Twitter took action on 500 accounts in India after government orders
The company, facing penal action if does not comply with the directions given by the IT Ministry in three notices to block nearly 1,435 accounts in questions in the wake of the farmers' protests, said that it has withheld a portion of the accounts identified in the blocking orders under its ‘Country Withheld Content' policy within India only.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey likes tweet asking for #FarmersProtest emoji
The Twitter CEO liked the tweet by Washington Post journalist Karen Attiah. In a clear attempt to polarise India, US Vice President Kamala Harris' niece Meena Harris and some international celebrities with hardly any expertise on Indian affairs, on Wednesday extended their support to the Indian protesters agitating against the new farm laws.
K-pop tweets hit 6.7 billion in 2020: Twitter
The figure represents a jump of 600 million from 6.1 billion K-pop tweets in 2019.The social media company said that Indonesia ranked as the top market tweeting about K-pop by volume, followed by Thailand and South Korea.
Twitter India officials face jail term if they fail to obey government order
Apart from the jail term or fine, the government can also ban the platform in India for allegedly motivating a campaign to abuse, inflame and create tension in the society on "unsubstantiated" grounds, as per the notice issued by the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY).
No evidence Facebook, Twitter suppress conservatives: Report
Former US President Donald Trump also accused major social media companies of censoring the political right. In response to Twitter's decision to exclude him from the platform on January 8, Trump accused the company of "banning free speech" in coordination with "the Democrats and Radical Left."
Twitter mounts robust fightback against Chinese propaganda outlets
The appellation has gone a long way in alerting Twitter users that they are encountering propaganda material marshalled by the Chinese authoritarian state. As a result, a sharp decline in viewership of these tweets has been registered. Twitter could embed suitable filters, only after fully understanding the Chinese modus operandi for expanding Beijing's propaganda footprint.
Twitter unblocks high-profile accounts in India including actor Sushant Singh and Caravan magazine
The IT ministry and law enforcement agencies had last week ordered Twitter to block these tweets and accounts under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act. According to Twitter, the company blocked these accounts in the interim in response to a valid legal request from MeitY.
Twitter suspends several high-profile accounts in India
The IT ministry and law enforcement agencies had last week ordered Twitter to block these tweets and accounts under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act.
WhatsApp expands Status messaging to reassure users about privacy
The in-app messages started appearing for users in the US and UK on Saturday in Status which is WhatsApp's version of Snapchat Stories or Twitter Fleets. The messages read "One thing that isn't new is our commitment to your privacy," along with a reminder that "WhatsApp can't read or listen to your personal conversations as they're end-to-end encrypted."
Covid-19 warnings on Twitter spread well before pandemic outbreak
The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, identified tracks of increasing concern about pneumonia cases on posts published on Twitter in seven countries, between the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020. The analysis of the posts shows that the "whistleblowing" came precisely from the geographical regions where the primary outbreaks later developed.
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