Tag: Twitter

Categories Russia

Ticked off: Ukraine launches campaign to force Twitter to strip blue checkmark from Russian Foreign Ministry’s Crimean account

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In what might be cyber warfare’s most minor skirmish yet, Ukrainian officials are leading a charge to strip an account belonging to Russia’s representatives on the disputed Crimean peninsula of its verified status on Twitter. … Read More >Ticked off: Ukraine launches campaign to force Twitter to strip blue checkmark from Russian Foreign Ministry’s Crimean account

Categories Asia & Pacific

India’s row with Twitter escalates after social media site refuses to block more than 1,000 accounts

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Twitter has refused to follow an order from Prime Minister Modi’s administration to permanently suspend more than 1,000 accounts the Indian government claims are spreading disinformation about the farmers’ protests in the country. … Read More >India’s row with Twitter escalates after social media site refuses to block more than 1,000 accounts

Categories World

Warning labels: TikTok introduces Twitter-like censorship measures to curb ‘misinformation’

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Video sharing app TikTok will slap warning labels on videos it suspects contain “misinformation” and discourage users from sharing them. The move brings TikTok’s policies closer in line with those of Twitter. … Read More >Warning labels: TikTok introduces Twitter-like censorship measures to curb ‘misinformation’

Categories World

UN chief ‘particularly worried’ about power of social media giants & calls for laws to keep them in check

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Regulations are needed to reign in companies like Twitter so that their actions, such as the banning of former US president Donald Trump, are “in line with the law,” said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. … Read More >UN chief ‘particularly worried’ about power of social media giants & calls for laws to keep them in check

Categories USA

‘Hall monitors’ for social media? Twitter launches new ‘Birdwatch’ program, enlisting users to help hunt down ‘misleading’ speech

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Twitter has launched a new feature, called “Birdwatch,” that relies on users of the social media platform to identify content that they deem misleading and post notes to provide “informative context” on the topic. … Read More >‘Hall monitors’ for social media? Twitter launches new ‘Birdwatch’ program, enlisting users to help hunt down ‘misleading’ speech

Categories USA

Twitter PERMANENTLY bans Trump-supporting MyPillow CEO for ‘repeated’ violations of election interference policy

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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has been kicked off Twitter for multiple violations of the platform’s civic integrity policy. The outspoken Trump supporter has been vocal about his belief that the 2020 election results were fraudulent. … Read More >Twitter PERMANENTLY bans Trump-supporting MyPillow CEO for ‘repeated’ violations of election interference policy

Categories Journalism & Mass media

Twitter Latin America coordinator exposed as right-wing operative, amid anti-AMLO social media purge

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While Mexico’s progressive President AMLO challenges the Big Tech corporation’s growing censorship, Twitter Latin America’s public policy head was exposed as a right-wing political operative. … Read More >Twitter Latin America coordinator exposed as right-wing operative, amid anti-AMLO social media purge

Categories Asia & Pacific

India’s Parliamentary Panel Grills Twitter, Facebook Executives Over Serious Concerns

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A parliamentary standing committee on Information Technology (IT) summoned officials from social networking giants Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp to discuss an array of concerns. The 31-member parliamentary panel, presided over by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor asked the assembled spokesmen a series of questions. … Read More >India’s Parliamentary Panel Grills Twitter, Facebook Executives Over Serious Concerns

Categories USA

Twitter rejected pleas to remove child porn from platform because it didn’t ‘violate policies,’ lawsuit claims

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A new lawsuit has accused Twitter of turning a blind eye to child pornography on its platform, claiming that it snubbed repeat requests from an underage sex trafficking victim to remove explicit images obtained through blackmail. … Read More >Twitter rejected pleas to remove child porn from platform because it didn’t ‘violate policies,’ lawsuit claims

Categories World

Twitter locks out Chinese embassy to the US after ‘dehumanizing’ Uyghur tweet as if to prove it isn’t JUST anti-Trump

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Twitter has locked the Chinese Embassy to the US out of its account for supposedly violating its policy against dehumanization with a tweet defending its activities in Xinjiang, just weeks after suspending US President Trump. … Read More >Twitter locks out Chinese embassy to the US after ‘dehumanizing’ Uyghur tweet as if to prove it isn’t JUST anti-Trump