Twitter is adding new options to its reporting process for tweets that share personal information, adding much more specific fields that users can highlight when submitting reports. Now, when reporting a tweet that contains private information, users will be taken to an additional menu allowing them to specify whether the tweet contains contact information, a home address or physical location, financial information, ... Read More »
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Russian ‘troll army’ tweets cited more than 80 times in UK media
Members of a Russian “troll army” were quoted more than 80 times across British-read media outlets before Twitter revealed their identity and banned them, a Guardian investigation has shown. Some posts from the accounts were embedded in articles to provide apparently local reportage and pictures from the sites of disasters and crime scenes around the world. In fact, Twitter claims, all the ... Read More »
Artist takes revenge on Twitter in very public way over ‘unanswered’ hateful tweets
Shahak Shapira claims Twitter failed to delete hateful tweets CREDIT: YOUTUBE / SHAHAK SHAPIRA 8 AUGUST 2017 • 4:10PM An artist has taken revenge on Twitter in a very public manner for the company’s alleged failure to delete racist and abusive tweets. Shahak Shapira spray-painted a collection of hateful tweets outside the social media company’s offices in Hamburg, Germany, that he says the company ... Read More »
Flipkart Teases OnePlus 3 Sale; OnePlus Co-Founder Tweets ‘What’s This? We’re Exclusive With Amazon’
Those who opened Flipkart today were greeted by a huge banner for the sale of the OnePlus 3 smartphone during the company’s upcoming Big Shopping Days sale, which kicks off on Sunday. Interestingly, the banner contained hugely discounted pricing for the OnePlus 3 of under Rs. 20,000. This comes as a big surprise, considering the Chinese brand exclusively sells its ... Read More »
Twitter Makes It Easier to Share Tweets Through Direct Messages
Twitter on Tuesday added a button that lets people easily share ‘tweets’ in direct messages. The move came as an acknowledgement of the appeal of one-to-one connections to users of the popular one-to-many messaging service, and as Twitter worked to ramp use of its platform. Millions of direct messages are sent daily at Twitter, and the number of tweets shared ... Read More »
Twitter Launches Gif Image Search for Tweets, Direct Messages
Twitter Inc’s introduction of a search function for moving images commonly used on social media prompted users of the website on Wednesday to tweet their own pictures expressing enthusiasm over the feature. Twitter said on Wednesday in a blog post that users could search and browse a GIF library when composing a tweet or direct message. A GIF, short for ... Read More »
Kanye West Announces Video Game; No Man’s Sky Creator Tweets His Support
Kim Kardashian and Katy Perry already have video games based on them, and it seems that Kanye West is doesn’t want to be left behind. West’s game is called Only One and it’s based on his song by the same name. At the launch of his new album, The Life of Pablo, he unveiled a trailer for the video game ... Read More »