Twitter allows some users to flag 'misleading' content
Twitter on Tuesday announced a new feature to allow users to flag content that could contain misinformation, a scourge that has only grown during the pandemic.
Aug 18, 2021
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Research identified tweets from Pakistan supportive of India during crisis
India and Pakistan have fought four wars in the past few decades, but when India faced an oxygen shortage in its hospitals during its recent COVID-19 surge, Pakistan offered to help.
Jul 15, 2021
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That was fleeting: Twitter kills off ephemeral messages
Twitter is disappearing its disappearing tweets, called fleets, after they didn't catch on.
Jul 14, 2021
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Twitter starts subscription service in Canada, Australia
Twitter is rolling out a subscription service, starting in Canada and Australia, that offers perks like an undo button for subscribers.
Jun 3, 2021
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Twitter analysis finds national lockdown announcement helped minimise COVID-19 misinformation
A new study by the University of Liverpool has shown that the prevalence of misinformation on Twitter fell in the 48-hour period after Boris Johnson's announcement of a national lockdown on March 2020.
May 12, 2021
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Twitter without mean tweets? New feature 'prompts' discourage sending back nasty replies
Could you imagine what late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel would do without possibly one of his most popular segments?
May 6, 2021
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Flagging coronavirus misinformation tweets changes user behaviors, new research shows
When Twitter flags tweets containing coronavirus misinformation, that really does affect the degree of validity most people ascribe to those messages, says new research based on a novel branching survey by three professors ...
Mar 30, 2021
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First tweet fetches $2.9 mn at auction
The first message ever fired off at Twitter sold on Monday for $2.9 million when its sender Jack Dorsey accepted the winning bid for the collectible as a "non fungible token" or NFT at an auction.
Mar 22, 2021
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First ever tweet turns 15 years old
Fifteen years ago Jack Dorsey typed out a banal message—"just setting up my twttr"—which became the first ever tweet, launching a global platform that has become a controversial and dominant force in civil society.
Mar 22, 2021
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Twitter working on a way to 'undo' fresh tweets
Twitter on Friday confirmed that it is working on a button that would give people a chance to take back freshly fired-off tweets before they are posted.
Mar 5, 2021
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