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Twitter adds more 'govt-funded' labels to global media, faces outcry

The micro-blogging platform earlier placed the 'publicly-funded' label to the BBC account and applied the 'government-funded' label to US-based NPR

Twitter will now label 'hateful' tweets, make them less discoverable

The labels are only implemented at "tweet level" and won't affect a user's account

Canadian Broadcasting Corp 'pause' Twitter after 'govt-funded media' label

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation paused its use of Twitter on Monday after the social media platform owned by Elon Musk stamped CBC's account with a label the public broadcaster says is intended to undermine its credibility. Twitter labelled CBC/Radio-Canada "government-funded media" the same label that prompted National Public Radio in the US to similarly quit Twitter last Wednesday. Twitter can be a powerful tool for our journalists to communicate with Canadians, but it undermines the accuracy and professionalism of the work they do to allow our independence to be falsely described in this way, CBC spokesman Leon Mar said in a statement announcing the change Monday afternoon. Consequently, we will be pausing our activity on our corporate Twitter account and all CBC and Radio-Canada news-related accounts," the statement said. CBC has sent a letter to Twitter asking the company to re-examine the designation. CBC does not meet those criteria, Mar argued, because it is publicl

Why was this woman with a face painting denied entry into Golden Temple?

Amid the ongoing controversy, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has now issued a clarification in relation to the incident

Varun Gandhi files defamation suit against man for comment on Sanjay Gandhi

BJP leader Varun Gandhi on Saturday filed a defamation case in a local court here against a Varanasi man for allegedly making derogatory remarks on his father on Twitter. The Pilibhit MP on Saturday came to the court premises with three advocates around 3 pm and filed a defamation case before Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (II) Abhinav Tiwari. The court recorded his statement and fixed April 25 as the next date for hearing, an advocate said. Gandhi in the complaint said that his father Late Sanjay Gandhi was a well known politician of the country and he was respected all over the country and still is today. He told the court that on March 29, 2023, Vivek Pandey, a resident of Bhojubir of Varanasi district, had made indecent remarks against Sanjay Gandhi through his social media Twitter @vivekkumar IND. According to Gandhi, the accused identified himself as the General Secretary of Nationalist Hindu and Kisan Morcha. Gandhi also said that he was informed about the tweet by t

Elon Musk incorporates X.AI in Nevada suggesting plans for OpenAI rival

The efforts could be part of Musk's larger ambitions to create a superapp. Musk has long talked about creating an "everything app" called X

Twitter partners with Israeli company, users can soon trade stocks, crypto

Twitter has partnered with Israel-based social trading company eToro, which will allow users to access stocks, cryptocurrencies and other financial assets

Twitter increases character limits to 10,000 for Twitter blue users

Twitter extends its character limits to 10,000 per tweet. Twitter Blue users can also edit and undo tweets five times within 30 minutes

Musk renames Twitter's 'Super Follows' feature to 'Subscriptions'

The Subscriptions feature will let you charge users to get access to things like subscriber-only tweets, spaces, and badges

Twitter introduces 10K character long tweets amid fight with Substack

Twitter now supports tweets up to 10,000 characters in length, "with bold and italic text formatting"

What led to mass layoffs in tech sector globally and who was affected?

According to a report over 150,000 people have been affected by tech layoffs in 2022 alone, whereas, 68,500 new cuts were seen in January 2023 alone

Musk unveils subscription-based monetisation plan for creators on Twitter

Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Thursday announced that 'Subscriptions' are now enabled on the platform -- a way for people's most engaged followers to help them earn money from Twitter

Users complain of facing issues in replying tweets; Twitter responds

Twitter users on Thursday briefly encountered issues with many of them complaining problems accessing the micro-blogging site

NPR stops using Twitter after Elon Musk's "state-affiliated media" remarks

"NPR's organizational accounts will no longer be active on Twitter because the platform is taking actions that undermine our credibility by falsely implying that we are not editorially independent"

NPR to quit Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliated media'

"We are officially deemphasizing Twitter across the organization," NPR said in a statement, adding that it had made the decision after Twitter refused repeated requests to remove the inaccurate label

Running Twitter 'quite painful', firing people 'not fun at all': Elon Musk

Musk said the legacy verified blue ticks on Twitter will be removed by next week

Parag Agrawal sues Elon Musk: everything about the Twitter story so far

Ex-CEO Parag Agrawal, Twitter's former general counsel Vijaya Gadde and Ned Segal, former chief financial officer were removed from their positions

Twitter's to remove legacy Blue checks by April 20, says Elon Musk

Elon Musk on Tuesday set a deadline for purging legacy blue check-marks from Twitter accounts verified under the company's previous regime

When is the best time to take risk in your career? Anand Mahindra responds

The industrialist on Tuesday once again took to Twitter to share some important lessons related to leadership for people who are just getting started with their careers

Twitter merged into Musk's X Corp, exists no longer as a separate company

Twitter has announced a significant development, stating that it has merged with everything app called 'X', owned by Elon Musk