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India threatened to shut Twitter down, co-founder Jack Dorsey says
Narendra Modi’s government calls accusation by social media firm’s former CEO an ‘outright lie’India threatene…
- BBC, Blogging, Canada, Censorship, India, Internet, Media, Narendra Modi, Sikhism, South and Central Asia, Technology, Twitter, World news
Twitter accused of censorship in India as it blocks Modi critics
Canadian politician, poet, an India MP and journalists are among 120 accounts that have been withheldTwitter h…
- BBC, Elon Musk, Freedom of speech, India, Internet, Media, Narendra Modi, Social media, Technology, Twitter, YouTube
Indian ban on BBC Modi film puts Musk’s Twitter ‘free speech’ vow to the test
Use of emergency laws sheds light on fragile and fractious place social media now occupy in IndiaThe response …
- Amazon, Asia Pacific, Google, Internet, Meta, New Zealand, Social media, Technology, TikTok, Twitter, World news
Social media companies promise to reduce harmful content in New Zealand
Meta, TikTok, Google, Amazon and Twitter sign ‘world first’ voluntary code, which critics say is a move design…
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Xinjiang: Twitter closes thousands of China state-linked accounts spreading propaganda
Content was often ‘embarrassingly’ produced and pumped out via repurposed accounts, analysts sayTwitter has sh…
- Facebook, India, Internet, Media, Social networking, South and Central Asia, Technology, Twitter, World news, YouTube
India hunts ‘fake news’ spreaders after anti-Muslim attacks
Misleading images shared on social media after mosques vandalised and homes ransacked in Tripura statePolice i…
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‘Please explain what OG means’: delight as Fiji politician discovers Twitter
Pio Tikoduadua, president of the opposition National Federation Party, has won praise and followers with his f…
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Twitter in India faces criminal charges for Kashmir map ‘treason’
Graphic depicted Kashmir region as separate country, adding to tension between social media firm and stateTwit…
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India police visit Twitter offices after BJP tweet flagged as manipulated media
Move in Delhi comes after tweet by spokesperson of the ruling Hindu-nationalist party was tagged as ‘manipulat…
- Coronavirus, India, Infectious diseases, Internet, South and Central Asia, Technology, Twitter, World news
Twitter under fire over deletion of critical Covid tweets in India
Lawmakers and rights activists say removals risk people’s health and harms freedom of speechThe removal of doz…
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China butchers Aesop fable in latest act of wolf-warrior diplomacy
Chinese embassy in Ireland Twitter account riffs on fable Wolf and the Lamb, with onlookers asking, ‘Who is th…
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Twitter concerned for staff in India after row over account removals
Company refused government request to remove more than 1,000 accounts linked to farmer protestsTwitter has exp…
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Twitter suspends hundreds of Indian accounts after government demand
Government claimed accounts of news sites, actors and activists sought to foment violence amid farmer protests…
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Chinese bots had key role in debunked ballot video shared by Eric Trump
‘Sophisticated and disciplined’ network promoted a viral video misleadingly showing votes being burned, resear…
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（字幕版） 内部告発「Twitterの検閲計画について語るドーシーCEO」 Twitter Leak Shows CEO Discussing Trump Ban
（字幕版） 内部告発「Twitterの検閲計画について語るドーシーCEO」 Twitter Leak Shows CEO Discussing Trump Ban