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'Inhibit free, open public conversation', Twitter's hard hitting reply to Indian authorities!

Twitter said it will continue to be strictly guided by principles of transparency and protecting freedom of expression.

May 27, 2021, 17:13 PM IST

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Badi Bahas: Who's afraid of raid on Twitter?

Delhi Police has raided the Twitter India office in Lado Sarai, Delhi and Gurgaon after sending a notice to it over a "manipulated media" tag used on tweets alleging a Congress "toolkit" against the Central government.

May 25, 2021, 11:38 AM IST

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Congress Toolkit Case: Delhi Police raids Twitter India office

Delhi Police has finally raided the Twitter India office in Lado Sarai, Delhi and Gurgaon after sending a notice to it over a "manipulated media" tag used on tweets alleging a Congress "toolkit" against the Central government.

May 25, 2021, 08:54 AM IST

Delhi Police conducts raid at Twitter India offices over 'toolkit row'

May 24, 2021, 21:07 PM IST

Twitter unveils election-related search prompt in six Indian languages

The company has further unveiled the ‘Election information prompt’ in six Indian languages, which include Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam, Assamese, Hindi, and English. The prompts will support more than 20 hashtags in the mentioned languages. Besides that, Twitter has also come up with a custom emoji for the #AssemblyElections2021 which features an inked finger to represent a citizen who has exercised their right to vote.

Mar 15, 2021, 16:45 PM IST

Twitter testing 140-second long voice messages in direct messages in India

Anyone will have the ability to listen to these messages wherever and however they use Twitter, but the ability to record voice messages over DM will be available for people on Twitter for iOS and Android in India, Japan and Brazil.

Feb 17, 2021, 13:33 PM IST

DNA Exclusive: Twitter's double standard exposed; works in 'connivance' with conspirators of India?

On August 24, 1608, the East India Company ship from Great Britain reached a port in Surat by sea. At that time perhaps no one had even imagined that the East India Company of Britain would rule a country 20 times larger than its own country and at that time about one-fourth of the world's population.

Feb 12, 2021, 00:20 AM IST

Amid government-Twitter standoff over content, lawmakers urge followers to switch to Koo

With the Government warning Twitter for not complying with its orders to take down certain content and that it needs to obey local laws, several leading politicians and lawmakers have started rallying against the micro-blogging platform and urged their followers to switch to the home-grown Koo App - an Indian rival to Twitter.

Feb 11, 2021, 07:55 AM IST

Twitter suspends nearly 500 accounts linked to farmers’ protest, says will continue to work with government

Twitter said that it took action on hundreds of accounts that violated the Twitter Rules, particularly inciting violence, abuse, wishes of harm, and threats that could trigger the risk of offline harm. “Prevented certain terms that violated our Rules from appearing in the Trends section. Suspended more than 500 accounts that were engaging in clear examples of platform manipulation and spam.’’

Feb 10, 2021, 10:40 AM IST

Twitter down in India, users face problems on website and mobile app

Twitter is a microblog which allows users to publish short messages of 280 characters or less. Twitter users are able to post their tweets from numerous devices and platforms, including the iPhone, Android, Blackberry, or Windows Phone devices and traditional computers.

Feb 05, 2021, 22:17 PM IST

Republic Day 2021: Twitter comes with new emoji to reflect patriotism

On 72nd Republic Day, Twitter has come up with a new emoji which reflects the sentiments of national pride and unity. The emoji design depicts the IAF fly past in the Indian tri-colours which is part of Republic Day celebrations. President Ram Nath Kovind and IAF are supposed to tweet the new emoji.

Jan 25, 2021, 17:26 PM IST

Twitter India reacts to geotag issue around Leh, says will resolve the problem soon

Twitter India called the geotag mistake a technical error and assured that it is working towards resolving the problem.

Oct 19, 2020, 13:01 PM IST

Twitter Fleet to make your tweets disappear after 24 hours, feature rolled out in India

Fleets will be available for everyone in India on Twitter for iOS and Android in the coming days in updated app versions.

Jun 10, 2020, 11:01 AM IST

Coronavirus COVID-19: Our role has never been more critical, says Twitter India

Since introducing its updated policies on March 18, Twitter has removed more than 2,400 tweets containing misleading and potentially harmful content.

May 10, 2020, 12:51 PM IST

Virat Kohli's birthday wish to MS Dhoni is the most retweeted sports tweet in India

On July 7, Kohli took to the microblogging site when India's iconic batsman, Dhoni, turned 38. Twitter was flooded with the hashtag of #HappyBirthdayDhoni and #Mahi and kept trending for the entire day on July 7, 2019. Several cricketers and celebrities also wished the Indian skipper on his birthday.

Dec 10, 2019, 18:47 PM IST