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High Court Asks Centre If It Will Reconsider Takedown Orders Issued To X Corp
The High Court of Karnataka has asked the Union Government if it would reconsider the blocking orders issued to X Corp (formerly Twitter) to block Tweets, accounts and URLs issued to the micro-blogging site.
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Elon Musk Says Unaware Why Twitter India Pulled Posts on BBC Documentary Critical of PM Modi
Elon Musk said on Wednesday that he did not know "what exactly happened" when Twitter took down content related to a documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this year, adding that some rules related to social media content were "quite strict" in India.
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Twitter Plea Against Government's Takedown Orders Adjourned by Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has adjourned the hearing of the petition filed by microblogging site Twitter against the Central government's takedown orders to December 12. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology sought time to present its arguments in the case following which Justice Krishna S Dixit adjourned the case on Wednesday.
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50-60% Of Tweets Asked By Government To Be Blocked Are Harmless: Twitter
Microblogging site Twitter on Monday claimed before the Karnataka High Court it was being asked by the government to block accounts, rather than just a tweet that was deemed improper, because of its political content.
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Twitter Says 50-60 Percent of Tweets in Government Takedown Orders Are 'Innocuous': Details
Twitter on Monday argued that 50 to 60 per cent of tweets that are asked by the government to be blocked are "innocuous", while challenging the Central government's orders asking it to block some accounts, URLs and tweets on the microblogging platform. The company cited the Supreme Court in the landmark Shreya Singhal case where the IT Act blocking...
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Twitter Document Shows Centre Requested Blocking Politicians, Journalists: Report
Twitter was asked by the government to block multiple accounts and some tweets from advocacy group Freedom House, journalists, politicians, and supporters of farmers' protest, according to a document filed by the platform on June 26.
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To Twitter's "Freedom of Speech" Blog, Government Posts On Koo: 10 Points
Twitter, asked by the government to block 1,178 accounts for allegedly spreading misinformation on the farmer protests and provocative content, said today the orders were inconsistent with Indian law and that for some accounts, it would restrict access within India instead of an outright ban. In a blog listing the action it has taken, also conveyed...
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Twitter Hack: Apple, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Other High-Profile Accounts Hacked in Bitcoin Scam
Twitter accounts of several prominent verified users were hacked in a widespread Bitcoin scam early Thursday. The official accounts of former US President Barack Obama, rapper Kanye West and his wife Kim Kardashian, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, media tycoon Mike Bloomberg, along with major brands such...
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Kangana Ranaut's Sister Rangoli Chandel's Twitter Account Suspended After Celebs Report Tweet
Rangoli was denounced on social media by filmmaker Reema Kagti, actress Kubbra Sait, jewellery designer Farah Khan Ali and other users for posting a communally-divisive tweet
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Twitter Blocks 'Blasphemous' Content in Pakistan After Complaints
Twitter has blocked dozens of tweets and accounts in Pakistan after officials asked for access to "blasphemous" and "unethical" content to be stopped.
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Twitter Blocks 'Blasphemous' Content in Pakistan After Complaints
Microblogging site Twitter has blocked dozens of tweets and accounts in Pakistan after officials asked for access to "blasphemous" and "unethical" content to be stopped.
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Twitter blocks German neo-Nazi account in world first
Twitter said on Thursday it had blocked an account in a country for the first time, after German police asked the micro-blogging site to restrict access by a neo-Nazi group.
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High Court Asks Centre If It Will Reconsider Takedown Orders Issued To X Corp
The High Court of Karnataka has asked the Union Government if it would reconsider the blocking orders issued to X Corp (formerly Twitter) to block Tweets, accounts and URLs issued to the micro-blogging site.
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Elon Musk Says Unaware Why Twitter India Pulled Posts on BBC Documentary Critical of PM Modi
Elon Musk said on Wednesday that he did not know "what exactly happened" when Twitter took down content related to a documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this year, adding that some rules related to social media content were "quite strict" in India.
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Twitter Plea Against Government's Takedown Orders Adjourned by Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has adjourned the hearing of the petition filed by microblogging site Twitter against the Central government's takedown orders to December 12. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology sought time to present its arguments in the case following which Justice Krishna S Dixit adjourned the case on Wednesday.
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50-60% Of Tweets Asked By Government To Be Blocked Are Harmless: Twitter
Microblogging site Twitter on Monday claimed before the Karnataka High Court it was being asked by the government to block accounts, rather than just a tweet that was deemed improper, because of its political content.
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Twitter Says 50-60 Percent of Tweets in Government Takedown Orders Are 'Innocuous': Details
Twitter on Monday argued that 50 to 60 per cent of tweets that are asked by the government to be blocked are "innocuous", while challenging the Central government's orders asking it to block some accounts, URLs and tweets on the microblogging platform. The company cited the Supreme Court in the landmark Shreya Singhal case where the IT Act blocking...
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Twitter Document Shows Centre Requested Blocking Politicians, Journalists: Report
Twitter was asked by the government to block multiple accounts and some tweets from advocacy group Freedom House, journalists, politicians, and supporters of farmers' protest, according to a document filed by the platform on June 26.
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To Twitter's "Freedom of Speech" Blog, Government Posts On Koo: 10 Points
Twitter, asked by the government to block 1,178 accounts for allegedly spreading misinformation on the farmer protests and provocative content, said today the orders were inconsistent with Indian law and that for some accounts, it would restrict access within India instead of an outright ban. In a blog listing the action it has taken, also conveyed...
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Twitter Hack: Apple, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Other High-Profile Accounts Hacked in Bitcoin Scam
Twitter accounts of several prominent verified users were hacked in a widespread Bitcoin scam early Thursday. The official accounts of former US President Barack Obama, rapper Kanye West and his wife Kim Kardashian, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, media tycoon Mike Bloomberg, along with major brands such...
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Kangana Ranaut's Sister Rangoli Chandel's Twitter Account Suspended After Celebs Report Tweet
Rangoli was denounced on social media by filmmaker Reema Kagti, actress Kubbra Sait, jewellery designer Farah Khan Ali and other users for posting a communally-divisive tweet
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Twitter Blocks 'Blasphemous' Content in Pakistan After Complaints
Twitter has blocked dozens of tweets and accounts in Pakistan after officials asked for access to "blasphemous" and "unethical" content to be stopped.
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Twitter Blocks 'Blasphemous' Content in Pakistan After Complaints
Microblogging site Twitter has blocked dozens of tweets and accounts in Pakistan after officials asked for access to "blasphemous" and "unethical" content to be stopped.
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Twitter blocks German neo-Nazi account in world first
Twitter said on Thursday it had blocked an account in a country for the first time, after German police asked the micro-blogging site to restrict access by a neo-Nazi group.
