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Supreme Court Justice in US suggests regulations for social media platforms

Justice Clarence Thomas said that Congress should consider whether laws should be updated to better regulate social media platforms that have "unbridled control" over "unprecedented" amounts of speech

Illegal content row: Russia extends punitive Twitter slowdown until May 15

Russia said on Monday it would extend a punitive slowdown of Twitter until May 15 though it acknowledged the US social media company had speeded up deletion of banned content

Russia fines Twitter $116,568 for failure to delete illegal content

A Moscow court on Friday fined Twitter 8.9 million rubles (about $116,568) for violating Russia's Internet legislation by failing to remove content banned in the country.

Twitter's live streaming app Periscope shuts down, six years after launch

The live-streaming Twitter app Periscope on Thursday bid a final goodbye after a six years of existence and popularising live streaming from smartphones.

Twitter now lets users add stickers to Fleets: Know how it works, and more

Twitter announced that the new Fleets feature is now available for users on both the Android and iOS platforms

Koo has a 'stronger network' than its bigger rival Twitter, says study

The finding was made in a study titled 'Koo: The new king? Characterising India's emerging social network'

Big Tech CEOs told 'time for self-regulation is over' by US lawmakers

The chief executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter faced criticism from US lawmakers on Thursday about their approaches to extremism and misinformation

US Congress to press Big Tech CEOs over hate speech, misinformation

The CEOs of social media giants Facebook, Twitter and Google face a new grilling by Congress, one focused on their efforts to prevent their platforms from spreading falsehoods and inciting violence

Assembly polls: Twitter puts in place tech, policies to counter false info

The heightened social media activity ahead of an election, whether local or national, has been of concern for governments across the world

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