Paid Trolls

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  Twitter Blue Users Could Soon be Able Hide ‘Badge of Shame’ Amid Heavy Trolling

  Twitter could soon let its paid Twitter Blue subscribers choose if they wish to keep their blue ticks on their profiles or hide it. Regardless of what users choose, all Twitter Blue users are expected to still be able to utilise the special features that come bundled with the blue tick, including longer tweets and the option to edit posts.

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  Twitter Said to Discontinue Access to Ad-Free Articles for Twitter Blue Subscribers

  Twitter will no longer allow subscribers of the Twitter Blue paid service to access articles without advertisements, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Meanwhile, Elon Musk said on Tuesday that subscribers of the company's revamped service would get blue check marks along with priority in replies, mentions and search and would be able to po...

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  Laal Singh Chaddha Director Advait Chandan's ROFL Post On "Trolling Aamir Khan For Free"

  "I am told there are people being paid to troll Aamir Sir," wrote Advait Chandan

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  Rahul Gandhi Launches Recruitment Drive To Take On "Army Of Hatred"

  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday launched a new social media recruitment drive, exhorting the youth of the country to join his party's "army of truth" to fight the "paid" trolls on online platforms.

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  China Used Paid Trolls To Manipulate Online Discourse On COVID-19: Report

  Confidential directives from Chinese authorities to local propaganda workers and new outlets revealed that officials paid trolls to manipulate social media discourse on Covid-19, according to a report.

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  Zoom Adds New Security Enhancements to Help Prevent Disruptions, Trolls in Virtual Meetings

  Zoom has brought a couple of new security features to help prevent disruptions during virtual meetings and allow users to remove and report disruptive participants and trolls. Additionally, Zoom has introduced a tool called At-Risk Meeting Notifier that is aimed to alert hosts about the meetings that are at high risk of being disrupted.

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  When Virender Sehwag "Paid Tribute To Aryabhatta": Former India Opener Trolls Himself

  Virender Sehwag shared an unforgettable batting statistic from a Test against England, played from August 10 to 13, 2011, in Birmingham.

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  After Veere Di Wedding Backlash, Swara Bhasker Has A Message For 'Paid Trolls'

  Identical messages trolling Swara Bhasker were posted by several Twitter users after the release of Veere Di Wedding

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  Virat Kohli Forgets Anil Kumble On Teachers Day, Trolled On Twitter

  There's no love lost between the Team India captain and the erstwhile coach.

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  India vs Australia: Twitter Trolls Steve Smith Over Second 'Brain Fade'

  Steve Smith, who scored an unbeaten 178 in the first innings, resisted for 68 balls second time around before Ravindra Jadeja's exploitation of the rough created by the bowlers' footmarks paid off.

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  Peedika? Oops! Magazine Gets Deepika Padukone's Name Wrong, Gets Trolled

  A magazine misspelled Deepika Padukone's name by calling her 'Peedika Padukone' in a story on Forbes' 2016 list of world's highest paid actresses. She is the only Indian actress and the sole newcomer on Forbes' 2016 list, coming in on the 10th spot

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  Director Venkat Prabhu Trolls Social Media Reviewers in Film's Teaser

  "It's a light hearted approach to an issue we see all around us these days. It's not meant to hurt anyone. I was mocking myself when Shiva refers to me as a copycat of Hollywood films. At the same time, I was also mocking the new and fast rising phenomenon of paid reviews on social media," he said