Twitter to free room for links and photos: Report
The change could take place by the end of this month,
May 17, 2016, 02:53 AM ISTTwitter to forgo 140-character restriction for Direct Messages
You can also stop people you do not follow from sending you these new, extra-long DMs. You can do that by unchecking the "Receive Direct Messages from anyone" box in the Security and privacy sections in Twitter`s settings.
Jun 12, 2015, 14:56 PM IST