Tamil Nadu minister for Municipal Administration, Urban and Water Supply KN Nehru's Twitter handle was hacked last night, the ruling DMK IT Wing Secretary TRB Raja tweeted on Saturday.
Microblogging site Twitter is finally set to have its verification system launched by next week. CEO Elon Musk made some major changes to its operation which he claims are 'painful, but necessary'.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk, who announced that he will begin 'general amnesty' for suspended accounts on the micro-blogging platform, has slammed reports that claimed this will spur a rise in harassment, hate speech and misinformation.
New Twitter CEO, Elon Musk, on Friday, announced that he will begin 'General Amnesty' for other suspended accounts after reinstating former US president Donald Trump's Twitter handle.
Earlier in 2020, Trump's account was suspended in the wake of the January 6 insurrection at Capitol Hill following the US Presidental elections, resulting in legal troubles for the former US President.
Elon Musk, in a bid to tackle the rise of fake accounts, has announced that organizations on the micro-blogging platform will soon be able to find out the Twitter accounts associated with them.
Twitter launched this service for its iOS users that allowed them to get the blue verification tick on their profiles. As per Mashable, the option which was previously available in the sidebar for Twitter's iOS app isn't showing now.
A verified Twitter account claiming to be Jesus Christ has taken over the internet.
As soon as the paid verification feature rolled out, many fake accounts of famous personalities like former US President Donal Trump surfaced on the application.
In the Twitter handles of various Indian government organizations, the "official" label was noticed. For example, Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's official Twitter account, and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's Twitter account also have the "official label".