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Supreme Court issues notice to Twitter, Union Government on a petition seeking a mechanism to curb hate speech and fake news
The petition said that social media platforms such as Twitter are being used to amplify activities against the spirit of India
Twitter reports $1.14 billion loss in 2020, sees recovery in the fourth quarter
Although Twitter registered an operating income of $27 million, it showed a net loss due to interest and tax liabilities
Twitter fanning insurrection and defying Indian govt may prompt companies to stop advertising on the platform: Report
As per the 'fact checkers', Twitter has scored a 'self goal' by not adhering to the government's directives to remove objectionable content
Days after telling India that it can’t suspend politicians spreading hate, Twitter makes ban on Donald Trump permanent
Recently, Twitter had refused to comply with the orders of Indian government stating that they will not block the accounts of politicians.
After thousands start migrating to Koo from Twitter, co-founder Aprameya says single-digit Chinese investor to exit
Many raised questions over the 'Chinese' investor in Koo. However, Koo founder Aprameya cleared the doubts.
Govt may arrest Twitter officials if they fail to respect Indian laws and continue to allow their platform to promote hate speech
The centre has made it clear that Twitter has to remove anti-India and Khalistani accounts, especially those accounts which posted hate speech on the platform.
Twitter fans an insurrection in India, uses the same phrase it used 10 years ago during the Arab Spring
Twitter has decided to defy an order by India to block or remove 1,178 accounts from the social media website
‘Double standards won’t be allowed’: IT Minister RS Prasad lashes out at social media platforms encouraging anti-India propaganda
"Make money, but you will have to abide by Indian laws and the Constitution", said IT Minister RS Prasad in Parliament
Government takes note of Twitter going public with their ‘defiance’, posts response on Twitter alternative Koo
Interestingly, the Modi government has chosen to issue this particular statement on the relatively new app - 'Koo', which itself it is a testament that the government is not happy with the defiance showed by a foreign private entity like Twitter.
As Twitter’s Mahima Kaul resigns, Samajwadi Party, AAP and other fringe parties demand ‘didi’ does not leave them
In 2018, few weeks after Twitter chief Jack Dorsey had admitted that his employees have a left-leaning bias, Kaul had started deleting her own tweets which exposed her own political bias.
