- India
2 tribal women stripped in Bengal, says BJP IT cell chief; police rubbish claim
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) IT cell head, Amit Malviya, claimed on Saturday that two tribal women were stripped naked and tortured a few days ago in West Bengal ‘while police remained…
- Business
Twitter to restrict DMs for unverified accounts to reduce spam
New Delhi: Twitter has announced to restrict direct messages (DMs) for unverified accounts in order to reduce spam on the platform. The company said it will soon be implementing some changes “in…
- Technology
People get ‘Emergency Alert’ message from govt, raise issue on Twitter
New Delhi: Several people in India took to Twitter after they received a test “Emergency Alert – Severe” message from the government on their mobile phones. The message, which caused some people…
- Technology
Report says hateful, violent posts rise on Twitter, CEO Yaccarino denies
New Delhi: Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino has refuted a report which claimed there has been a surge of “hateful, violent, and inaccurate” information on the Elon Musk-owned platform. Yaccarino said Twitter has…
- India
Centre orders Twitter, other social media to take down video on Manipur women
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday asked Twitter and other social media to take down the video of two Manipuri women being paraded naked as the matter is under investigation. As per…
- Technology
Twitter’s new feature soon let you publish articles, book
New Delhi: Elon Musk-run Twitter is working on a feature that will let you publish very long content, articles and book on the microblogging platform. Replying to a user tweeting about the…
- Business
Twitter rival Bluesky faces backlash for allowing usernames with racial slurs
San Francisco: Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey-backed Bluesky has come under fire for removing numerous racist, ableist, and transphobic slurs from its list of flagged words in a controversial update last week. According…
- Technology
‘Twitter killer’ Meta Threads now under govt lens in US
San Francisco: Meta’s Twitter rival, Threads is now under investigation by the US House Judiciary which has reportedly asked Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to hand over documents about content moderation on the…
- Technology
Reddit fixes elevated search error rates
San Francisco: Social discussion platform Reddit on Tuesday said that it has fixed an issue causing elevated search error rates that lasted for about three hours. The company acknowledged the issue early…
- Middle East
Kuwait takes legal action against Twitter user for ‘insulting’ Saudi minister
Kuwait: The authorities in Kuwait have initiated legal proceedings against a Twitter user, who was accused of misusing social media to insult the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Interior. The announcement…
- Technology
Diet Coke is still my fav drink: Musk amid aspartame row
New Delhi: Even as global health officials are clamouring over aspartame being a possible carcinogen, billionaire Elon Musk on Monday said diet coke, which contains the artificial sweetener, is still his favourite…
- Technology
Zuckerberg really burning midnight oil: Musk
San Francisco: Twitter-owner Elon Musk on Monday said that Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is “really burning” the “midnight oil.” When a user tweeted, “BREAKING: After forgetting about his app for…
- Business
Twitter to soon share ad revenue from profile page views: Musk
San Francisco: Twitter-owner Elon Musk on Sunday said that “as promised”, the micro-blogging platform will “soon” share ad revenue from profile page views. As promised. Soon, we will share ad revenue from…
- India
Yogi Adityanath gets death threat on Twitter, probe underway
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has received a death threat on the social media. The monitoring team of cyber-crime police station, which keeps an eye on social media posts involving…
- Technology
Twitter usage up by 3.5% week over week: Musk
New Delhi: Elon Musk has shared the numbers regarding the increase in “Total User Active Seconds” on Twitter, noting that usage was up by 3.5 per cent week over the week globally.…
