Child rights body NCPCR on Wednesday asked Twitter to take action against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi‘s handle for sharing on the platform a photo of the family of a Dalit girl allegedly raped and killed in Delhi, saying it violates the Juvenile Justice and POCSO Acts. Gandhi on Wednesday met the family of the nine-year-old … Read more
The tweets of BJP leaders Sambit Patra, Vinay Sahasrabuddhe and Sunil Deodhar on an alleged tool-kit of the Congress party were tagged as ‘manipulated media’ by Twitter. Twitter labelling tweets of multiple BJP leaders as ‘manipulated media’ last May had created a furore with the government officially taking up the matter with the social media … Read more
Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw is likely to meet representatives of social media firms this month, sources said on Monday. This comes amid social media giant Twitter’s involvement in a stand-off with the Indian government for the past several months over the new amendments in the country’s new Information Technology laws with the micro-blogging platform … Read more
Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw is likely to meet representatives of social media firms after the Parliament session. This comes amid social media giant Twitter’s involvement in a stand-off with the Indian government for the past several months over the new amendments in the country’s new Information Technology laws with the micro-blogging platform losing its … Read more
The police found the man in the room with a knife. The Central Region cyber police station was tipped off about the situation, of a depressed man tweeting about his intention to die by suicide. PTI Mumbai Last Updated:August 01, 2021, 07:38 IST FOLLOW US ON: A 30-year-old diploma student from Kerala who indicated on … Read more
Twitter said Friday it would offer a cash “bounty” to users and researchers to help root out algorithmic bias on the social media platform. The San Francisco tech firm said this would be “the industry’s first algorithmic bias bounty competition,” with prizes up to $3,500. The competition is based on the “bug bounty” programs some … Read more
WASHINGTON: Twitter said Friday it would offer a cash “bounty” to users and researchers to help root out algorithmic bias on the social media platform. The San Francisco tech firm said this would be “the industry’s first algorithmic bias bounty competition,” with prizes up to $3,500. The competition is based on the “bug bounty” programs … Read more
Twitter is rolling out another update to make Twitter Spaces easier to discover and share. The update will allow users to directly tweet from a Live Space on Android and iOS devices. While users could earlier publish a tweet while listening to a conversation on Spaces, the new tweet composer directly in the Space makes … Read more
The Centre has said that social media giant Twitter has failed to comply with the new Information Technology (IT) rules as it did not appoint a Chief Compliance Officer, a Nodal Contact Person and a Resident Grievance Office on May 26. The IT rules mandate the appointments for all major social media intermediaries as per … Read more
Twitter Shop Module, a new feature that allows users to explore as well as make purchases from businesses directly on the microblogging platform, was launched in the US on Thursday, July 29. The company says that the pilot is starting with a small number of brands in the country and only the people who use … Read more