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India’s ShareChat in talks with Google, Snap after Twitter buyout fails
India’s ShareChat has begun discussions with investors, including Snap and Google, to raise over $200mn after sale talks with Twitter fizzled Read more…
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Twitter to add labels to identify state and world leader accounts
Twitter will next week add labels to identify more state-affiliated accounts, including world leaders’ personal accounts. Read more…
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Twitter locks horns with India, users urged to switch to rival local app, Koo
Twitter locked horns with India over government order to remove accounts, while politicians urged followers to switch to rival local app Koo. Read more…
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India sends warning to Twitter to comply with orders to block accounts
India has written to Twitter warning it to comply with orders to block accounts and content related to a protest by farmers. Read more…
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Twitter has blocked dozens of accounts in India after government demands
Twitter blocked dozens of accounts in India by demand of the government on grounds that users were posting content aiming to incite violence. Read more…
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Twitter has locked the account of China’s US embassy
Twitter has locked the account of China’s US embassy for a tweet that defended China’s policy towards Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang Read more…
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Twitter suspends Trump, deletes @POTUS tweets, cracks down on QAnon
Twitter Inc said that it has permanently suspended Donald Trump’s account, deletes @POTUS tweets and cracked down on QAnon. Read more…
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Trump returns to Twitter but stays blocked on other social media platforms
Trump returned to Twitter on Thursday as other social media services including Facebook Inc continued to block his accounts. Read more…
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The manipulation of Twitter is bad and it will only get worse, much worse.
The manipulation of news as filtered through Twitter is becoming very worrying. The story that broke over the weekend is an example. Read more…
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Chinese tweet that enraged Australia propelled by ‘unusual’ fake accounts
Chinese official’s tweet that sparked a furious reaction was amplified across social media by unusual accounts, of which half were likely fake Read more…