Micro-blogging platform was responding to petition by Raqib Hameed, who runs Hindutva Watch account. This is 1st time X filed affidavit in court against a blocking order by Indian govt.
The move came in response to EU industry chief Thierry Breton's 24 hour-ultimatum to Elon Musk to tackle the spread of disinformation on X since the Hamas assault.
Both accounts were restored Saturday after the news agencies said earlier in the day that their main Twitter accounts had been locked, without specifying a reason for the suspensions.
While there is no communication from Twitter, it is reportedly restoring blue tick badge for accounts with at least one million followers, adding to confusion over its policy.
While it is clear that Twitter's legacy blue ticks will now come at a cost, there is still no clarity on which handles are eligible for gold & grey checks and affiliate verification badges.
Musk blamed the losses on a coalition of civil rights groups that has been pressing Twitter's top advertisers to take action if he did not protect content moderation.
Study by Ashoka University’s Centre for Analysis of Network Data & Insight Derivation looks at pro-Russia & pro-Ukraine tweets between February, when the war began, and May.
Twitter is running a test in US, Australia & South Korea to study misinformation and identify trends of problem areas. Based on the results, more categories could get added to the fact-checking operation.
According to information published on Lumen database, Twitter received a legal request from the Indian government on 6 June seeking action on four accounts, including that of JazzyB.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
Instead of “watching” Hindutva, Mr. Raqib Hameed would do well to “watch” Islamic fanaticism and the resultant Jihadi terrorism.
Terrorism emanating from Islamic fundamentalism has been responsible for the slaughter of thousands of innocent people. Over the last 7 decades, it has emerged as the biggest threat to humanity.
Biggest threat to india is social media gaint like meta google x telegram.
We are 1.5 billion why can’t we make our own platform like china??
Instead of “watching” Hindutva, Mr. Raqib Hameed would do well to “watch” Islamic fanaticism and the resultant Jihadi terrorism.
Terrorism emanating from Islamic fundamentalism has been responsible for the slaughter of thousands of innocent people. Over the last 7 decades, it has emerged as the biggest threat to humanity.