Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Topic: Twitter

X “withholds” journalist Meer Faisal’s account in India

The X account of Meer Faisal, a journalist who extensively reports on hate crimes in India, was 'withheld' in India based on a request from the Union government.

Union government blocks posts on UP teacher’s Islamophobic act

Several users of microblogging platform X on Saturday complained that their posts about a teacher ordering kids to slap their Muslim classmate had been blocked in India.

Twitter withholds Asaduddin Owaisi’s tweet calling train shooting a terror attack against Muslims

AIMIM supremo and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi’s tweet calling the Jaipur railway shooting incident a terror attack against Muslims has been blocked by Twitter, following a direction from the Government of India.

Centre asks Twitter, other social media platforms to take down Manipur video

The Centre has asked Twitter and other social media platforms to pull down the video of the two Manipur women paraded naked as the matter is...

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

Lisa M. Given, RMIT University The launch of social media app Threads as a competitor to Twitter is a game-changer. Meta, which also owns Facebook and...

Ten million join Threads in 7 hours, Zuckerberg says

Threads, Meta's new platform that aims to take on Twitter, saw 10 million sign ups within just seven hours of launch today.