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Twitter to hand over @POTUS account to President-elect Biden on Jan 20

The current tweets posted during the Trump administration will be archived, and the account will be reset to zero tweets.

Facebook estimates hate speech seen in 1 out of 1000 views on its platform

Facebook also said it took action on 22.1 million pieces of hate speech content in the third quarter, about 95% of which was proactively identified

Twitter has apologised in writing for 'Ladakh in China' error: Lekhi

Twitter's deposition has come in form of an affidavit signed by Damien Karien, Chief Privacy Officer of Twitter Inc, for wrong geo-tagging of India's map, Lekhi said

FB, Twitter CEOs oppose changes that may allow US govt to dictate content

Dorsey acknowledged that there are concerns around how Twitter moderate content and specifically its use of section 230

FB, Twitter CEOs defend handling of disinformation in US election

Facebook has taken down more than 100 networks of bad actors who are trying to coordinate and interfere globally

Facebook, Twitter CEOs to testify before US Senate over content moderation

The hearing was expected to be highly political, as indicated in Chairman Lindsey Graham's opening remarks

Twitter launches disappearing 'fleets' globally: Here's how to use feature

The company says the ephemeral tweets, which it calls "fleets" because of their fleeting nature, are designed to allay the concerns of new users

Socialising social media

Online media platforms must be regulated to protect the public from lies that polarise society

Amit Shah's account temporarily locked due to 'inadvertent error': Twitter

Twitter has said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah's account was temporarily locked due to an "inadvertent error" and the decision was reversed immediately

Locked Amit Shah's account due to error, restored immediately: Twitter

Twitter said they had temporarily locked Shah's account 'due to an inadvertent error' on November 12 and clarified that the decision was reversed immediately and the account restored

Govt issues notice to Twitter for showing Leh as part of Jammu and Kashmir

The notice was issued to Twitter by the Ministry of Electronics and IT on November 9

US elections: Twitter out of control, says Trump after more tweets flagged

Twitter has flagged more tweets from US President Donald Trump that spread false claims about election fraud, forcing Trump to say that Twitter has gone out of control

Defeat in presidential race will end Trump's special Twitter treatment

Social network treats transgressions from world leaders differently than those from regular users, and often leaves up tweets that violate its content policies by adding a warning

Prashant Bhushan regrets 'error' in his Oct 21 tweet criticising CJI Bobde

The top court, on August 31, had imposed a token fine of one rupee against Bhushan as punishment in the contempt case against him

Twitter hides Trump's tweet accusing Biden campaign of 'stealing' election

Twitter placed a "disputed" label on a tweet from President Donald Trump in which he accused the rival Biden campaign of trying to "steal" the tightly-contested 2020 presidential elections

Twitter, Facebook label Trump's controversial post on US election eve

Twitter and Facebook have flagged a tweet as misleading by US President Donald Trump that claimed that mail-in ballots in the US state of Pennsylvania would allow "rampant" cheating and violence

Twitter updates US Election Day tweet labelling policies as voting begins

As voting begins for the US presidential polls, Twitter has warned that it may label tweets, starting on election night, that make claims about election results before they are officially called

US elections: Tech firms couldn't stop misinformation, voter intimidation

The impacts of these efforts by the technology firms have been muted, in part due to the prevalence of social bots that spread low-credibility information virally across these platforms.

US elections: Tech firms couldn't stop misinformation, voter intimidation

The impacts of these efforts by the technology firms have been muted, in part due to the prevalence of social bots that spread low-credibility information virally across these platforms.

US election: Twitter says it won't let candidates claim early victory

Tweets that include premature claims of victory will be labeled and direct people to Twitter's official US election page