election. Tweets that include premature claims of victory will be labeled, tweets intended to incite interference in the election or election results will be subject to removal, and tweets from political figures with more than 100,000 ...

October 6 (AFP) - Twitter is removing tweets hoping for the demise of US President Donald Trump -- a move which opened up the social platform to criticism that it should enforce the same policy for everyone. San Francisco-based Twitter drew a line on caustic commentary after Trump's Covid-19 hospitalization Friday, telling users that expressing hope for the death of ...

August 31 (Variety) - The final tweet posted to Chadwick Boseman’s Twitter account is now the most-liked post in Twitter history. The social media company made the announcement on Saturday afternoon, following the shocking death of Boseman on Friday night due to colon cancer. “Fans are coming together on Twitter to celebrate the life of Chadwick Boseman, and the tweet sent from his account ...

August 10 (BBC) - Twitter has approached TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to express an interest in buying its US operations, according to sources. Video-sharing platform TikTok has been at the centre of fierce debate in recent weeks and takeover talk. Last week US Donald Trump ordered firms to stop doing business with TikTok within 45 days over security concerns. Tech ...