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The action by Twitter was condemned at a meeting of party general secretaries on Sunday evening, where the leaders decided to take up this matter at all levels. (PTI File Photo)

Congress accuses Twitter of violating freedom of expression

The party also claimed that the Twitter handle of INC-TV was also suspended this morning

09 Aug 2021 4:07 PM

A Twitter support page does mention the ability to disconnect their Apple or Google account, but it's web-only, which Apple users can't log into yet. (ANI Photo)

Twitter enables Apple, Google third party sign up

This feature reportedly showed up in Twitter beta last month, but now it appears to be more widely available

03 Aug 2021 2:38 PM

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Shreya Sen-Handley | Unfriend social media, it is time to get ‘real’

It reduces interaction to likes and emojis, quantity, not quality, with little distinction made between genuine buds and pure acquaintances

01 Aug 2021 7:33 AM

The company did not reveal a timeline for when it might expand to more brands. (Photo: AFP/File)

Twitter in works to add new shopping section for brands

Twitter's 'Shop Module' was launched in the US on Wednesday

29 Jul 2021 1:12 PM

Congress leader P. Chidambaram had watched the live broadcast of Ms Banerjee’s virtual speech, which was organised by the TMC at the Constitution Club in New Delhi, on the occasion of its annual Shahid Diwas event. — DC file photo

Pegasus: Cong reaches out to Didi ahead of her Delhi visit

The Congress sent the message of solidarity to the Trinamul Congress supremo a day before she flies to New Delhi on a four-day visit

26 Jul 2021 9:06 AM

A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice to the Centre on advocate Uday Bedi's plea contending that the new IT rules are unconstitutional and antithetical to the fundamental principles of democracy. (PTI file photo)

Delhi HC seeks response from Centre on plea challenging new IT Rules

Granting time to the Centre to file its counter affidavit, the court listed the plea for further hearing on September 13

22 Jul 2021 1:19 PM

Twitter also offers captions in Twitter Spaces, its Clubhouse-like social audio rooms. (AFP photo)

Twitter rolls out captions for voice tweets

Captions only appear on new voice tweets, Twitter told The Verge, so you won't see them on older ones

16 Jul 2021 4:55 PM

The Ghaziabad police, on June 15, booked Twitter Inc, Twitter Communications India Pvt.Ltd.(Twitter India), news website The Wire, journalists Mohammed Zubair and Rana Ayyub, besides Congress leaders Salman Nizami, Maskoor Usmani, Shama Mohamed and writer Saba Naqvi. (AP Photo)

Karnataka HC to pronounce order on Twitter MD Manish Maheshwari's plea on July 20

The judge said he would go through the citations in detail with regard to the territorial jurisdiction of police

13 Jul 2021 5:29 PM

Union Minister for Railways and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw assumes office at Rail Bhawan, in New Delhi, Thursday, July 8, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Those who live in India must abide by its rules: IT minister

Twitter has been in the eye of a storm over its alleged failure to comply with the new IT rules in India

09 Jul 2021 1:33 AM

During the hearing, the court passed over the matter for a while, asking the Twitter's counsel to take instructions on how much time will it take to complete the process of appointment. (PTI Photo)

Twitter directed to inform by when it will appoint resident grievance as per IT Rules

If Twitter thinks it can take as long it wants in my country, I will not allow that, the judge said

06 Jul 2021 3:01 PM

Twitter Inc has failed to comply with India's new IT Rules. (AP Photo)

Twitter Inc failed to comply with new IT Rules: Centre tells HC

The Centre, in an affidavit filed in the high court, said any non-compliance amounts to breach of provisions of IT Rules

05 Jul 2021 5:40 PM

The petitioner also sought direction to Twitter Communication India Private Limited and Twitter Inc to implement Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Ethics Code) Rules 2021. (AP Photo)

In final stages of appointing Resident Grievance Officer: Twitter tells Delhi HC

The Court was hearing a petition seeking direction to the Central government to pass necessary instruction to Twitter

03 Jul 2021 5:59 PM

In 2019, Twitter let you enable two-factor authentication without giving your phone number, a positive change given that SMS can be vulnerable to SIM-swapping attacks. (AP Photo)

Twitter to let users set security key as only two-factor authentication method

This is not the first time that Twitter has announced a new feature related to improvising the security on its platform

01 Jul 2021 5:14 PM

Twitter flagged the issue and has assured users that it would be fixed soon. (Photo: PTI/File)

Twitter down for some users, few features inaccessible

Twitter acknowledged the glitch and tweeted in reply to the users

01 Jul 2021 10:35 AM

The US digital giant has been engaged in a tussle with the Indian government over the new social media rules. (Website photo)

Twitter website displays distorted India map; J&K, Ladakh shown as separate country

This is the second time Twitter has misrepresented India's map. Earlier it had shown Leh as part of China

28 Jun 2021 3:22 PM

Twitter blocks IT minister's account for flouting US rule

Prasad said that Twitter's action was a breach of the IT rules, as Twitter failed to give prior notice before denying access to his account

26 Jun 2021 1:14 AM

Super Follows are restricted to iOS, while Ticketed Spaces are available on iOS and Android. (Photo: PTI/File)

Twitter opens applications to test Ticketed Spaces, Super Follows

According to The Verge, US-based users can apply separately for each program through Twitter's mobile app

24 Jun 2021 11:05 AM

Users will, however, not be able to share any protected tweets using the new feature. (Photo: PTI)

Twitter's new feature lets iOS users share tweets directly on Instagram Stories

Users might be familiar with these steps if they frequently share their IG Stories on Facebook too

23 Jun 2021 2:46 PM

Sources in the government confirmed that Twitter has lost the safe harbour immunity. (Photo: PTI/File)

Twitter loses 'safe harbour' shield in India over non-compliance to IT rules

Earlier this month, the government had given one last chance to Twitter to comply with the new IT rules

16 Jun 2021 12:37 PM

Twitter has to appear before the panel on June 18 at 4 pm and give representation on how to prevent misuse of social media and online news. (Photo: PTI/File)

Parliamentary committee summons Twitter on June 18

The parliamentary committee has summoned Twitter multiple times in the past on many issues

15 Jun 2021 11:38 AM

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