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Facebook, Twitter shares drop as firm behind Dove, Ben & Jerry's pulls ads

Shares of Facebook and Twitter dropped sharply Friday after the the giant company behind brands such as Ben & Jerry's ice cream and Dove soap said it will halt U.S. advertising on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram through at least the end of the year. That European consumer-product maker, Unilever, said it took the move to protest the amount of hate speech online. Unilever said the polarized atmosphere in the United States ahead of November's presidential election placed responsibility on brands to act. Shares of both Facebook and Twitter fell roughly 7% following Unilever's announcement. The company, which is based in the Netherlands and Britain, joins a raft of other advertisers pulling back from online platforms. Facebook in particular has been the target of an escalating movement to withhold advertising dollars to pressure it to do more to prevent racist and violent content from being shared on its platform. We have decided that starting now through at least the end of the ...

Central, state employees join 'restore old pension' campaign on Twitter

A large number of central and state employees on Friday joined a Twitter campaign to demand restoration of the old pension scheme

Twitter issues notice on Donald Trump's tweet warning against protesters

This is the fourth time that Twitter has taken action on Trump's tweets

Twitter rolls out audio tweets, faces tough task of moderating hate content

One good thing is that audio can only be added to original tweets and the users can't include those in replies or retweets with a comment

Twitter for iOS gets 'Voice Tweet' feature: How to add voice notes to tweet

The feature is currently available to a limited group of people on Twitter for iOS platform, and it will be available for everyone on iOS in the coming weeks

Justice department to propose curbs on legal immunity for social media

The recommendations for legislation follow a feud between President Donald Trump and Twitter Inc., which last month slapped fact-checks on some of his tweets

Twitter hires ex-FBI attorney Jim Baker involved in Trump campaign probe

Twitter's general counsel Sean Edgett announced that Baker would join the social media company as a deputy general counsel

Finance ministry Twitter followers cross 2 mn, Home ministry has 4.9 mn

The ministry started its twitter handle @FinMinIndia in July 2014

Twitter shuts down 170,000 accounts for spreading Chinese govt narratives

The company said that accounts were "spreading geopolitical narratives favorable to the Communist Party of China" and were removed for violating its platform manipulation policies

CrossFit founder Greg Glassman quits after backlash to George Floyd tweet

Reebok also dropped its affiliation with CrossFit this week.

Twitter Fleets: What is it, how it works and who all shall get it

Fleets is a quick way to express thoughts using multimedia or just simple text

Twitter launches test feature 'fleets' in India for tweets that disappear

Followers will be able to see a person's fleets at the top of their home page. People can see who's seen their fleet by looking underneath a post

The debate over Silicon Valley's embrace of content moderation

Many in tech cheered when Twitter added labels to President Trump's tweets. But civil libertarians caution that social media companies are moving into uncharted waters.

Amul Twitter account blocked briefly after it posted ad targeting China

Amul's Twitter handle could be accessed when checked on Saturday afternoon and the post containing the cartoon was also visible

Twitter disables Donald Trump campaign's George Floyd video tribute

The @TeamTrump account had tweeted a video collage of images and clips depicting peaceful protests

Twitter blocks Trump campaign's video tribute to Floyd over copyright issue

The company put a label on a video posted by the @TeamTrump account that said, This media has been disabled in response to a claim by the copyright owner

Facebook, Trump and Twitter controversy: The story so far

It is unclear how Trump could follow through on the threat of shutting down social media companies. President, himself is a heavy user of Twitter with more than 80 million followers

Pakistan temporarily blocks Twitter, Zoom to shun critical voices

NetBlocks data indicate that backend image and video servers, in particular, were unavailable during the disruption period, corroborating these reports

Snapchat won't promote Trump's account, says he incites 'racial violence'

Snap shares fell 2.4 per cent after the announcement

Twitter names former Google CFO Pichette as chair, Kordestani to stay on

Pichette, who had been Twitter's lead independent director since the end of 2018, will replace Omid Kordestani in leading the directors as chairman