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Twitter is promoting child abuse under new policy, alleges Australia-based professor

Michael Salter has alleged Twitter won't act against abuse under its 2019 child sexual exploitation policy — a charge the social media giant denies.

Modi tweets special greetings to 4 followers on New Year’s Day

PM Modi responded to one by following them back, while he thanked the mother of another for listening to the 'Mann Ki Baat' radio programme.

With ‘Topics’, Twitter shows it is more inclined to selling ads then content

Topics might sound like it is a boon for users, it’s a barely veiled attempt to improve the platform’s ad targeting.

Piyush Goyal’s ‘cool’ advice, Yogendra Yadav’s wordplay & Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘honesty’

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Twitter bots spreading bogus claims about health benefits of cannabis, says study

Wrong claims made in the thousands of Twitter bot posts are drowning out scientific facts about cannabis, find researchers from University of Southern California.

Modi critic @IndiaExplained claims Twitter account suspended for tweet taking on PM

Rohit Chopra, account holder of “IndiaExplained”, told ThePrint that Twitter's action was prompted by his refusal to take down a controversial tweet on PM Narendra Modi

Twitter’s Jack Dorsey to spend 6 months in Africa as tech sector booms in the region

The African continent is one of the fastest growing regions for tech adoption thanks to a young population and an emerging middle class.

Hashtags like #MeToo, #BlackLivesMatter make people view the news as less important

Branding a social topic with a catchy hashtag can give readers the impression that hashtagged content is hyper-partisan or untrue.

I fought against Twitter blue tick because it creates an Apartheid in conversations

Twitter blue tick is unequal, hierarchical and arbitrary in nature.

Amazon, Twitter, Instagram try to clean up social media, but here’s where they went wrong

Instagram has hidden like totals, Twitter allows users to eclipse replies & Amazon is targeting paid fake reviews. But are they really?

On Camera

The politics of air pollution—how they are fooling the citizens

Greens have a sizeable support in the Western countries with clean air and blue skies, but not in India, where poisonous air, water and soil kill millions.

India picks up non-sanctioned Russian oil as discounts widen

The purchases confirm a cautious return to Russian oil, though overall spot purchases remain limited. Trade talks between US and India are ongoing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.