Twitter dismisses Elon Musk’s claims that he was deceived into deal to buy the company

The social media giant has sued the billionaire after he backed out of a $44-billion deal to buy it.

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· Aug 05, 2022 · 12:43 pm

Centre gets Karnataka HC notice on Twitter plea challenging blocking of accounts, posts

The court orally agreed to grant the government’s request to hold in-camera, or private proceedings, in the matter.

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· Jul 26, 2022 · 01:58 pm

Twitter sues Elon Musk for backing out of takeover deal

The Tesla CEO had said that he took the decision after Twitter did not provide enough information about spam and fake accounts on its platform.

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· Jul 13, 2022 · 10:33 am

Twitter sees 48,000% rise in legal demands from India to remove content since 2014, says report

The Information Technology Act allows the government to block public access to content in the interest of national security.

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· Jul 11, 2022 · 11:41 am

Elon Musk terminates deal to buy Twitter, microblogging platform vows legal action

The Tesla CEO said that he took the decision as Twitter did not provide enough information about the number of spam and fake accounts on its platform.

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· Jul 09, 2022 · 08:30 am

Twitter tells High Court that Centre asked it to take down over 1,400 accounts in a year

The social media platform said that it was being ordered to block accounts without being told about the specific tweets that necessitated such action.

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· Jul 08, 2022 · 04:48 pm

Twitter moves court against Centre’s orders to remove certain posts and accounts

The plea filed in the Karnataka HC states that some of the orders fall short of the procedural requirements of the Information Technology Act.

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· Jul 05, 2022 · 06:30 pm

Take down content that ‘glorifies or justifies’ Udaipur killing, Centre tells social media platforms

Social media companies should pull down the content as part of their obligation of being intermediaries, the information technology ministry said in a notice.

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· Jul 02, 2022 · 02:07 pm

Journalist Mohammed Zubair says Centre wrote to Twitter seeking action against his account

The microblogging site told the co-founder of fact-checking website Alt News that it did not take any action on the request.

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· Jun 23, 2022 · 01:27 pm

What kind of social media posts can get you fired? A study finds out

Getting the balance right between holding people to account versus invading people’s privacy depends on the context.

Brady Robards, The Conversation

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Darren Graf, The Conversation

· Jun 18, 2022 · 11:30 pm

Elon Musk threatens to end Twitter deal if company fails to provide data on fake accounts

While the social media platform claims that there are less than 5% spam accounts, the billionaire believes it could be 20%.

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· Jun 06, 2022 · 09:34 pm

Amid economic turmoil, Sri Lankans are turning to social media to get essential supplies

Groups on Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter are offering mutual aid as the country’s shops run out of basics.

Dimuthu Attanayake, Thomson Reuters Foundation

· Jun 03, 2022 · 01:30 pm