Twitter has banned President Donald Trump's former national security advisor Michael Flynn and pro-Trump attorney Sidney Powell as part of a purge of QAnon accounts.

Twitter bans Michael Flynn, Sidney Powell as part of purge of QAnon accounts

Social networking giant Twitter quickly deleted new tweets from US President Donald Trump from an official government account after the social media site had banned his personal account.

Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account, deletes POTUS' new tweets

On Friday, Twitter permanently suspended President Donald Trump’s account. According to the company, one of the tweets that sealed the deal was “President Trump’s statement that he will not be attending the inauguration” and its implication that the results of the 2020 election were not legitimate.

Can Donald Trump survive without Twitter?

After an eventful day in the US, the outgoing President Donald Trump has now made a comeback on his favourite social media platform Twitter — merely after 12 hours of facing a ban.

After various bans, Donald Trump makes a comeback on Twitter

YouTube has removed many videos posted by US President Donald Trump on his channel which spread misinformation over election fraud and warned that in the wake of violence in the US Capitol any account sharing three videos with false claims that are uploaded within 90 days will be permanently removed.

YouTube removes thousands of videos posted from Donald Trump's channel

Facebook barred US President Donald Trump from posting Wednesday over messages it said were promoting violence as his supporters stormed the US Capitol -- following a similar stand taken by Twitter.

Facebook blocks Trump from posting for 24 hours over policy violations

Microblogging site Twitter has locked US president Trump’s account for 12 hours and threatened to permanently ban him from the platform for flouting its civic integrity rules, ordering him to remove three rule-breaking tweets.

Twitter blocks Trump, threatens permanent ban over inciting violence

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking regulation of Twitter and other social media platforms through guidelines making them culpable under criminal and civil laws until a specific law is passed by Parliament.

Plea in SC seeks to regulate social media platforms

No one expected 2020 to turn out the way it did. The worst I imagined for this year, in my annual list of digital predictions in 2019, was that the “ever screechy” President Trump would get “to stay on Twitter retweeting fake accounts and links that appear to unmask a whistle-blower.

Goodbye, Twitter Trump! And other predictions for 2021

India's spin wizard Yuzvendra Chahal tied the knot with YouTuber and choreographer Dhanashree Verma on Tuesday. The cricketer took to Twitter to share a photo from his wedding and captioned it: "22.

Netizens congratulate Yuzvendra Chahal on his marriage with Dhanashree Verma

The British government on December 19 alerted the World Health Organisation about a new variant of the coronavirus that the Prime Minister said maybe “up to 70 per cent” more transmissible than earlier strains.

COVID-20? Twitter abuzz with conspiracy theories after discovery of new strain of coronavirus

Twitter is experimenting with its latest - “Spaces”. Twitter Spaces is a Clubhouse-like voice-based chat room, and is being rolled out to a few users on the social networking website.

Twitter is testing 'Spaces' - a voice chat room!

Belgium’s budget state secretary, Eva De Bleeker, took a bold step by revealing the prices of the coronavirus vaccines that the European Union (EU) has agreed to pay.

Belgian minister 'accidentally' reveals COVID-19 vaccine price list on Twitter

Japan's infamous "Twitter killer" was recently sentenced to death for brutally murdering nine people after trapping them through the popular social media platform.

Japan's 'Twitter killer' wants to marry an 'ordinary girl' before death sentence

Twitter Inc may soon create a new type of account for bots next year that will identify them as automated, the company said in a blog post on Thursday. The move is a part of plans undertaken to finalise a blueprint for a reboot of its long-paused verification programme.

Twitter may soon create label for automated 'bot' accounts

Twitter Inc has reversed changes made to its retweet function intended to curb the spread of misinformation during the US presidential election. It said it will no longer prompt quote tweets from the retweet icon.

Twitter switches back to old retweet function after US election

Hollywood actor Anna Kendrick returned to Twitter on Tuesday (local time) marking her first post on the account since it was recently hacked, and managed to put a positive spin on the ordeal.

Anna Kendrick returns to Twitter and shares upside of account getting hacked

Social media giant Twitter on Thursday signaled that it will scrub posts claiming COVID-19 vaccines cause harm or are used to control populations, in a bid to keep a check on potentially harmful misleading content about these vaccines and help people stay informed.

'Conspiracy crackdown': Twitter to scrub posts claiming COVID-19 vaccines ‘cause harm’

Silicon Valley billionaire Elon Musk has invoked the fury of the Transgender community after wading into a culture war by branding gender pronouns as an ''esthetic nightmare''.

Elon Musk triggers Twitter spat after branding gender pronouns an ‘esthetic nightmare’

Twitter has announced it would shut down its Periscope mobile app for live streaming video by March. The microblogging site on Tuesday cited its declining use and the cost of maintaining as the prime reasons.

Twitter to drop Periscope mobile app for live streams

Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, or TikTok are facing pressure from many governments around the world for their unstoppable circulation of harmful content. U.K. govt also warns to impose fines if needed.

Britain's crackdown on harmful online content, asks tech giants to ensure safe content

Facebook, Twitter and TikTok face fines of up to 10% of turnover if they fail to remove and limit the spread of illegal content under laws proposed by Britain on Tuesday.

Facebook, Twitter face British fines if fail on harmful content

Twitter Inc had "inadvertently" limited engagements for a brief period on US President Donald Trump's tweets with "disputed" labels but later reversed its action.

Twitter says it inadvertently limited engagements on Trump's flagged tweets

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