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NCW seeks action on actor Siddharth over tweet against Saina Nehwal

The National Commission for Women (NCW) has asked Twitter to block the account of actor Siddharth over his "sexist" tweet against ace badminton player Saina Nehwal.

Sulli Deals group misused 30 Twitter handles to target Muslim women: Police

The ongoing probe into the "Sulli Deals" case has revealed that around 30 Twitter handles were misused for uploading the morphed pictures of Muslim women for their purported "auction"

Bulli Bai app creator had 5 different Twitter handles, claims DCP Malhotra

The following Twitter handles have been identified, which are @giyu2002, @giyu007, @giyuu84, @giyu94 and @giyu44

Twitter suspends US Congresswoman's account for Covid misinformation

Twitter has permanently suspended an account of US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican Representative from Georgia, for "repeated violations" of Covid-19 misinformation policies.

Bulli Bai case: Police writes to Twitter to remove objectionable content

Delhi Police have sought information from social media giant Twitter about the account that first tweeted about the 'Bulli Bai' app and asked it to remove the offensive content, sources said on Monday

Metaverse: Real questions about virtual future

Low investments in tech weigh India down, leaving a shortage of top talent

Indian company gifts NFT to Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal

The NFT has been listed on the marketplace platform OpenSea

Twitter amplifies politically right-leaning tweets more, says study

Microblogging platform Twitter uses an algorithm that amplifies the reach of politically right-leaning sources more than that of politically left-leaning sources, suggested a study.Twitter uses the algorithm to personalize the content its users see on their home timelines.Cambridge University professor Ferenc Huszar and his colleagues quantified whether Twitter's algorithm amplifies left-leaning or right-leaning content using a randomized control group of nearly two million daily active Twitter users chosen by the platform to receive content in reverse-chronological order without personalization and a treatment group representing 4 per cent of all other accounts with personalized timelines.The authors analyzed the algorithmic amplification effect on tweets made by 3,634 elected politicians from major political parties in seven countries that are highly represented on Twitter.The authors also measured the algorithmic amplification of 6.2 million political news articles shared in the ...

LIVE: CCI approves acquisition of shareholding in Air India by Tata Group

The proposed combination envisages acquisition of 100% equity share capital of AI and AI Express, and 50% equity share capital of Air India SATS Airport Services by Talace Private Limited

Twitter says Sameer Wankhede's suit in Mumbai court 'frivolous'

The social media company said the suit itself, and the application herein is, "false, frivolous, and vexatious and is not tenable on facts or in law" and deserves to be dismissed

Rajnath Singh calls 1971 war 'golden chapter in India's military history'

On the occasion of Swarnim Vijay Diwas, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday remembered the courage and sacrifice of the armed forces during the 1971 war .

Ex-Twitter India head Manish Maheshwari quits, to join education venture

Former Twitter India Head Manish Maheshwari has quit the company to work on an ed-tech venture. Maheshwari, who had been transferred to the US in August this year, shared the development on a tweet. "After close to three years, I am leaving Twitter to dedicate myself to #education and #teaching. While it is with a heavy heart that I leave Twitter, I am excited about the impact that can be created globally through education," he tweeted. Maheshwari said he is partnering with Tanay Pratap, who has worked as a Senior Software Engineer with Microsoft. "We will start by imparting employability training via a virtually immersive platform, which we are calling #Metaversity," Maheshwari noted. In a series of tweets, Maheshwari highlighted how COVID-19 has fundamentally changed not only the skills needed to be successful in the new economy but also how those skills are imparted, and the role technology - particularly metaverse - can play. "#Education is very close to my heart. I have bee

Twitter adds automatically generated captions for all videos

Micro-blogging site Twitter on Wednesday announced that it has started rolling out automatic captions for videos.

Compromised again

Govt social media needs more accountability

What the PM Modi Twitter breach tells us about hackers

Pitching Bitcoin has become the Rick Roll of the hacking community - a funny prank rather than a nasty attack

Parliamentary panel questions MeitY officials on PM Twitter handle hacking

Top officials of MeitYhave been questioned about the hacking of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Twitter handle and the Pegasus issue by a parliamentary panel led by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor

Clarify stand on cryptocurrency, PM's Twitter hack: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

Raising the issue during Zero Hour in Lok Sabha, Chowdhury said if the prime minister's Twitter handle was not safe, how can the Twitter accounts of a common person be secure.

Twitter says 'took steps' to secure Modi's account after early-morning hack

Handle secured immediately; Indian crypto platforms say no significant fluctuation in prices recorded after mischievous tweet

Hacking of PM Modi's Twitter handle exposes cyber security chinks: Oppn

They said cyber security was as important as border and internal security and asked whether the Aadhaar data of all Indians was safe

Took necessary steps to secure 'compromised' handle of PM Modi: Twitter

Twitter on Sunday clarified that it took necessary steps to secure the compromised handle of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as soon as it became aware of this activity