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Twitter's algorithm favours right-leaning politics, finds research

Home feed promotes rightwing tweets over those from the left, internal research finds

SC notice to Twitter official on UP's plea in communally sensitive case

Supreme Court sought response from former Twitter Managing Director Manish Maheshwari on an appeal of UP government against the Karnataka High Court's decision to quash a notice

Twitter launches tool to remove unwanted followers without blocking them

Twitter has started rolling out a new feature "soft block" that would allow any user on the web remove a follower without blocking them.

Social media companies face fines for defamatory posts in Australia

Platforms getting away with not taking any responsibility: minister

Zuckerberg loses $7 billion over Facebook outage; Telegram, Signal gain

The stock slide sent Zuckerberg's worth down to $120.9 bn, dropping him below Bill Gates to No. 5 on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index

Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram face global outage: Check details here

"WhatsApp", and "#facebookdown", "#whatsappdown" and "#instagramdown" were trending on Twitter on Monday evening in India

Trump goes to court trying to get Twitter to reinstate his account

Former US president Donald Trump has filed a complaint with a federal court, asking Twitter to temporarily restore his account while he pushes forward with efforts toward permanent reinstatement

Donald Trump seeks reinstatement of Twitter account in court filing

Trump's request for a preliminary injunction against Twitter was filed late Friday in Miami, Florida

Nigeria's president Buhari directs conditional end to Twitter ban

Nigeria suspended Twitter's operation on June 4, citing the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria's corporate existence

Twitter appointed officers in compliance with new IT Rules: Centre

The Centre has informed the Delhi High Court that Twitter has appointed Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), Resident Grievance Officer (RGO), and Nodal Contact Person in compliance with the new IT Rules.

Twitter rolls out bitcoin tipping, safety features in product push

Twitter users globally on iOS devices can now send and receive digital payments, which was previously limited to a small group of testers.

Twitter rolls out bitcoin tipping, safety features in product push

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El Salvador president Nayib Bukele changes Twitter profile to 'dictator'

El Salvador's bitcoin-pushing president apparently changed his Twitter profile description to "dictator" on Monday, in what might be an ironic comment on last week's protests against him. The office of President Nayib Bukele did not respond to requests for comment on the profile change, but there was no clear sign the president's account had been hacked. Bukele is a heavy Twitter user, and after his description changed to "dictator," he continued tweeting normally Monday about bitcoin. The price and potential of the cryptocurrency appears to fascinate Bukele, and he made bitcoin legal tender in El Salvador, the first country to do so. Not everyone was charmed by the tactic. "Changing his Twitter profile to call himself the dictator of El Salvador is a very childish act on the part of the president," said legislator Johnny Wright Sol, a member of the opposition Nuestro Tiempo party. "This is part of the president's strategy," said lawyer Eduardo Escobar, of Citizen's Action, a civi

Apple touts iPhone 13 filmmaking prowess with Twitter 'hashflag'

Apple has introduced a Twitter "hashflag" to promote the filmmaking capabilities of its new iPhone 13 series, a feature lineup made possible through improved enhancements.

Russia fines Facebook, Twitter for not deleting banned content

The Tagansky district court said Facebook had been handed five fines totalling 21 million roubles ($287,850). Twitter received two fines of a total 5 million roubles, it said.

Microblogging platform Koo to raise headcount to 500 in a year: Co-founder

Homegrown microblogging platform Koo expects to raise its headcount to over 500 people in the next one year, as it looks to hire across engineering, product and community management teams

Modi used Twitter to reach out to middle class, party cadre in 2019: Study

In the run-up to the 2019 parliamentary elections, PM Modi used Twitter to attract the urban middle class and enthuse his party cadre

Twitter testing new safety feature to block accounts using foul language

The microblogging site will rolling out the safety feature to a small feedback group on iOS, Android and Twitter.com, beginning with accounts that have English-language settings

Twitter launches 'Super Follows' for creators to monetise tweets

Micro-blogging site Twitter has officially launched its "Super Follows" feature that allows creators on the platform to provide exclusive premium content to subscribers

Twitter launches subscription-based feature 'super follows' for iOS users

People in the US and Canada using iOS can super follow a select group of people within the United States