PTA confronts Twitter over fake news and anti-Pakistan propaganda

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has approached the Twitter administration to immediately sensitize its moderation teams and ensure that the platform is not used as a…

Here’s what Twitter had to say about its recent app outage

By Hamnah Khalid ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

If you are a regular Twitter user, you might have noticed that the application was (or still is) inaccessible for a little while recently. Well,…

Twitter suspends accounts linked to Saudi Arabia for spreading disinformation

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

With social media platforms open to all kinds of operations carried out by simple individuals to state-sponsored outfits, they are starting to resemble the Wild…

Twitter is testing a new feature that suggests accounts you should follow

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Twitter has a new feature in the works that could make it easier for its users to follow the right people on the platform. Much…

Twitter might be reworking its misinformation labels to be more direct

By Talha Ikram ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Twitter has continuously been working to stop the spread of misinformation on its platform. Most of the avid users of twitter might have seen that…

Twitter bug exposes account tokens and private keys

By Shaheryar Ehsan ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

In a recent development, Twitter may have accidentally exposed the account tokens and private keys of developers. In an email informing all of the developers…

Zoom and Twitter hit by allegations of racial bias in their visual algorithms

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The last thing you want to hear as a technology company with a massive user base is that your proprietary technology is inherently racist. But…

Twitter starts adding headlines and descriptions to its Trending section

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Let’s be honest: Twitter’s real-time Trending section isn’t always obvious. Sure, some trends like #BlackLivesMatter are very self-explanatory. But there are always some trends that…

Twitter reacts to Tinder block in Pakistan

By Hamnah Khalid ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

I think it’s safe to say that we have a well-rounded community living in our sweet, sweet country. Granted, the majority are Muslims, but every…

Twitter complied with 35pc of content removal requests from Pakistan in 2019

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The latest biannual transparency report released by Twitter is an eye-opening one. It reveals that the microblogging platform has complied with a fair percentage of…

Twitter finally announced its limiting-reply feature for the users

By Naima Rabbie ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Twitter is making its limiting-reply feature available to its user’s worldwide. Suzanne Xie, the product management director of Twitter, wrote in a blog post on…

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Twitter and TikTok in talks for the possible combination

By Naima Rabbie ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

On Saturday the Wall Street Journal reported that Twitter is in the negotiations regarding conjunction with the popular short video clip app TikTok. Twitter has…

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YouTubers are protesting on Twitter regarding the creation of YouTube office in Pakistan

By Naima Rabbie ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

So far, over 30k tweets were posted for the popular hashtag #WeWantYouTubeOfficeInPAK in which users are requesting the company to create its office in Pakistan…

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