Tweets
- Delhi
‘Delhi’s Got Latent?’: Rekha Gupta’s old tweets targeting Kejriwal spark row
Delhi’s new chief minister Rekha Gupta is embroiled in a controversy over her old posts on Twitter, now X, targetting Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and former CM Arvind Kejriwal, hours after…
- Middle East
Saudi teacher Asaad Al-Ghamdi released after two years in jail over tweets
Saudi authorities have released teacher Asaad bin Nasser Al-Ghamdi after more than two years of arbitrary detention for expressing his opinions on X, formerly known as Twitter. The non-governmental organization Prisoners of…
- Entertainment
‘Another divorce?’: Virat Kohli’s tweet gives fans ‘mini heart attack’
Hyderabad: Indian cricket star Virat Kohli left fans puzzled with a cryptic post on social media ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against Australia. The post, celebrating ten years of his clothing…
- Middle East
Saudi retired teacher Al-Ghamdi’s death sentence replaced with 30 yr jail
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Court of Appeal has confirmed that detainee Mohammed Nasser Al-Ghamdi’s death sentence has been overturned and replaced with a 30-year prison term. Previously, 55-year-old Mohammed Al-Ghamdi was…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia overturns retired teacher’s death sentence over social media posts
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Court of Appeal has overturned the death sentence issued against a retired teacher, Mohammed bin Nasser Al-Ghamdi, for tweeting about human rights. On July 9, 2023, 55-year-old…
- India
Karnataka police book Udupi doctor over Islamophobic post
A doctor in Udupi, Dr Keerthan Kumar M Upadhya, was booked by the Karnataka police for Inflammatory and Islamophobic posts on the social media platform, X. According to his social media profile,…
- Middle East
Saudi teacher sentenced to 20 years in prison over tweets
Riyadh: A 47-year-old Saudi teacher, Asaad bin Nasser Al-Ghamdi, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for using X, formerly known as Twitter, to express his opinions, according to Human Rights…
- Technology
Musk’s X removes most pictures, links tweeted before Dec 2014
New Delhi: X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday removed most pictures and linked tweeted before December 2014, amid speculations that it could be a cost-cutting move by its owner Elon Musk. However, there…
- Technology
Twitter Blue users can now post 25K-character-long tweets
San Francisco: Elon Musk-run Twitter has again increased the character count for a tweet to 25,000 for Blue subscribers. The company increased the character limit to 4,000 in February, later increasing it…
- Technology
Twitter bug restoring deleted tweets for hundreds of clueless users
New Delhi: A bug in Twitter is apparently restoring deleted tweets and retweets for hundreds of users who have no clue about it and the micro-blogging platform was yet to admit the…
- Business
Twitter will label ‘hateful’ tweets, make them less discoverable
New Delhi; Twitter has announced to add publicly visible labels to tweets identified as potentially violating its policies, letting the users know the company has limited their visibility. The company occasionally restricts…
- Technology
Twitter introduces 10K character long tweets amid fight with Substack
New Delhi: Before deleting all legacy Blue tick marks on April 20, Twitter on Friday introduced a feature that allows posts with 10,000 characters for paid Blue subscribers. Twitter now supports tweets…
- Business
Twitter users face issues with replying to Tweets on web
New Delhi: Several Twitter users have encountered problems with replying to Tweets on the web, however, the micro-blogging platform later acknowledged the issue and said “things should be working normally now”. A…
- Bangalore
It is duty of Twitter to provide details of account holders: Govt to Karnataka HC
Bengaluru: The union government has informed the High Court of Karnataka that being a significant intermediary, micro blogging site Twitter has additional responsibility and it was its duty “to provide details of…
- Technology
Twitter Blue users in US can now write 4,000-character tweets
San Francisco: Twitter on Thursday announced that Blue subscribers in the US can now post long tweets of up to 4,000 characters on the micro-blogging platform. The company posted from its @TwitterBlue…
