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'India's online censorship not aligned with US view of freedom of speech'

The White House said India's order to take down tweets critical to Indian govt handling of Covid-19 is not aligned with America's view of freedom of speech around the world

Twitter takedown request not for criticism but fake news: Govt sources

While Medianama reported that Twitter complied with govt requests and censored 52 tweets, the posts have been withheld in India only

Govt asks Twitter, other social platforms to remove 'misleading' Covid posts

The government has asked social media platforms to remove content and posts that were found to be spreading misinformation and public panic around the pandemic

Twitter becomes platform of hope amid the despair of India's Covid crisis

India is reporting more than 250,000 new Covid-19 cases a day

Twitter India appoints Apurva Dalal as director of engineering in India

He will be based in Bengaluru and will be responsible for strengthening the company's engineering capabilities and offerings for local and global audiences

Twitter analysing harmful impacts of its AI, machine learning algorithms

In a bid to assess racial and gender bias in its artificial intelligence/machine learning systems, Twitter is starting a new initiative called Responsible Machine Learning

Microblogging platform Koo eyes going global after cracking India market

Firm will co-exist with Twitter rather than be a competitor, says CEO Radhakrishna

Tecno Spark 7 with 6,000 mAh battery set for India launch today: Know more

Tecno Spark 7 smartphone's expected price is Rs 7,999.

India's ShareChat raises $502 mn from Snap, Twitter, others: Details here

The funding was led by U.S. venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners and American investment firm Tiger, ShareChat said in a statement on Thursday

Twitter held talks for $4 billion takeover of Clubhouse: Report

Discussions are no longer ongoing, and it was unclear why they stalled, according to the report

Non-fungible tokens: Latest craze among crypto-rich art collectors

Retail investors should stay away given the high volatility

Supreme Court Justice in US suggests regulations for social media platforms

Justice Clarence Thomas said that Congress should consider whether laws should be updated to better regulate social media platforms that have "unbridled control" over "unprecedented" amounts of speech

Illegal content row: Russia extends punitive Twitter slowdown until May 15

Russia said on Monday it would extend a punitive slowdown of Twitter until May 15 though it acknowledged the US social media company had speeded up deletion of banned content

Russia fines Twitter $116,568 for failure to delete illegal content

A Moscow court on Friday fined Twitter 8.9 million rubles (about $116,568) for violating Russia's Internet legislation by failing to remove content banned in the country.

Twitter's live streaming app Periscope shuts down, six years after launch

The live-streaming Twitter app Periscope on Thursday bid a final goodbye after a six years of existence and popularising live streaming from smartphones.

Twitter now lets users add stickers to Fleets: Know how it works, and more

Twitter announced that the new Fleets feature is now available for users on both the Android and iOS platforms

Koo has a 'stronger network' than its bigger rival Twitter, says study

The finding was made in a study titled 'Koo: The new king? Characterising India's emerging social network'

Big Tech CEOs told 'time for self-regulation is over' by US lawmakers

The chief executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter faced criticism from US lawmakers on Thursday about their approaches to extremism and misinformation

US Congress to press Big Tech CEOs over hate speech, misinformation

The CEOs of social media giants Facebook, Twitter and Google face a new grilling by Congress, one focused on their efforts to prevent their platforms from spreading falsehoods and inciting violence

Assembly polls: Twitter puts in place tech, policies to counter false info

The heightened social media activity ahead of an election, whether local or national, has been of concern for governments across the world