Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Twitter handle was "very briefly compromised" and was secured later after the matter was escalated to the micro-blogging site, Prime Minister's Office (PMO) informed on Sunday.
After Jack Dorsey's resignation, Indian-origin Paras Agarwal is all set to head Twitter as the new CEO. He is a graduate from IIT Bombay.
In a move, which further solidifies Captain Amarinder Singh's decision to quit Congress, the former Punjab CM removed Congress from his Twitter account bio.
After a series of tweets, Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account was locked for violating the policies. His account was soon restored. This has, however, angered the Congress scion as he recently alleged that in the era of social media, the people's voices were suppressed.
Twitter has begun the rollout of its Ticketed Spaces, or paid live audio rooms on iOS. It first rolled out applications to try the product in June with the plan to eventually make it available to all interested iOS and Android users.
Micro-blogging site Twitter, announced that it will be introducing some updates to its direct messages, which will roll out to some users in the next few weeks.
Congress recently claimed that Twitter blocked accounts of several of its top leaders, including Rahul Gandhi. Rahul too, on Friday, slammed the microblogging giant as he accused it of not being neutral and interfering in political process. What is the real reason behind Congress, Rahul Gandhi slamming Twitter? Watch 'Muqabla' with Ajay Kumar.
In a strong attack, Rahul said that Twitter was denying his millions of followers the right to an opinion and termed it as an attack on the democratic structure of the country.
After Twitter suspended 23 handles including those of seven Congress leaders, Rahul Gandhi slammed the microblogging giant in a video message, calling it an attack on democracy.
The Congress party has said Twitter handles of some of its leaders were locked and accused the micro-blogging site of working at the behest of the ruling BJP government.
An FIR has been registered against a young woman who was seen assaulting a cab driver at a traffic signal in Lucknow in a video that has gone viral on social media. The video sparked outrage on Twitter, with many users trending the hashtag #ArrestLucknowGirl on the microblogging site.
PM Modi has once again become the most popular leader on microblogging platform Twitter, with his followers exponentially rising to 7 crores. His followers even exceed that of US President Joe Biden, who just has 3.09 followers on the platform.
For the people who usually forget their social media passwords, the latest Twitter news may give you a reason to rejoice! The micro-blogging site that gives its users the option of choosing between their email ID and phone number to sign in followed by a password that they can't afford to forget, will soon let its users sign in through their Google account.
Our opposition AAP has always recognized my vision & work for Punjab. Be it before 2017- beadbi, drugs, farmers issues, corruption & power crisis faced by people of Punjab raised by me, tweets Congress MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu
Bureaucrat-turned-politician Ashwini Vaishnav on Thursday said that micro-blogging platform Twitter must abide by the law of land. Speaking to India TV soon after taking charge of the IT, Electronics and Communication Ministry, he said, "All the companies doing business in India... all of them will have to follow our law."
Bureaucrat-turned-politician Ashwini Vaishnav on Thursday said that micro-blogging platform Twitter must abide by the law of land. Speaking to India TV soon after taking charge of the IT, Electronics and Communication Ministry, he said, "All the companies doing business in India... all of them will have to follow our law."
A former IAS officer, Vaishnaw has been appointed the Minister of Railways, Minister of Communications, and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.
The Parliamentary Panel has sought Twitter's reply within two days on the locking of accounts of Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. The panel has also asked Google, Facebook that they have to comply with the new IT rules and court orders.
The map displayed in the 'Tweep Life' section of Twitter's website showed J&K and Ladakh outside India. Government sources had warned of tough action, saying that the distortion of the country's map is a serious offence.
Micro-blogging platform Twitter has once again shown a distorted map of India on its website. The map shows Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh detached from India.
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