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One million accounts suspended for 'terrorism promotion': Twitter
93% of the suspended accounts were 'flagged by internal, proprietary tools'
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Bollywood celebs lend support to Salman Khan following court decision
'He should be given relief. He has done a lot of humanitarian work,' said Jaya Bachchan
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Twitter to ban cryptocurrency ads as online crackdown widens
The prohibition will cover advertising of initial coin offerings
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All kinds of religious people are equally unreasonable: Javed Akhtar
The ace lyricist got into a heated Twitter debate
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Twitter, Google security executives to leave companies
Facebook’s chief information security officer is also departing in August over disagreements
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Twitter failing women as online abuse flourishes
Abuses ranged from ‘doxing’ to posting nude pictures, the rights group said
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Twitter-blocked by Trump? Judge hears 'free-speech' case
Seven plaintiffs though are among a few hundred blocked by Trump
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False news online travels faster than the truth: study
Report in journal Science is largest to date and studies some 126,000 cascades on Twitter
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Twitter takes steps to prevent crypto scams on platform
The measures come amid a boom in the price of bitcoin
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Twitter seeks proposals to improve content quality on its platform
The new approach would be based on identifying metrics to gauge the "health of public conversations"
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Twitter sets crackdown on automated 'bot' accounts
San Francisco messaging platform moves to get rid spam-spewing automated accounts
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Twitter reacts to Imran's hat-trick of marriages
Third time a charm, maybe?
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EU tells Facebook, Google and Twitter to 'do more' for users
Authorities who requested the changes last year, have the power to issue fines if the companies fail to comply
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Twitter's CEO downplays chatter about possible acquisition
He sees value in the social media network remaining an independent company
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Twitter reports first-ever profit, boosting shares
Company posts first positive net income since going public in 2013
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Indian MP Swapan Dasgupta tweets 'Love Pakistan' as reports of hacking emerge
Accounts of veteran actor Anupam Kher, senior journalist Ram Madhav also hacked
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Anupam Kher says his Twitter was hacked after pro-Pakistan tweet
While Kher's account seemed to be recovered, Twitterati simply can't get over it
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Fans go balistic after hearing Drake say 'Insha Allah'
The reaction comes after the rapper releases his new track
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Facebook says it can't guarantee social media is good for democracy
The sharing of false or misleading headlines on social media has become a global issue
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Twitter to notify users exposed to Russian propaganda during US elections
It has already suspended these accounts therefore relevant content is no longer publicly available on its platform
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Instagram, Google+ join EU group fighting hate speech
EU officials added that the existing members are meeting the code of conduct they signed up to in May 2016
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Trump reveals winners of controversial 'Fake News Awards'
The brash Republican president announced the ten 'honorees' using his preferred medium of Twitter
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Facebook's Sandberg, Twitter's Dorsey to leave Disney board
Disney is moving heavily into online delivery of its TV shows and movies as viewers abandon traditional cable
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Down but not out: French homeless man takes Twitter by storm
Apart from highlighting conditions on the street Page also uses Twitter to request a helping hand
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Iran has foiled plot to use protests to overthrow system: Khamenei
Security forces had put an end to the unrest that it said had been whipped up by foreign enemies
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German opposition calls for abolition of online hate speech law
The legislation can impose fines of up to $60.1 million on sites that fail to remove hate speech promptly
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Twitter says world leaders like Trump have special status
It had already said that newsworthiness is among the factors it considers before removing an account or a tweet
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Shireen Mazari rejects report about Imran Khan’s alleged third marriage
Says marriage is a personal matter and the PTI chairman can marry anyone if he wants to
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Iran ministers criticised for not blocking internet
Telegram and Instagram were blocked shortly after protests began on December 28
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India probes report on breach of national identity database
The agency said it had initiated a police complaint against the people responsible for selling the access
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Trump threatens to cut aid to Palestinian territories
A senior Palestinian official says they will not be blackmailed
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UK may use taxes to get tech giants to do more
Ben Wallace accused the tech giants of putting private profit before public safety
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Trump looks to US midterm elections in year-end tweets
The US President goes into 2018 with the lowest approval ratings of any modern first-year US president
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Facebook, Twitter face deadline in Brexit fake news probe
The companies have been given until January 18 to share information requested by British lawmakers
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Sushma Swaraj blocks MP on Twitter for asking her tough questions in parliament
Questions posed by MP have put minister in hot waters as she is being severely criticised by members of Lok Sabha
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Twitter to put warnings before swastikas, other hate images
The step is one of several that the site said it would take to crack down on white nationalists
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APS tragedy mourned on social media
Prominent personalities took to twitter to share their sense of loss and views on the incident
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Twitter reacts to top court's landmark verdict on Imran, Tareen disqualification case
PPP's Bilawal Bhutto had Twitter rolling with his tweet chiding PTI as he said 'ATM out of order #TareenOUT'
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Britain urged to prosecute social media firms over online abuse
They currently do not have liability for the content on their sites even when it is illegal
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#NoRussiaNoGames: Twitter 'bots' boost Russian backlash against Olympic ban
They are undoubtedly upset about an International Olympic Committee decision to ban their team from playing
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I’m just waiting for a call from WH with an apology, Britain’s ‘wrong’ Theresa May speaks out
Not the first time Trump has tagged the wrong person
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Trump criticised in Britain and US for sharing anti-Muslim videos
Democrats in Congress and at least one Republican lawmaker were also critical of Trump
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Corrupt fears social boycott in other societies amidst stern anti-corruption laws: Imran Khan
Says in Pakistan, the ruling elite seeks to protect those who loot public money
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Facebook, Twitter, YouTube unblocked across Pakistan
PTA says instructions have been received to unblock social networking and video-sharing websites
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Facebook, Twitter remain blocked across Pakistan for second day in a row
Social networking websites were blocked following crackdown on Faizabad protesters
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Facebook, Twitter, YouTube to remain blocked until law and order situation improves: PTA
Websites blocked following Faizabad crackdown; telecom watchdog says no instructions to block cell phone services yet
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Rishi Kapoor takes it too far, abuses a woman on twitter
The unsavoury incident occurred after a woman found his tweet on Beyonce ‘not funny’
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You can’t minus an ideology: Maryam Nawaz
Says it's for the first in country's history that conspiracies against democracy are being thwarted
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Asad Umar declines to accept 'rigged results', says only biryani with ‘aloo’ rules
The spicy controversy started when Jeremy McLellan started a poll on Twitter
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Twitter suspends defence.pk account for photoshopped image of Indian student
Defence.pk administrator denies knowing the photograph used was photoshopped