'Remove hoax bomb threats or face legal consequences': Indian govt warns social media platforms
Oct 27, 2024, at 01:45 am
New Delhi: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has advised all social media platforms to comply with the Information Technology (IT) Rules and the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), asking them to make "reasonable efforts" to promptly remove bomb threat posts, warning that failure to do so could result in "liability," media reports said.
Elon Musk's playful image with son becomes an instant hit on X
Aug 13, 2023, at 05:32 am
Elon Musk is frequently making headlines, whether it's for the modifications he's introducing to his microblogging platform X (formerly known as Twitter) or for his opinions on current events. However, this time, the owner of Tesla and SpaceX shared a heartwarming photo with his son X AE A-XII on social media, capturing a beautiful father-son interaction.
Jul 20, 2023, at 12:17 am
New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi's Twitter account is currently followed by 90.2 million netizens, making him one of the most followed active politicians on the micro-blogging site. He is way ahead of world leaders like US president Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Karnataka HC dismisses Twitter plea against Centre
Jun 30, 2023, at 07:15 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: The Karnataka High Court on Friday dismissed the petition filed by Twitter challenging ten blocking orders issued by the central government between February 2021 and 2022 directing the social media giant to take down 39 URLs.
'Cannot apply America to Earth...': Elon Musk in response to Jack Dorsey's 'Twitter' claims in India
Jun 21, 2023, at 07:35 pm
"We cannot just apply America to Earth," said Twitter owner Elon Musk in his response to former CEO of the micro-blogging site, Jack Dorsey's claim that the Modi government pressured the social media platform during a massive farmers' protest in India.
Dorsey’s distortions and India’s firm stance against global misinformation
Jun 14, 2023, at 11:49 pm
As the great Indian freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Truth is the most powerful weapon.” In the age of information, we stand at a crucial juncture, teetering between truth and falsehood, fact and fiction.
Jun 14, 2023, at 01:55 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Congress Tuesday slammed the BJP-led government over former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's remarks saying Opposition voices are regularly "suppressed" under the ruling dispensation.
Twitter revokes blue checkmark leaving eminent personalities across world 'unverified'
Apr 21, 2023, at 05:41 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Several eminent personalities across the world have been left "unverified" on Twitter after billionaire Elon Musk-owned micro-blogging site revoked blue checkmark.
Twitter introduces different checkmarks for businesses, individuals and governments
Dec 21, 2022, at 02:37 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Twitter has rolled out a blue tick, a gold tick and a grey tick to distinguish between different types of accounts.
'Koo should take over Twitter amid its mess,' says Union Minister Piyush Goyal
Nov 20, 2022, at 05:55 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Minister Piyush Goyal has said Koo should take over Twitter as the latter is in a "mess" currently and that he is so happy to be one of the first to join the social media platform from India, Koo.
25-year-old sacked Twitter employee wins hearts with his post after layoff
Nov 05, 2022, at 02:02 am
After the takeover by Twitter by billionaire Elon Musk, employees of the social media giant were under a cloud of uncertainty about their job security at the company.
Oct 29, 2022, at 05:48 pm
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi Friday said he was hopeful of action against "hate speech" in the country after world's richest man Elon Musk formally took over social media giant Twitter.
Centre to set up panels in 3 months for addressing social media users' complaints
Oct 29, 2022, at 03:46 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Social media users will soon have the option to approach 'Grievance Appellate Committees' on occasions they disagree with content moderation or takedowns by platforms like Twitter and Facebook, the Centre said Friday.
'You are a Shudra till you're a Hindu', says DMK leader A Raja, draws BJP's ire
Sep 14, 2022, at 05:57 am
Senior DMK leader and former Union minister A Raja has sparked a controversy after he reportedly said that Shudras, the lowest caste in the varna system, are children of prostitutes and they will remain so as long as they practice Hinduism.
Elon Musk files new notice to end Twitter deal
Aug 31, 2022, at 01:24 am
Washington/UNI: Elon Musk’s legal team has filed another notice to Twitter to terminate his acquisition deal, citing the micro-blogging company's ex-security chief’s allegations as additional reasoning, according to documents disclosed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Tuesday.
Aug 27, 2022, at 04:53 am
New Delhi/IBNS: A parliamentary panel Friday questioned Twitter on a range of issues including the privacy of user data, the possibility of breaches and allegations of irregularities levelled by a former employee named Zatko.
Brief Twitter outage affects 55,000 users globally
Jul 15, 2022, at 06:08 am
Twitter was down briefly on Thursday affecting almost 55,000 users globally, data shared by outage tracking website Downdetector showed.
Twitter approaches court against Centre's orders to take down content
Jul 06, 2022, at 03:59 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: Micro-blogging site Twitter has approached the court, challenging the Centre's orders to take down content amid a heightened face-off with the government.
Apr 10, 2022, at 04:13 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Weather Department's Twitter handle was hacked Saturday evening and efforts were made to restore it, media reports said.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath's office Twitter handle hacked
Apr 09, 2022, at 06:00 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Uttar Pradesh government and security agencies went into high alert late last night when the Twitter account of the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) was hacked, officials informed on Saturday.
Haldiram's trends on Twitter after journalist confronts store manager over 'Urdu' writing
Apr 06, 2022, at 08:42 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The name of multinational restaurant company, Haldiram's, started trending on Twitter on Wednesday after a video, where one of its store managers was seen confronted by a journalist over a writing on a snack packet in "Urdu", went viral.
Thousands of Twitter users globally face outage in using app
Feb 12, 2022, at 05:27 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Microblogging site Twitter Inc's website and apps were reported down across the world on Friday.
Mamata Banerjee blocks Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Twitter
Jan 31, 2022, at 10:36 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In a fresh State-Raj Bhavan conflict, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she has blocked Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on micro-blogging site Twitter over the latter's repeated attacks on the government.
Jan 09, 2022, at 01:45 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Delhi Police on Friday registered a case against some Twitter account holders for allegedly sharing and propagating a fake video of late CDS General Bipin Rawat, police said.
PM Modi's Twitter account 'briefly compromised' following crypto scam link tweet
Dec 12, 2021, at 03:57 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal Twitter account was "briefly compromised", his office posted on the micro-blogging site early on Sunday morning.
'Won't cremate bodies': Families of two farmers run over in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri
Oct 05, 2021, at 10:12 pm
Lakhimpur Kheri/IBNS: The families of two of the farmers who were allegedly mowed down by the son of a Union minister at Tikunia in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri, have refused to cremate the bodies until they receive a copy of the post mortem and the FIR in the case.
Lakhimpur incident: Congress releases video on Twitter showing jeep mowing down farmers
Oct 05, 2021, at 05:42 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Congress has released a video on Twitter showing a jeep was allegedly mowing down a group of protesting farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri, where eight people died in a violence, media reports said.
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account restored
Aug 14, 2021, at 06:17 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account was restored by the social media platform on Friday, a week after it was locked.
Twitter India head gets US-based role amid tussle with Modi govt
Aug 14, 2021, at 05:07 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid Twitter India's ongoing tussle with the Narendra Modi government, the company's head in the South Asian country-Manish Maheshwari-has been given a new US-based role, a senior executive announced on Friday.
Twitter interfering in our political process: Rahul Gandhi slams social media giant
Aug 13, 2021, at 06:52 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress top leader Rahul Gandhi Friday ripped apart Twitter, which has locked his account over a photograph showing the family of a nine-year-old girl, who was raped and killed in Delhi.