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Russia joins India to seek alternative to microblogging titan Twitter

This comes after Twitter was used to support protesters backing Russian dissident Alexei Navalny

Twitter testing upto 140-second long voice messages in DMs in India

According to the company, voice messages in DMs will make it easier for people to have conversations

Twitter's battle with Indian govt gives boost to its local rival Koo

Koo, whose logo of a yellow chick bears a resemblance to Twitter's blue-and-white bird, was founded just a year ago and is a fraction the size of Twitter

Twitter begins testing voice message feature for DMs in India today

Feature to be rolled out in phases today; Brazil, Japan are the other test countries

Chinese investor in Twitter clone Koo's parent firm on way out

The investor is on its way out after other investors have pledged to buy out its 9 per cent stake, Koo's co-founder and CEO Aprameya Radhakrishna said

Climate activist Disha Ravi's NGO faced heat from Centre last year too

Indian arm of Greta Thunberg's climate group, FFF's website was then shut, its emails blocked

Twitter a goldmine to track consumer mood on prices: Bank of Italy

"The results suggest that Twitter can be a new timely source for devising a method to elicit beliefs," the authors of the 107-page study said

Twitter to add more labels to identify IDs of govt leaders from next week

Twitter said the roll-out will begin in Canada, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, Germany, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, and the UAE from Feb 17

SC notice to govt, Twitter to check fake news, hate speech on platform

Notice comes amid govt-Twitter spat over content takedown requests made by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to the microblogging firm

I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar joins indigenous Twitter clone Koo

Javadekar began using homegrown micro-blogging platform 'Koo', joining several ministers who already created their accounts on it

Top headlines: Govt, Twitter get SC notice, Chanda Kochhar granted bail

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Govt, Twitter get SC notice on plea for mechanism to regulate hate content

The plea has sought 'to check Twitter content and advertisements spreading hatred through fake news and instigative messages through bogus accounts'

In its battle with govt, Twitter should not surrender its principles easily

The government is pressing Twitter Inc. to shut down accounts which recently used a hashtag that - inaccurately and unfairly - accused India's prime minister of committing a "farmer genocide"

Twitter takes down '90-95%' accounts in line with Meity orders: Govt source

The latest development comes after a virtual meeting between senior Twitter executives in the US and Indian officials

Budget 2021-22 proposal on digital tax likely to land up in court

Foreign players in a fix as they will now come under levy's ambit

Amid row with Twitter, Prasad says social media firms must abide by our law

In Rajya Sabha, minister says Twitter's double standards will not work

Koo denies leaking user data, clarifies about Chinese firm's investment

French cybersecurity says on Twitter that the Indian-made app was leaking email and other details about users

'Follow our laws': Prasad tells social media firms amid row with Twitter

'Please don't spread enmity, violence and misinformation," says minister in Parliament.

Koo crosses 3 million users, popularity surges amid Twitter row

Koo has in the last few weeks seen a massive surge in user base as Union ministers and government departments have endorsed the homegrown microblogging platform

Respect Indian laws if you want to do business: Govt to Twitter, Facebook

The Indian government on Wednesday expressed displeasure over Twitter's delayed compliance on its order to remove "provocative" tweets amid the ongoing farmers' protests