Without naming Trump, Twitter says it will not block world leaders
WASHINGTON: Twitter has announced it would not block the accounts of world leaders even if… Read More
8 years ago
Trump, Obama dominate Twitter year, but chicken nuggets prevail
US President Donald Trump continued to dominate Twitter in 2017 even though former President Barack… Read More
8 years ago
Chinese President says country will not close door to global internet
WUZHEN, CHINA: Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday the country will not close its… Read More
8 years ago
Twitter blocks New York Times account ‘mistakenly’ for 24 hours
NEW YORK: Micro-blogging website Twitter blocked New York Times's international team account after freezing it… Read More
8 years ago
Facebook, Twitter down in Pakistan amid crackdown against protesters
KARACHI: People in the country are having problems accessing social media networking services including Facebook… Read More
8 years ago
China’s Tencent becomes more valuable than Facebook
BEIJING: Chinese social media and video game giant Tencent became more valuable than Facebook on… Read More
8 years ago
Twitter stops blue tick verifications amid controversy
CALIFORNIA: Twitter has put a temporary hold on account verifications after its ‘prestigious’ blue tick… Read More
8 years ago
Twitter expands tweet limit to 280 characters for all its users
CALIFORNIA: Twitter has announced to double the limit for tweets to 280 characters, a bid… Read More
8 years ago
After WhatsApp, Facebook messenger hit by temporary outage
NEW YORK/KUALA LUMPUR: Facebook messenger, an instant messaging service application, reportedly suffered a temporary outage… Read More
8 years ago
Twitter steps up security after Trump account cut off
WASHINGTON: Twitter said it had boosted security measures Friday in response to a rogue employee´s… Read More
8 years ago
Twitter says Trump’s account deactivated by employee leaving company
SAN FRANCISCO: US President Donald Trump’s @realdonaldtrump Twitter account was “inadvertently deactivated” due to human… Read More
8 years ago
Internet giants find more Russia-linked election meddling
WASHINGTON: Internet giants were expected to tell Congress this week that Russian-backed content aimed at… Read More
8 years ago
Trump tweets creating ‘chaos politics’: Kerry
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has created a destructive atmosphere of "chaos politics" with his prolific… Read More
8 years ago
Twitter toughens guidelines on harassment: report
Twitter has toughened its stance on online sexual harassment and abuse, laying out stronger penalties… Read More
8 years ago
Twitterverse atwitter over expanded tweet limit
WASHINGTON: Twitter's test of an expanded 280-character limit is aimed at luring new users, but… Read More
8 years ago
Twitter announces it is going to test 280-character tweets
SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter is testing allowing tweets to be expanded to 280 characters -- double… Read More
8 years ago
Does this picture prove that Michael Jackson is still alive?
A woman’s friend is getting affectionately skewered on Twitter for his striking resemblance to King… Read More
8 years ago
Twitter reports progress on weeding out users advocating violence
BRUSSELS: Twitter said that its internal controls were allowing it to weed out accounts being… Read More
8 years ago
Trump hits back at Clinton, with a golf ball, on Twitter
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Sunday retweeted a doctored video of himself taking a… Read More
8 years ago
Virat Kohli called a ‘sweeper’ by Australian writer ahead of Pakistan vs World XI match; Twitterati hit back
An Australian writer was bombarded with barbs on Twitter when he posted a year-old photo… Read More
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