The chief executive officers of Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. fielded the latest round of complaints from U.S. senators who remain divided on how to regulate the companies heading into 2021.

Mark Zuckerberg & Jack Dorsey defend their handling of misinformation

Twitter is reportedly “exploring” a dislike button, or some sort of mechanism involving downvoting. Recently, the company rolled out its “Fleets” feature after testing it across India and other markets.

Twitter is 'exploring' a dislike or downvote button

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing Tuesday to question Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on their companies' actions around the 2020 presidential election.

Facebook, Twitter CEOs testify at Senate hearing on election measures

Social media giant Twitter Inc has named one of the world's best-regarded hackers called Mudge as its new head of security. Hacker handle 'Mudge' or the company called named Peiter Zatko has been given a broad mandate to recommend changes in structure and practices.

Twitter names famous hacker 'Mudge' as its head of security

The re-emergence of a popular expression used in discourse by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has online media clients scrambling to look into the World Economic Forum's "Great Reset," recently excused by some as a mere conspiracy theory.

'Great Reset' conspiracy theory takes Twitter by storm after Trudeau's speech on COVID-19

Indian govt sends notice to Twitter as it shows Leh as part of Jammu Kashmir instead of Ladakh. Notice was sent to global Vice-President of Twitter on the 9th November.

Indian govt sends notice to Twitter as it shows Leh as part of Jammu Kashmir

Indian Home Minister Amit Shah’s profile picture on Twitter was deleted by the micro-blogging site Twitter on Thursday, in response to a “report from the copyright holder”, news agency ANI reported.

Twitter deletes Amit Shah’s profile picture citing copyright violation; restored later

Twitter labelled 300,000 tweets related to the US presidential election as "potentially misleading" in the two weeks surrounding the vote, making up 0.2 per cent of election-related posts.

Twitter says has so far flagged 300,000 'misleading' election tweets

The notice has been sent to the global Vice President of Twitter by the Director of the National Cyber Coordination Center.

Social media platform Twitter shows incorrect map of Leh; Govt sends notice

India's Information and Technology(IT) ministry on Thursday sent a notice to social media giant Twitter for showing Leh as part of Jammu and Kashmir instead of Union Territory of Ladakh.

Leh row: Deliberate attempt to undermine will of Parliament, says India's IT ministry to Twitter

Jewellery brand Tanishq has again run into a controversy with people trending #boycotttanishq once again to Twitter. This time the outrage is against the new Diwali ad featuring many known faces from the industry.

#BoycottTanishq trends again, this time for an ad on Diwali

Donald Trump still refuses to concede. After playing golf to cope with the election results Trump returns to voicing his inflammatory rhetoric on twitter.

US Election 2020: Twitter flags Trump's new tweets questioning mail-in ballots

Twitter and Youtube have taken a stand against the right-wing strategist Steve Bannon and suspended an account that was promoting Bannon's podcast in which he said the US coronavirus task force expert Anthony Fauci should be decapitated as a "warning" to others.

Twitter, YouTube ban Steve Bannon for wanting Anthony Fauci beheaded if Trump wins US election 2020

The year 2020 has seen it all. Racial Tension, natural calamities, forest fires, a pandemic and now a divisive elections in the US. Amid uncertainties over election results, the film 'V for Vendetta' started trending on Twitter as many pointed out the freakish similarities between the film and the events that have unfolded this year.

Fans are drawing parallels between 'V for Vendetta' and the year 2020. Here's why

Popular show 'Daily Show With Trevor Noah' has been criticised for its recent tweet amid US elections. On Tuesday night, a tweet from the show's official handle suggest to blow off the state of Florida from the US map.

'Daily Show With Trevor Noah' gets flak on Twitter after it suggests blowing up Florida from the US map

The social media platforms Facebook and Twitter suspended several accounts on the US election day as the accounts were spreading misinformation about the elections and were wrongly predicting win of the current President Donald Trump against the former Vice President and Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

Facebook suspends groups spreading misinformation on US Election results day as #StopTheSteal trends

Twitter has once again labelled the tweet of US President Donald Trump and described the content as "disputed" and potentially "misleading". Trump took to Twitter to criticise apex court's decision for allowing the state of Pennsylvania for counting mailed ballots three days post the presidential election, calling it "dangerous" and warning it would trigger "violence".

Twitter labels Donald Trump's tweet again, calls it 'disputed'

Russian government-backed social media accounts nurtured the QAnon conspiracy theory in its infancy, earlier than previously reported, according to interviews with current and former Twitter executives and archives of tweets from suspended accounts.

QAnon received earlier boost from Russian accounts on Twitter, archives show

The virtual war between the tech giant Twitter and the US national daily newspaper the New York Post is now inching towards an end as the social media platform has finally lifted the freeze from the media organisation's Twitter account.

'We are back': New York Post returns to Twitter after account is unfrozen

Twitter has removed former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad's tweet, which essentially glorified the terror attack that struck France on Thursday. The micro-blogging site said the tweet violated its rules.

Twitter deletes former Malaysian PM's tweet that glorified France attack

Social networking platform Twitter on Thursday labelled Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's tweets on the France knife attack as glorifying violence.

Twitter labels Mahathir's tweet on France for violating rules and 'glorifying violence'

The chief executives of Google, Facebook & Twitter testified before a senate committee on their respective social media moderation practices. But the Senate hearing soon turned into a political scuffle. WION reports

Senate hearing turns into a political showdown | U.S. Election 2020 New York Direct

CEOs of Facebook, Twitter, and Google clashed with U.S. senators over online content regulation. Can private companies be trusted with regulating social and political discourse, or is it time to rein in big tech? WION's Palki Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: Big tech CEOs grilled by US Senators

Facebook shone, Alphabet rallied, Apple sank and Twitter tumbled on Thursday after a mixed bag of quarterly reports from top-tier technology companies that investors have relied on this year to power a stock market rally through the coronavirus pandemic.

Facebook quarterly profit jumps despite ad boycott; Twitter shares drop

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