Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey recently revealed that he has stopped using Google and moved its rival DuckDuckGo. In a Twitter post, the CEO professed love to DuckDuckGo and said he had made it his default engine. It read: “I love @DuckDuckGo. My default search engine for a while now. The […]
Twitter rolls back decision to delete inactive accounts
After a backlash from its users, Twitter has decided not to remove inactive accounts until it finds a way to memoralise accounts of the deceased. The micro-blogging platform on November 26 announced to permanently delete inactive accounts from December 11 that have not been used for more than six months. The action […]
Twitter officially bans all political ads on its platform
Putting pressure on Facebook to follow suit, Twitter has officially banned all kinds of political ads from its platform, weeks after CEO Jack Dorsey announced that the micro-blogging site would no longer allow those ads. No political content will be promoted from candidates, parties, governments or officials, public accounts committees […]
Twitter unveils deepfake policy plans, calls for feedback
Social media platform Twitter <TWTR.N> on Monday unveiled its plan for handling deepfake videos and other manipulated media, and called for feedback from the public. In the run-up to the U.S. presidential election in November 2020, social platforms have been under pressure to tackle the threat of manipulated media, including […]
Tesla chief Elon Musk said not sure about good of Twitter
Kicking the Twitter habit would be a radical change for the colourful serial entrepreneur who is known for tweeting so freely that he landed in hot water with the US Securities and Exchange Commission which accused him of misleading investors on the platform. Tesla chief Elon Musk fired off a […]
Twitter will not join Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra: Jack Dorsey
Twitter will never join Libra, CEO Jack Dorsey said at a company media event in New York City. Dorsey replied with a conclusive “Hell no” to the question of its potential membership of the Facebook-led crypto payments scheme, The Verge reported on Thursday. He explained that Libra is not based on an […]
Twitter launches new emoji for Diwali 2019
Twitter on Thursday announced a new emoji allowing its users to control how high the diyas flame burns during Diwali. “In line with our tradition of engaging people in this conversation, as well as delighting them with innovations, we have launched a ‘Lights On’ diya emoji to represent the joy […]