Twitter | The Asian Age

Tuesday, Apr 23, 2024 | Last Update : 01:23 PM IST

Twitter Page-6

Google's Play Store has apps with child abuse material, links to WhatsApp groups which are encrypted are found on Twitter, the NCPCR said, indicating the need for the tech-enabled companies to do more proactively to shut down child sexual abuse material.

Searches for child sexual abuse material spike, NCPCR sends notice to Google, WhatsApp, Twitter

A recent report by India Child Protection Fund showed that there has been a surge in searches for child sexual abuse material amid lockdown

26 Apr 2020 10:51 PM

US President Donald Trump has fuelled racism against the Chinese by insisting on calling the novel coronavirus COVID-19 the Chinese virus, despite being told that Chinese American citizens were being subjected to hate speech and racism. (Photo | AFP)

Hate speech on Twitter toward Chinese surges amid concerns Trump's coronavirus comments fuelling xenophobia

A lot of people are using racist hashtags such as #Kungflu, #chinesevirus and #communistvirus as they tweet about the pandemic

28 Mar 2020 3:20 PM

Brussels’ warning comes less than a month after US officials said thousands of Russian-linked social media accounts had embarked on a coordinated effort to spread alarm about the virus.

Fake news about coronavirus being spread by Russia to worsen crisis in US, Europe, says EU

An internal EU document warned that pro-Kremlin media outlets were promoting disinformation to undermine trust in healthcare systems

18 Mar 2020 10:09 PM

Facebook is also awarding USD 100 million in grants and ad credits to assist small businesses. (Photo | Pixabay)

Facebook staff to get USD 1,000 bonus as they work from home amid corona outbreak

Employees will also get an automatic ‘exceeds expectations’ rating on their performance review

18 Mar 2020 4:41 PM

Individual users on social media, rather than rogue state players, are the ones driving the spread of misinformation. (Photo | howtostartablogonline.net)

Beware of fake news, you can't self-test for coronavirus

Social media is filling up with fake news on COVID-19 despite steps taken by Facebook, Google, and Twitter to curb misleading information

13 Mar 2020 7:20 PM

Twitter had introduced labels on March 5 for tweets with manipulated content or manually edited as well as deepfake videos created using AI tools. (Photo | AFP)

Twitter puts ‘manipulated’ label on Trump’s retweet of clipped Biden video

It showed a clipped portion of the Democratic presidential candidate's speech to make it seem like he said, “We can only re-elect Trump.”

10 Mar 2020 4:55 PM

Meet the seven women who will tweet from PM Modi's Twitter handle today

PM Modi's social media handle with 7 women achievers on Women's Day

08 Mar 2020 12:05 PM

Twitter users have been demanding the option to edit tweets, especially since many are posted with autocorrect errors (Photo | Flickr - Raffi Asdourian)

Twitter's new fleets feature, like Insta 'stories', sparks #RIPTwitter trend

The micro-blogging platform, in Brazil, is introducing the feature to post fleeting tweets that disappear in 24 hours but users are unhappy

05 Mar 2020 5:36 PM

"In accordance with the advice of medical experts, and as part of that effort, we have asked our Dublin teams to work from home today,” a Google spokesperson said. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons)

Coronavirus fears: Work from home, Google's 8,000 staff in Ireland headquarters, Twitter global staff told

Working from home will be mandatory for employees at Twitter's South Korea, Hong Kong and Japan offices

03 Mar 2020 7:15 PM

Under the new rules, social media companies will have to disclose any information or data to a designated investigation agency, when sought (Photo | Pexels)

Pakistan bid to snoop on social media faces opposition, rights groups boycott talks with govt

Google, Twitter and Facebook have threatened to suspend their services over regulations approved by the government on February 11

02 Mar 2020 5:51 PM

Jack Dorsey, as CEO, banned political advertising on Twitter in October in an attempt to quell fake news at a time when the US presidential election campaigns had begun full swing (Photo | Wikimedia Commons)

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's job on the line ahead of US elections

Republican donor Billionaire Paul Singer’s investment firm Elliot Management Corp buys stake in Twitter, looks to replace Jack

02 Mar 2020 5:12 PM

All you have to do is compose a tweet, pull down to view older tweets and select the one you want the newer "thought" to connect with.

Twitter makes it easier to connect your old tweets with new ones

The company announced the new feature in an official tweet, explaining how it works.

21 Feb 2020 8:23 AM

Users of the Chroma Stories app will be able to create stories as long as the app is installed on their phone unless there's a change in a future iOS update. (Photo: ANI)

Twitter acquires Chroma Labs

Chroma Labs also tweeted that as part of the acquisition, it will shut down its business effective immediately.

20 Feb 2020 6:15 AM

Arvind Kejriwal, Smriti Irani trade barbs on Twitter

Kejriwal soon hit back at her, saying the women of Delhi have decided who to vote for.

09 Feb 2020 5:07 AM

The company made the change in an effort to 'demonstrate more empathy for the people who use Twitter'.  (Photo: ANI)

People who use Twitter won't be called 'users' anymore

The new move is part of Twitter's initiative at making it a safer, happier place.

07 Feb 2020 8:12 AM

The company revealed that the high volume of accounts was traced from IPs located within Iran, Israel, and Malaysia.

Twitter admits someone exploited its phone number matching system

Twitter revealed that it became aware of the malicious actors who were using a large network of fake accounts.

05 Feb 2020 7:14 AM

It is currently available on iOS but Twitter is promising to roll it out to Android soon. (Photo: ANI)

Twitter rolls out new reply layout on iOS

The new layout makes it easier to see who is replying to who, making the engagement more structured.

03 Feb 2020 9:05 AM

Any time a new reaction is added to a message, all participants will receive a notification.

Twitter steals Facebook's feature, adds reaction emoji to DMs

Twitter has added new emoji reactions for Direct Messages, including text and media attachments.

24 Jan 2020 7:15 AM

When a user sends a tweet, they will be able to limit who can reply to that tweet. (Photo: ANI)

Twitter to test feature that limits who replies to your tweet

The new setting would allow users to define who participates in their tweets or conversation.

10 Jan 2020 8:58 AM

The popular hasthtags included #WWIII, #WorldWar3 and #WorldWarThreeDraft were trending on Twitter which garnered hundreds of thousands of mentions. (Photo: AFP)

World War III trends on Twitter and gathers steam

There have been memes and commentary on social media platforms with the possibility of a war that could affect the entire globe.

06 Jan 2020 9:16 AM

6 of 55

Columns

Aakar Patel