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Recommendations to voting: Blue tick shake-up at Elon Musk's Twitter

The move may impact independent journalists and other peripheral voices most heavily, running counter to Musk's professed goal of trying to ensure free speech on Twitter

BBC Punjabi Twitter account withheld in connection with Amritpal's case

Amid ongoing police crackdown against pro-Khalistani elements in Punjab, the official Twitter account of the BBC Punjabi was blocked by the authorities

Musk announces how new Twitter plan will stop people from voting in polls

Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday announced that only verified accounts will be eligible to be in For You recommendations and also revealed the reason behind it.

Only verified accounts to get For You recommendations from Apr 15: Musk

Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday said that only verified accounts will be allowed to appear in 'For You recommendations', starting April 15

Twitter activist booked for posting misleading information about Make in UP

A 'Twitter activist' has been booked for posting misleading information about 'Make in UP' and 'Make in India' projects and denting the image of the state government and the Basic Education Department

Twitter proprietary source code leak turns into hunt for the perpetrator

Exposing Twitter's internal workings may make the service more vulnerable to hacking attempts

Twitter says its source code leaked on GitHub, blames ex-employees

Twitter also launched an internal investigation to determine who was responsible for the leak. So far, the investigation has concluded that the person involved left the organisation last year

Musk attacking us as he is stressed about AI safety, alleges OpenAI CEO

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has hit back at Twitter CEO Elon Musk for criticising his for-profit company which is now owned by Microsoft

Elon Musk offers Twitter employees stock grants of $20 billion: Report

Musk said in December that Twitter is on track to be "roughly cash flow break-even" in 2023 as top advertisers slashed their spending on the social-media platform after the billionaire' s takeover

Rahul Gandhi updates Twitter bio, describes himself as 'Dis'Qualified MP'

Following his disqualification from the Lok Sabha, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday changed his bio on Twitter where he described himself as a "Dis'Qualified MP". He also wrote "Dis'Qualified MP" on his the official Wayanad Twitter account. Gandhi was disqualified from the Lok Sabha on Friday, a day after a court in Gujarat's Surat convicted him in a 2019 defamation case. The disqualification will prevent Gandhi (52), a four-time MP, from contesting elections for eight years unless a higher court stays the conviction. Even though Gandhi is yet to file a review petition, the Congress has said it would fight it legally and politically.

Nothing Phone (1) users complain on Twitter about multiple issues

Several users of the Nothing Phone (1) have been complaining about multiple issues with the device on Twitter, such as -- it gets stuck while booting up, fingerprint freeze, lag in the touchscreen

Have a Twitter blue tick? Buy a Blue subscription or lose it from April 1

Twitter Blue: Elon Musk has repeatedly said that the company will remove all blue checks as it starts monetising its platform by charging users

How Elon Musk's empire has made him a problem for the Biden administration

Elon Musk's unilateral decision-making, which more often than not is opposite to the official stance of the US, has caused a headache for the Biden government, and it is difficult to shrug off

Twitter to soon increase long-form tweets to 10,000 characters: Elon Musk

"And making it much easier for writers to charge subscription fees for premium content"

Pro-Khalistan Twitter accounts, including Canadian officials, blocked

Pro-Khalistan Twitter accounts have been withheld in India

Twitter's two-factor authentication moves behind paywall effective today

However, users can continue to access the security feature, using a hardware security key or a third-party authentication app

Non-Twitter Blue users now have last chance to switch away from SMS 2FA

Twitter had confirmed that it will charge Rs 650 per month for its Blue service with verification on the web and Rs 900 on Android and iOS mobile devices in India

Twitter will prioritise replies by people you follow, verified: Musk

Musk has said that the micro-blogging platform will open source all code used for recommending tweets on March 31

It is duty of Twitter to provide details of users: Govt to K'taka HC

The union government has informed the High Court of Karnataka that being a significant intermediary, micro blogging site Twitter has additional responsibility and it was its duty to provide details of account holders. Additional Solicitor General R Sankarnarayanan who appeared for the central government, gave the examples of dangerous tweets that is going to affect the integrity, sovereignty of India or is going to create a public (dis) order; then naturally we will step in and either we will issue a take down notice or we will say block the account. The ASG cited somebody gives a tweet under the assumed name of Government of Pakistan about India Occupied Kashmir, somebody says (V) Prabhakaran (LTTE leader) is a hero and he is coming back. All this is so dangerous that it is going to incite violence. Twitter approached the HC in June 2022 against the take-down orders issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). Twitter claims the government is required

Twitter planning to make custom tab for users to pin their top tweets

Earlier this month, Musk had said that the company is seeking to enable responding to individual direct messages (DM), use any reaction emoji, and encryption on the platform later this month