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Topic: Twitter

Can Koo ride 2024 poll wave & become India’s new Twitter? How political parties see homegrown app

Some don't care for it, others say it's a 'good backup for India'. According to CEO Aprameya Radhakrishna, parties can use it to reach wider audience in their native language.

Twitter removes suicide prevention feature, officials state under revamp, says report

The social media platform removed the feature known as #ThereIsHelp following orders by new owner Elon Musk, says the report. Twitter head of trust & safety stated it is under revamp.

Elon Musk has become a joke like Trump. He’s also accelerating Twitter’s decline

When Elon Musk turned Tesla into a behemoth, he pulled the same stunts he did with Twitter—fire people, make them work crazy hours, behave like a megalomaniac.

Elon Musk says he’ll step down as Twitter CEO after finding a replacement

This is the first time Musk has mentioned stepping down as chief of theplatform, after Twitter users voted in a poll for him to step down, which he launched on Sunday evening.

Elon Musk launches poll on whether he should quit as Twitter CEO

Musk launched the poll Sunday, adding that he would abide by the poll results. This comes after Twitter's policy latest update, banning accounts promoting rival social media platforms.

Twitter bans one of Koo’s handles, co-founder questions Musk’s ‘free speech’ stand

The banned handle was used to tweet updates about its process of designating user accounts of eminence with a yellow verification badge, similar to Twitter’s blue verification badge.

Twitter’s latest gaffe mistakes Norway for Nigeria & social media has a field day

Allegedly a mix-up of names, the Norwegian foreign ministry, its Prime Minister and Foreign Minister have been identified as Nigeria-affiliated government organisations.

The Twitter Files 2.0 — how teams ‘blacklisted users, stopped tweets from trending’

Two US journalists have been tweeting exposé claiming former Twitter executives censored content & imposed stealth bans on users based on bias and political considerations.

‘Most creative person on the planet’: Silicon Valley CEOs laud Musk’s management of Twitter

Netflix's Reed Hastings said he's convinced Musk is 'trying to help the world with his endeavors' while Mark Zuckerberg was keen to see how content moderation would pan out on Twitter.

Twitter rolls back policy aimed at tackling Covid misinformation amid rising infections in China

The move comes amid concerns of Twitter's ability to fight misinformation after it let go about half of its staff, including those involved in content moderation, under Elon Musk.

On Camera

Prajwal Revanna case shows why and how sexual crimes by men in politics can go unchecked for years

It would be a disservice to the women of Hassan to look at Prajwal Revanna’s alleged abuse of power as a ‘sex scandal’. Allegations against him show what ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ actually means.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.