'Inhibit free, open public conversation', Twitter's hard hitting reply to Indian authorities!
Twitter said it will continue to be strictly guided by principles of transparency and protecting freedom of expression.
May 27, 2021, 17:13 PM ISTBadi Bahas: Who's afraid of raid on Twitter?
Delhi Police has raided the Twitter India office in Lado Sarai, Delhi and Gurgaon after sending a notice to it over a "manipulated media" tag used on tweets alleging a Congress "toolkit" against the Central government.
May 25, 2021, 11:38 AM ISTCongress Toolkit Case: Delhi Police raids Twitter India office
Delhi Police has finally raided the Twitter India office in Lado Sarai, Delhi and Gurgaon after sending a notice to it over a "manipulated media" tag used on tweets alleging a Congress "toolkit" against the Central government.
May 25, 2021, 08:54 AM ISTDelhi Police conducts raid at Twitter India offices over 'toolkit row'
Delhi Police has finally raided the Twitter India office in Lado Sarai, Delhi and Gurgaon after sending a notice to it over a "manipulated media" tag used on tweets alleging a Congress "toolkit" against the Central government.
May 24, 2021, 21:07 PM ISTTwitter unveils election-related search prompt in six Indian languages
The company has further unveiled the ‘Election information prompt’ in six Indian languages, which include Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam, Assamese, Hindi, and English. The prompts will support more than 20 hashtags in the mentioned languages. Besides that, Twitter has also come up with a custom emoji for the #AssemblyElections2021 which features an inked finger to represent a citizen who has exercised their right to vote.
Mar 15, 2021, 16:45 PM ISTTwitter testing 140-second long voice messages in direct messages in India
Anyone will have the ability to listen to these messages wherever and however they use Twitter, but the ability to record voice messages over DM will be available for people on Twitter for iOS and Android in India, Japan and Brazil.
Feb 17, 2021, 13:33 PM ISTDNA Exclusive: Twitter's double standard exposed; works in 'connivance' with conspirators of India?
On August 24, 1608, the East India Company ship from Great Britain reached a port in Surat by sea. At that time perhaps no one had even imagined that the East India Company of Britain would rule a country 20 times larger than its own country and at that time about one-fourth of the world's population.
Feb 12, 2021, 00:20 AM ISTAmid government-Twitter standoff over content, lawmakers urge followers to switch to Koo
With the Government warning Twitter for not complying with its orders to take down certain content and that it needs to obey local laws, several leading politicians and lawmakers have started rallying against the micro-blogging platform and urged their followers to switch to the home-grown Koo App - an Indian rival to Twitter.
Feb 11, 2021, 07:55 AM ISTTwitter suspends nearly 500 accounts linked to farmers’ protest, says will continue to work with government
Twitter said that it took action on hundreds of accounts that violated the Twitter Rules, particularly inciting violence, abuse, wishes of harm, and threats that could trigger the risk of offline harm. “Prevented certain terms that violated our Rules from appearing in the Trends section. Suspended more than 500 accounts that were engaging in clear examples of platform manipulation and spam.’’
Feb 10, 2021, 10:40 AM ISTTwitter down in India, users face problems on website and mobile app
Twitter is a microblog which allows users to publish short messages of 280 characters or less. Twitter users are able to post their tweets from numerous devices and platforms, including the iPhone, Android, Blackberry, or Windows Phone devices and traditional computers.
Feb 05, 2021, 22:17 PM ISTRepublic Day 2021: Twitter comes with new emoji to reflect patriotism
On 72nd Republic Day, Twitter has come up with a new emoji which reflects the sentiments of national pride and unity. The emoji design depicts the IAF fly past in the Indian tri-colours which is part of Republic Day celebrations. President Ram Nath Kovind and IAF are supposed to tweet the new emoji.
Jan 25, 2021, 17:26 PM ISTTwitter India reacts to geotag issue around Leh, says will resolve the problem soon
Twitter India called the geotag mistake a technical error and assured that it is working towards resolving the problem.
Oct 19, 2020, 13:01 PM ISTTwitter Fleet to make your tweets disappear after 24 hours, feature rolled out in India
Fleets will be available for everyone in India on Twitter for iOS and Android in the coming days in updated app versions.
Jun 10, 2020, 11:01 AM ISTCoronavirus COVID-19: Our role has never been more critical, says Twitter India
Since introducing its updated policies on March 18, Twitter has removed more than 2,400 tweets containing misleading and potentially harmful content.
Virat Kohli's birthday wish to MS Dhoni is the most retweeted sports tweet in India
On July 7, Kohli took to the microblogging site when India's iconic batsman, Dhoni, turned 38. Twitter was flooded with the hashtag of #HappyBirthdayDhoni and #Mahi and kept trending for the entire day on July 7, 2019. Several cricketers and celebrities also wished the Indian skipper on his birthday.
Dec 10, 2019, 18:47 PM ISTTwitter appoints Manish Maheshwari as India MD
Based out of Delhi, he will oversee Twitter India`s teams in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru from April 29.
Apr 22, 2019, 12:37 PM ISTTwitter India apologises over CEO Jack Dorsey 'Smash Brahminical Patriarchy' poster row
Some Twitter users accused Dorsey of "bigotry" and "racism" after the poster went viral.
Nov 20, 2018, 18:06 PM ISTTwitter launches campaign to boost youth engagement for 2019 Lok Sabha polls
The #PowerOf18 will serve as a resource for young Indians to find more information about the elections, support social causes they are passionate about and join the public conversation.
Twitter asks users to choose new #HappyDiwali emoji this year
The micro-blogging platform asked Twitterati to vote of the three emojis within the next 24 hours.
Nov 01, 2018, 14:21 PM ISTTwitter India head Taranjeet Singh quits, Balaji Krish new interim chief
Taranjeet Singh, who was elevated as Twitter`s Country Director for India in May 2017, has decided to move on.
Sep 05, 2018, 09:48 AM IST