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Twitter labels tweets from Russian state media outlets
Moscow : Micro-blogging site Twitter is now adding prominent labels to tweets from Russian state media outlets as it tries to limit the publications' reach on its platform."Today, we are adding labels to Tweets that share links to Russian…
After FB, Russia blocks Twitter amid Ukrainian invasion
New Delhi : After Facebook, Russia has now blocked Twitter to stifle the flow of information as its invasion of Ukraine escalates.Twitter said it is aware of the restriction being imposed on the platform in Russia."We're aware that Twitter…
Twitter halts ads & recommendations in Russia, Ukraine
New Delhi : Twitter on Saturday announced to pause ads and recommendations in Russia and Ukraine to safeguard users from misinformation, as it monitors risks associated with the Russia-Ukraine war.The company said it is proactively…
Twitter ‘mistakenly’ blocked accounts sharing info on Russian-Ukraine war
New Delhi/Kiev : After blocking several researchers' accounts as Russia began a military strike against Ukraine on Thursday, Twitter has admitted it "mistakenly" removed a number of accounts sharing details about Russian military…
Twitter blocks several researchers amid Russia-Ukraine war
London/Kiev : As Russia began a military strike against Ukraine on Thursday, reports surfaced that Twitter blocked several accounts of researchers sharing footage and other information about Russian invasion.Several researchers sharing…
Twitter may let you untag yourself from threads
San Francisco : Micro-blogging site Twitter is reportedly testing a new way to untag for users who do not wish to be part of a thread.A writer and researcher Machun Wong in a new Tweet revealed insight into how this feature will be helpful.…
Twitter, Google blocked ads from medical journal about health, racism
San Francisco : Tech giants Twitter and Google blocked advertisements of a special issue of medical journal Health Affairs that focused on racism and health, the companies have claimed.The peer-reviewed journal's latest issue, released last…
Twitter starts rolling out pinned direct messages to everyone
San Francisco : Micro-blogging site Twitter has started rolling out pinned direct messages to everyone on Android, iOS, and the web.Twitter is now rolling out a feature to pin up to six conversations, which will then always appear above…
Twitter opens access to anti-abuse tool for millions of users
New Delhi : Twitter is giving millions of users access to its anti-abuse tool that will protect them from hate speech and bullying on the platform.Called 'Safety Mode', the feature was first introduced to a small set of users in September…
Twitter back after facing hour-long outage
New Delhi : Twitter was back after facing an hour-long outage that affected both the web and mobile apps in some parts of the world.According to internet outage reporting platform Downdetector, the outage lasted for about an hour late in…