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Parliamentary panel summons Twitter CEO to appear before it on February 25

The panel members took a serious note about the Twitter head not appearing before it on Monday

PM Modi loses 100,000 followers, Rahul 9,000 in November Twitter drive

Twitter had carried out a similar exercise globally in July last year which saw the prime minister's follower count going down by around 3 lakh

BJP warns Twitter of backlash for refusal to appear before House panel

The parliamentary committee, headed by BJP MP Anurag Thakur, had issued a summon to Twitter via an official letter on February 1

Twitter CEO declines to appear before Parliament panel on IT: Report

Twitter cited "short notice of the hearing" as the reason, despite being given 10 days to travel, the sources said

We don't review, prioritise policies based on political ideology: Twitter

'Twitter's product and policies are never developed nor evolved on the basis of political ideology', said the microblogging platform

Twitter Q4 revenue beats estimates, hits $909 mn despite drop in user base

Twitter said it posted a $255 million profit in the final three months of 2018, compared with $91 million a year earlier, as revenues rose 24% to $909 million

Soon, this latest Twitter feature will let you catch up on news: Here's how

The feature comes with a prompt that says -- 'Catch up on what's happened while you were away'

Twitter users in China face detention, threats in new Beijing crackdown

The crackdown is the latest front in President Xi Jinping's campaign to suppress internet activity

Twitter to bring new dashboard for political ad transparency ahead of polls

With elections slated to be held in the coming months, the Indian government has taken a tough stance on the issue

It's hashtag rural as Twitter prepares for 2019 Lok Sabha elections

The social media platform to promote tweeting in local language, hire more regional bloggers and influencers

Twitter should learn from 'Jack Dorsey controversy', become caste-sensitive

What makes it so difficult for Twitter to take care of the abuse on its platform, particularly the abuse faced by Dalits?

Twitter bots spread misinformation in 2016 US presidential election: Study

These accounts were also responsible for 34 per cent of all articles shared from "low-credibility" sources, according to the study

Good news! Twitter is working on ways to launch 'edit' option for tweets

We have to make sure that we are actually solving the predominant reason why people would do it first and foremost, says Jack Dorsey

Twitter deletes 10,000 accounts that sought to discourage US voting

Twitter removed more than 10,000 accounts, according to three sources familiar with the Democrats' effort

Twitter gives users more freedom to report fake, suspicious account

The new tool unveiled by Twitter is the latest step that the social media site has taken to combat malicious activities on its platform

Twitter's 'Like' button may disappear soon as company considers removing it

Some expressed fears that without the button, retweets and argument would be the only means of communication, reports The Verge

Twitter's revenue rises 29% to $758 mn in Q3CY18; shares jump 17%

Total ad engagements increased 50% y-o-y and international revenue hit $335 mn -- an increase of 30% y-o-y

Now, Twitter to show users when a tweet is taken down for policy violations

It will also show a link to the rules and an article that provides more detail on how it enforces them

Exorcising Twitter

Like WhatsApp, which has limited the number of forwards and eliminated a good deal of nonsense from the platform, Twitter needs to step up

Twitter to help enable fair polls, tie up for smart cities to stay relevant

New Delhi, 2 October In the competitive world of social media platforms, micro-blogging giant Twitter is taking the governance route, in hopes of staying relevant. From plans of tying with state governments for 'smart city' initiatives, working closely with local bodies to provide various services, helping in information dispersal and grievance redressal, converting the portal into a law and order tool, to ensuring it does its bit to maintain the integrity of elections, Twitter hopes this emphasis would help differentiate it from Facebook, Instagram and others. Being an outlet for users to connect with the government and other agencies would, it believes, help maintain and increase its usability.The company on Tuesday in a blog said it was doing everything possible to maintain the integrity of elections and would delete accounts of those engaged in trolling, maligning and spreading fake news via the platform. It was, it said, expanding its rules to better reflect how it identifies ...