All posts tagged "Twitter"

Crypto scammers hack Indian PM Narendra Modi’s Twitter account

On Sunday, cryptocurrency scammers hacked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Twitter account, claiming that “the Indian government had officially purchased 500 bitcoin...

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Jack Dorsey’s Square changes corporate name to Block

Square, a financial services firm co-founded by now-former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, has changed its name to Block. Square has extended outside...

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Twitter bans sharing of photos without consent

Just days after changing CEO, Twitter announced new policies prohibiting users from posting private photographs of others without their knowledge. People who are...

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Who is Parag Agrawal, the new Twitter CEO replacing Jack Dorsey?

Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter, announced his resignation as CEO, more than a year after surviving an activist investor’s attempt to oust...

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Turkey probes 30 Twitter users for suggesting Erdogan died

According to a police statement released on Wednesday, Turkish authorities have started legal proceedings against 30 persons over a series of Twitter...

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Tesla shares fall after Elon Musk proposes selling 10% of his stock in a Twitter poll

Tesla shares fell sharply on Monday after CEO Elon Musk surprised his Twitter followers by offering to sell 10% of his stock,...

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Twitter finally upgrades from lower quality video uploads

Twitter says that the social media has made updates to fix the poor video quality of their platform, which has been an...

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Twitter announces Super Follows feature to let users make money from subscription

Twitter has officially revealed its long-awaited “Super Follows” function, which allows creators to charge for access to exclusive material. The move comes...

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After the Twitter fleets, LinkedIn gives up on its Stories feature

After Twitter, which gave up its fleets on August 3rd, it is LinkedIn turn which said Tuesday that its ephemeral Stories feature...

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Twitter opens verification applications for blue check mark

After a year-long suspension on public submissions for the site’s blue check marks, Twitter users can now request to be verified again,...

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Twitter to reportedly launch a $2.99 ‘Twitter Blue’ subscription service

For several of its services, Twitter has been experimenting with a paid subscription model. Twitter Blue is the provisional moniker given to...

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Coronavirus

India asks Twitter to take down some tweets critical of its COVID-19 handling

As cases of COVID-19 reached a new world high, India asked Twitter to remove hundreds of tweets critical of the country’s handling...

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Pakistan approaches Twitter to block malicious trends against judiciary

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has approached Twitter, warned to immediately block/remove malicious trends and tweets vilifying the superior judiciary of the country. According to...

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Twitter will now ban users for spreading coronavirus vaccine misinformation

Twitter has announced to ban users from spreading coronavirus vaccine misinformation. It has introduced a new strike system that will combat misinformation. Twitter announced by...

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PTA takes up suspension of accounts over Kashmir with Twitter

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has taken up the suspension of Pakistani users’ accounts who were tweeting about the right of self-determination of...

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Big Tech Woes: Trump Threatens Twitter, Parler Files Lawsuit Against Amazon

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened action against Big Tech following his ban on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, major social networking sites....

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Twitter, Facebook to hand over @POTUS account to Biden on January 20

Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc will transfer the control of the @POTUS account to the President-elect Joe Biden on Jan 20, said...

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US Embassy in Pakistan apologizes over political retweet

The US Embassy in Pakistan released an apology regarding a retweet of an anti-government statement from an opposition leader who proposed Prime...

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Desi Twitter trolls America during election frenzy

The delay in the vote count surrounding the American elections has gotten audiences across the world in a state of frenzy. The...

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‘Karachi civil war’: Pakistan slams Twitter for inaction over Indian fake news

Pakistani politicians slammed Twitter for its perceived inaction over Indian media hyping fake news about ‘Karachi civil war’. The huge propaganda initiated...

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‘Happy Birthday PM Imran Khan’: Twitter wishes premier on his 68th birthday

The 68th birthday of Prime Minister Imran Khan was noticed far and wide on Twitter, with his fans, supporters and sports fraternity...

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After Microsoft, Twitter Reportedly also Wants to Buy TikTok

Twitter has also approached Bytedance for a possible merger after Microsoft expressed interest in taking over the US operations of TikTok. Following...

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Twitter hack: 130 accounts targeted in massive cyber attack

In an unprecedented twitter hack, twitter accounts of many top names including those of Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Apple, Kanye West, Jeff...

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Twitter suspended 1.7 lakh accounts for spreading misinformation

Twitter has suspended a plethora of accounts believed to be backed by the Chinese government for spreading misinformation. Fighting with the negative...

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Twitter begins rolling out audio tweets

Twitter introduced another feature of audio tweets which is a very unique way of sharing your views on the Twitter platform apart...

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EU wants tech giants to report monthly on virus fake news

EU has called on social media giants Twitter, Facebook, and Google to provide monthly reports on their fight against fake news. The European Union is more concerned over...

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Twitter tells employees they can work from home ‘forever’

The rapid increase in coronavirus makes every country to shut down its businesses. Those businesses which quickly adapted the online working from...

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