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Twitter lets users search for new lists to follow

Twitter launches the functionality for web users




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Twitter Space team narrowed down to three employees

Twitter recently announced the ability for Twitter Blue subscribers to share videos of up to two hours in length




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Elon Musk apologises as Twitter takes more storage space on phone

Musk pointed out that the Twitter app occupies 9.52 GB of phone storage




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Twitter is testing Community Notes for images, videos

Twitter feature will soon expand to support multiple images, GIFs and videos.




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Elon Musk goes silent on Twitter after arriving in China

Musk met with Chinese government officials and local business leaders during his visit.




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Twitter’s top content moderation executive Ella Irwin resigns

As head of Trust and Safety, Irwin helped oversee Twitter’s policies on harassment, hate speech and violent content — rules which were relaxed under new owner Elon Musk




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Twitter Blue gives 60-minutes to edit tweets

Twitter has increased the window to edit tweets from 30 minutes to one hour for Blue subscribers.




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Twitter is refusing to pay its Google Cloud bills: Report

Twitter hosts some services on its server and houses others on the cloud platforms of Amazon and Google.




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Twitter under Jack Dorsey and team were in repeated, continuous violations of Indian law: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

The former Twitter Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder has alleged that the Indian government threatened to shut down Twitter during farmers protest




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Reddit protest: Why are thousands of subreddits going dark?

Starting next month, third-party app developers using Reddit's vast troves of data will have to pay a price and the changes could affect players across the spectrum




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Twitter sued by music publishers for allowing copyrighted songs

Members of the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) are seeking over $250 million in damages for alleged infringement of nearly 1,700 copyrights.




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Elon Musk says Twitter video app for smart TVs is 'coming'

Musk responded to a tweet suggesting that a Twitter video app is needed.




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Meta launches more parental supervision tools for Instagram. Is it enough?

Many of the features require minors and their parents to opt in, raising questions about how effective the measures are




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Twitter's new chief plans to bring advertisers back to platform

Twitter CEO Yaccarino is planning to launch full-screen, sound-on video ads.




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Twitter applies temporary limit to address data scraping, system manipulation: Elon Musk

That comes after Twitter had announced that it will require users to have an account on the social media platform to view tweets.




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Musk sets tweet-viewing limits to combat data scraping from large AI companies

Temporary limits to address “extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation”




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Twitter limits TweetDeck to verified members only

TweetDeck now supports full composer functionality, spaces, video docking, and polls




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Meta takes aim at Twitter with the launch of Threads

Threads passes 5 million sign ups in four hours: CEO Zuckerberg




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Meta’s Threads rolls out, Mark challenges Elon with first Twitter post in decade

Mark challenges Elon with Twitter post




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What is Threads? Is Twitter in danger?

Threads accounts are linked to Instagram, allowing users to retain their usernames and followers.




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Users shift to third-party apps as Twitter makes verification necessary for TweetDeck access

Meta’s Threads app, seen as a formidable competitor to Twitter, has garnered over 10 million sign-ups within seven hours of launch, offering features similar to Twitter and attracting users from Instagram.




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Zuckerberg’s Threads could disrupt Musk’s Twitter

New platform garnered over 30 million users after its debut




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Twitter removes account requirement restriction for viewing tweets

Users do not need to have Twitter accounts to view tweets




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Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads: report

Meta, which launched Threads on Wednesday, looks to take on Elon Musk's Twitter by taking advantage of Instagram's billions of users




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Meta’s Threads draws millions seeking a Twitter alternative

On Threads, people can post text and links and reply to or repost messages from others




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Why Meta’s Threads app is the biggest threat to Twitter yet

In less than 24 hours, Threads attracted some 30 million users




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Ex-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey takes a dig at Meta over Threads

Threads app received about 30 million signups as of Thursday morning




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Twitter threatens legal action against “copy cat” Meta for launching Threads

In a letter to Mark Zuckerburg, Alex Spiro, an attorney representing Twitter, accused Meta of unlawfully using Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property by hiring former Twitter employees to create a “copycat” app




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Meta's 'friendly' Threads collides with unfriendly internet

Mark Zuckerberg’s idealistic vision for Threads has been challenged from Day 1 by news junkies, politicians and other fans of rhetorical combat




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Twitter may face difficulties showing Meta stole trade secrets

Legal experts say while many companies have accused competitors that hired former employees and have a similar product of stealing trade secrets, the cases are difficult to prove




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Meta’s Threads App ‘positive’ vibe tested by users known for false claims

Threads has started with some built-in defense mechanisms for harmful content, as its user policies are the same as Instagram’s




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Meta's Twitter rival Threads overtakes ChatGPT as fastest-growing platform

Threads bears a strong resemblance to Twitter, as do numerous other social media sites that have cropped up in recent months as users have chafed at Musk's management of the service




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Musk says Twitter is losing cash because advertising is down; company is carrying heavy debt

Need to reach positive cash flow before we have the luxury of anything else: Elon Musk




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Twitter steps to reduce spam messages in DM

Twitter also announced to pay part of its advertising revenue to select content creators on the platform




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US willing to work with India on investment platform to deliver lower cost capital for energy transitionition

Following PM Narendra Modi’s recent visit, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says that her country and India are among the closest partners in the world




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Musk says Twitter will change logo to X

Twitter’s brand toolkit page says the company is protective of its logo and offers guidelines on how to use it, Elon Musk apparently isn’t a fan




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Twitter’s blue bird flies off, Musk brings in the X factor

Twitter sees dramatic new updates that might change its entire character




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Twitter turning into X is set to kill billions in brand value

Elon Musk’s vision for X includes audio, video, messaging, payments, and banking, but rebuilding brand equity and user trust may be challenging




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BL Explainer: Elon Musk’s gambit in rebranding Twitter to X

The famous and widely liked ‘blue bird’ logo of Twitter got replaced with ‘X’




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Twitter allows Blue accounts to download videos posted to X

X allows videos up to two-hours long




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Elon Musk says fight with Mark Zuckerberg will be live-streamed on X

Musk had tested a live video feature on X.




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New York City bans use of TikTok on city-owned phones

Joins US federal government, majority of states in banning the social media app on security concerns




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WhatsApp unveils Mac app with group calling

The new version enables users to make group calls, supporting up to eight people in video calls and up to 32 in audio calls.




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Community norm violation: YouTube removed 1.9 million videos in Jan-Mar 2023 in India

In the same period, YouTube removed over 6.48 million videos globally for violation of the norms




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Twitter may have to charge users a fee to keep out bots, says Musk

Musk didn’t specify how much users will have to pay but described it as a ‘small amount of money’




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Majority of Indian parents say their kids addicted to social media, OTT: Survey

It further revealed that 73 per cent of urban Indian parents surveyed want the data protection law to ensure mandatory parental consent is sought for children under 18




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Will soon meet with social media platforms on deepfake issues: Vaishnaw

Government officials and platforms representatives will have a brainstorming on the issues and make sure that the platforms make adequate efforts for cleaning up their systems: Ashwini Vaishnaw




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Microblogging giant X and X Pro hit by global outage, users unable to access platforms

Reports from Downdetector.com revealed access issues, with X users unable to view posts and encountering a “Welcome to X!” message, while X Pro (previously TweetDeck) experienced loading problems displaying a “Waiting for posts” pop-up.




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Global outage hits Gmail, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram users

The problem, reported around 9 p.m., affected users in India and beyond




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WhatsApp’s latest update: Undo feature empowers users with message deletion flexibility

This new functionality complements the existing “Delete for Everyone” option, allowing users to undo message deletions within a brief window of five seconds