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Veteran Chinese activist arrested for speaking against human rights abuses
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 7 (ANI): A 44-year-old Chinese activist, Wang Aizhong, was arrested last month on the charges of 'picking quarrels and provoking trouble' for speaking his mind on Twitter, a common offence used by China's authorities to stifle dissent.
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Twitter lost BJP's interest; became burden for govt: Saamana
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 7 (ANI): Amid the ongoing spat between the Centre and social media platforms regarding the new IT guidelines, Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana, in its editorial on Monday said microblogging site 'Twitter' has lost the political interest of the BJP and has becom
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US, EU condemn Nigeria's Twitter ban
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], June 6 (ANI): The US and the European Union (EU) have raised concern over Nigeria's announcement suspending Twitter and proposing registration requirements for other social media.
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Rahul Gandhi slams Centre for 'fighting for blue ticks' amid COVID-19 vacc
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday slammed the Centre for allegedly "fighting for blue ticks" on Twitter, while the country faces a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines.
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Twitter unable to comprehend challenges faced by Nigeria: President Buhari
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed disappointment regarding the recent removal of his post by Twitter, saying that the company's censorship policy failed to understand the acute issues the country has to deal with.
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Twitter revamping its mobile app to add dedicated 'Spaces' tab
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 5 (ANI): It has recently come to light that micro-blogging site Twitter is reportedly rolling out a dedicated tab for iSpaces feature on its mobile app for select users.
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Twitter restores blue verification tick of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's perso
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): Hours after removing the verification badge, Twitter restored the blue tick on personal accounts of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat and other RSS key functionaries including Krishna Gopal.
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Clubhouse will soon let users link their Instagram and Twitter accounts
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 5 (ANI): Social media app Clubhouse will soon be resolving the one gripe that people have had with it, its annoying invite-only system. As per the latest beta version of the app, it will now be officially allowing users to add their Instagram and Twitter accounts to the
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Govt serves final notice to Twitter over non-compliance of new IT rules
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): Citing non-compliance of New Intermediary Guideline Rules by Twitter, the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Saturday sent a final communication to Twitter asking them to comply immediately with the requirements of the new
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After Vice President's account, Twitter removes verified blue tick from RS
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): Twitter on Saturday removed the blue verification badge from the personal accounts of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat as well as a number of other leaders from the organisation.
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Twitter restores blue verification badge on Vice President Venkaiah Naidu'
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): Twitter on Saturday restored the blue verified badge on Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu's personal Twitter handle.
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Twitter removes blue badge from Vice President Venkaiah Naidu's personal v
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): In an incident that shows that Twitter can withdraw the blue verified badge against any verified account irrespective of the importance of the position of the account holder, the social media platform removed the blue badge from the personal Twitter handle
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