On Day 2 of the IPL 2022 mega auction, Jofra Archer went to the five-time winners Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians (MI) on Sunday evening (February 13). With the MI team management not bidding for a lot of players from resigning Ishan Kishan for a whopping price, at INR 157.

Nothing more dangerous: Twitter explodes as MI include Jofra Archer in Jasprit Bumrah-starrer pace attack

Netizens around the world expressed outrage after microblogging site Twitter suffered a global outage. The social media site reported a software glitch on Friday resulting in disrupted services for thousands across the world.

Twitter apologizes to users for outages across the globe

Indian Twitter users are calling for a boycott of Hyundai cars because of a tweet. Hyundai Pakistan tweeted a controversial post on the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the same message was sent on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

#BoycottHyundai trends on Indian Twitter, no apology yet from from South Korean giant

French President Emmanuel Macron met Russian Vladimir Putin in Moscow in an attempt to de-escalate the Ukraine standoff. Ever since reports have come out that Russia has amassed over 100,000 troops near the Ukraine borders, hectic diplomatic parlays have been taking place to defuse the tense situation.

Putin-Macron meet, sitting across long table, triggers meme fest, netizens have a field day

Indian officials have held heated discussions with Google, Twitter and Facebook for not proactively removing what they described as fake news on their platforms, sources told Reuters, the government's latest altercation with Big Tech.

India seeks tougher action from US tech giants on fake news

Indian officials have held a heated exchange with the US tech giants Google, Twitter and Facebook for not proactively removing fake news from their platforms.

India grills US tech giants for inaction on Fake News, seeks tougher crackdown

It's hard not to admire Twitter's ability to turn almost any circumstance into a meme. Twitteratis are often the first to launch the most strange yet entertaining meme fests.

'Without saying your age' meme takes over Twitter as people share their childhood memories

Rahul Gandhi, an Indian Opposition politician, has written to Twitter Inc.'s CEO, alleging that he is the target of an attempt to limit his ability to gain followers on the platform, casting new insight on the drastic drop in the growth of Twitter followers for many.

Indian politician Rahul Gandhi is miffed that his Twitter following is not growing, writes to CEO

Microblogging platform Twitter has suspended a bot that was spoiling Wordle, the five-letter puzzle craze that has gone global. It was posting offensive messages that included spoilers for the next day’s game.

Twitter suspends bot spoiling five-letter puzzle craze Wordle

The official Twitter accounts of Indian Union Minister Rao Inderjit Singh, Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra and former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda were hacked on Sunday.

Twitter accounts of several Indian ministers hacked, official complaints lodged

Twitter has claimed that it has suspended an account that was linked to Iran's leader who posted a video against former US President Donald. The video is calling for revenge for a top general's assassination.

Twitter bans account linked to Iran's leader over video mocking Trump

Nigerians will once again have access to the microblogging platform Twitter after the government finally decided to lift a ban on Twitter that was imposed last year in June.

Nigerian government lifts the ban on microblogging platform Twitter that was imposed last year

Actor Siddharth, most popularly known for his role in Bollywood cult classic Rang De Basanti, landed himself in trouble when he left a distasteful remark on badminton star Saina Nehwal's tweet, where the shuttler had expressed her concern over the recent security breach of PM Modi's visit to Punjab.

'Shouldn't be using these words....' - Saina Nehwal reacts as actor Siddharth apologies for his 'rude joke'

Pics | Brits angrily contrast own lives during Covid lockdown when PM Johnson partied

A listing in Apple's App Store indicates that former US President Donald Trump's media group is planning to launch its long-promised social network in February. One of Trump's visions for the upcoming platform is for it to be an alternative to Silicon Valley internet companies, which he claims are biased against him and other conservative voices.

Trump's 'non-woke' social media app rivalling the 'biased' big-tech to launch soon

When it comes to social media platforms, free speech and the spread of misinformation and fake news are divided, by a thin line. Many fail to understand the difference, and sometimes even the social media platforms themselves have no clue as to what are facts and what are essentially fake news. This is a controversy in which Twitter now seems to be mired.

Twitter bans prominent US vaccine scientists' account over alleged misinformation

When Jennifer Chen travelled back to her hometown in central China last winter for Lunar New Year, she thought little about Twitter. She had around 100 followers on an account she believed to be anonymous.

A Digital manhunt: How Chinese police track critics on Twitter and Facebook

The IPL 2021 edition was a hit. It became the first-ever season to be held in two halves after the first leg got interrupted due to the second wave of the Covid-19 virus in India.

MS Dhoni-led CSK topple Kohli's RCB as four-time winners adjudged most tweeted about IPL team in 2021

In an announcement on social microblogging site early on Sunday, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) informed that Indian PM Narendra Modi's personal Twitter account was "very briefly compromised".

Indian PM Modi's personal Twitter account gets 'briefly compromised'

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Twitter account was compromised for a brief time before being secured back. The hackers posted out Tweet on Bitcoin from the Indian leader's Twitter handle

Indian PM Narendra Modi's Twitter account briefly compromised & has been secured back now

Here's a look at the trends and moments that dominated Twitter in India

Coronavirus (COVID-19) continued to wreak havoc worldwide in 2021 as well with mutations and deadly variants. In 2021 also, the world was forced to stay inside their homes in order to curb the spread of the deadly virus and minimise the risk.

Golden Tweets of 2021: How India came together in the year 2021

Days after Alec Baldwin opened about the tragic shooting on the sets of 'Rust' in a TV interview, the actor deleted one of his two Twitter accounts. Baldwin's Twitter appeared to have been deleted on December 5 though it is unclear why he decided to delete the account labeled @AlecBaldwin as neither the actor nor his representative has offered an explanation to his move so far.

Alec Baldwin deletes Twitter account after interview about 'Rust' accident

Anti-vaxxers are using Twitter's new policy of protection against harassment for their own benefit. They are reporting images or videos of them shared by activists for putting them in danger by refusing to get vaccinated, wearing masks, and protesting in large numbers.

How Twitter's new private media policy is being abused by anti-vaxxers

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