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Facebook, Twitter face British fines if they fail on harmful content

Tech platforms will also need to do more to protect children from being exposed to grooming, bullying and pornography, the government said

FB, Twitter, TikTok face fines in UK if they fail to limit illegal content

Facebook, Twitter and TikTok face fines of up to 10% of turnover if they fail to remove and limit the spread of illegal content under laws proposed by Britain

Twitter announces integration with Snapchat, to allow sharing tweets

Till date, one had to take a screenshot of the tweet and then share that on the photo-sharing platform Snapchat

Most liked tweets of 2020: Chadwick Boseman post tops; here's the list

Twitter has put out its recap for the year. Check out the 5 most liked tweets globally

PM Narendra Modi's '9pm9minute' tweet among top trends on Twitter in 2020

Over 700 million Tweets were sent in 2020 about elections around the world

China should be ashamed: Australia seeks apology over 'repugnant' tweet

Morrison's calls for an apology further ramps up tensions between the nations, following China's decision to impose crippling anti-dumping duties on its wine over the weekend

Twitter seeks public help as verification badges return in early 2021

Twitter on Tuesday announced to relaunch verification, including a new public application process, in early 2021

Twitter to warn if you like a tweet labelled for misinformation: Know more

Twitter on Tuesday announced it is set to show a warning notification when the users try to like a labeled tweet

With 1 million followers, RBI most popular central bank on Twitter

A central bank's influence is more measurable in terms of foreign reserves it holds and how it stacks up vis-a-vis other central banks

RBI becomes world's 1st central bank to reach 1 mn followers on Twitter

With one million Twitter followers, the Reserve Bank of India has become the first central bank in the world to reach this milestone

Twitter to hand over @POTUS account to President-elect Biden on Jan 20

The current tweets posted during the Trump administration will be archived, and the account will be reset to zero tweets.

Facebook estimates hate speech seen in 1 out of 1000 views on its platform

Facebook also said it took action on 22.1 million pieces of hate speech content in the third quarter, about 95% of which was proactively identified

Twitter has apologised in writing for 'Ladakh in China' error: Lekhi

Twitter's deposition has come in form of an affidavit signed by Damien Karien, Chief Privacy Officer of Twitter Inc, for wrong geo-tagging of India's map, Lekhi said

FB, Twitter CEOs oppose changes that may allow US govt to dictate content

Dorsey acknowledged that there are concerns around how Twitter moderate content and specifically its use of section 230

FB, Twitter CEOs defend handling of disinformation in US election

Facebook has taken down more than 100 networks of bad actors who are trying to coordinate and interfere globally

Facebook, Twitter CEOs to testify before US Senate over content moderation

The hearing was expected to be highly political, as indicated in Chairman Lindsey Graham's opening remarks

Twitter launches disappearing 'fleets' globally: Here's how to use feature

The company says the ephemeral tweets, which it calls "fleets" because of their fleeting nature, are designed to allay the concerns of new users

Socialising social media

Online media platforms must be regulated to protect the public from lies that polarise society

Amit Shah's account temporarily locked due to 'inadvertent error': Twitter

Twitter has said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah's account was temporarily locked due to an "inadvertent error" and the decision was reversed immediately

Locked Amit Shah's account due to error, restored immediately: Twitter

Twitter said they had temporarily locked Shah's account 'due to an inadvertent error' on November 12 and clarified that the decision was reversed immediately and the account restored