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Twitter committed to its values, works with Indian govt: Kathleen Reen

Senior executive of the social media giant speaks to Business Standard about the measures company has taken for Indian elections.

Twitter promises action against fake news ahead of 2021 assembly elections

Twitter announced that it has implemented significant product, policy, and enforcement updates to keep the service safe from attempts to manipulate the platform

Twitter CEO Dorsey's first-ever tweet sold for $2.9 million as NFT sale

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Monday sold his first-ever tweet as a non-fungible token (NFT) for $2.9 million, which he donated to charity

Twitter boss Jack Dorsey's first tweet sold for $2.9 million as an NFT

LONDON (Reuters) - Twitter boss Jack Dorsey sold his first tweet as an NFT for just over $2.9 million dollars on Monday.

New feature of Twitter will let users play Youtube videos within the app

The social media maniacs who are a regular user of Twitter have their special interactions with various texts, images, GIFs and videos

Twitter to set up legal entity in Turkey, comply with 'controversial' law

Twitter has announced it will establish a legal entity in Turkey in order to continue operating in the country, which passed a controversial social media law last year.

Are hashtags really political ads?

A "hashtag" makes for "highly-polarised political narratives", opined a panel set up under an ex-IRS officer, Harish Kumar, to review poll expenditure limits and expenditure monitoring mechanisms

In bad taste

What appears smart may not necessarily be sensitive. A tweet by Burger King UK on International Women's Day touched a raw nerve. It employed language that is usually characterised as misogynist

Chinese investor Shunwei Capital exits parent company of Twitter-clone Koo

Existing investors and a clutch of prominent individuals bought out the firm's minority stake

Russia threatens to fully block Twitter as content dispute escalates

Twitter hasn't responded to the Russian regulator's repeated requests to remove illegal content

Twitter to soon allow security key as only authentication method

Twitter has announced to let people use security keys as the only authentication method soon, adding that the micro-blogging platform will allow multiple security keys per account instead of just one

Twitter now tests better image previews for photos on iOS and Android

Twitter has announced it is running a test with select iOS and Android users to give people an accurate preview of how their images will appear when they Tweet a photo.

Twitter launches conversation settings for ads, gives brands more control

Launched globally in August last year, conversation settings have given Twitter users more control over who can reply or engage with their tweets. This has now been extended to brands

Non-Fungible Tokens: The unique crypto codes driving collectors

An NFT is a unique token added to some digital construct and registered on a blockchain with details of ownership

Over 4400 Facebook, Twitter URLs blocked in 2020: Dhotre

Over 4,400 URLs from Facebook and Twitter were blocked by the government in 2020 under Section 69A of the IT Act, Parliament was informed on Wednesday

Russia slows Twitter's speed after protest row, threatens total block

Roskomnadzor, the state communications regulator, said in a statement that as of Wednesday there were more than 3,000 posts containing illegal content on Twitter

Twitter's Dorsey to donate $2.5 mn from sale of his 1st tweet in Bitcoins

Twitter CEO and billionaire Jack Dorsey who last week announced to sell his very first tweet of March 6, 2006, has said that he will donate the money in Bitcoins to charity

Twitter says it's working on a 'big overhaul' of TweetDeck platform

American microblogging and social networking service Twitter is working on a 'big overhaul' of its TweetDeck platform, which lets users arrange lists and feeds into easy-to-read vertical rows

Surveillance fears over new rules to tame social media in India

For long, activists and governments have been prompted to demand greater transparency and accountability from Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and other social media behemoths

Twitter is testing new e-commerce features to integrate product details

Twitter has now started testing its new e-commerce tweet layouts, with at least one user of its Android application in Qatar spotting the new format.