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Full text: Twitter responds to Indian government's order to ban 1,178 accounts, underlines free expression

Twitter says that it has not taken any action on accounts that consist of news media entities, journalists, activists, and politicians.

Amid anti-CAA protests, this coder amplified anti-establishment voices by taking down 1.6 lakh bots that disrupted Twitter trends

There has been a general trend in recent weeks of anti-establishment narratives dominating Twitter trends, as opposed to earlier, when pro-government hashtags and trending terms often dominated the conversation.

Twitter won’t delete user accounts till it figures out how to memorialise the accounts of the deceased

The 11 December deadline for deleting accounts will be extended till Twitter figures out a way to memorialise accounts.

Twitter is reportedly removing 6 to 7.5 million fake accounts per week

Twitter is removing 6 million to 7.5 million accounts per week or about 10 to 12 accounts a second.

Botnet advertising adult dating scam sites is now back on Twitter after evading security measures

The new bots show many similarities to the previously discovered botnet like similar pictures, same URL shortening services, similar usage of the English language.

Twitter account of Venezuela Parliament member and journalist hacked to spread fake news

The spread of fake news via social media platforms has been particularly problematic in Venezuela because of the political unrest there.

Twitter reportedly has shut six lakh accounts related to terror in the last 18 months

Twitter had announced the blocking of more than 125,000 accounts earlier in 2016 which were primarily related to the Islamic State (IS) extremist group.

Hackers link over 2,500 high-profile Twitter accounts to sex websites: Report

More than 2,500 Twitter accounts have been compromised to tweet links to adult dating and sex websites, said global cyber security leader Symantec.

At least 46,000 Twitter accounts linked to Islamic State, finds study

At least 46,000 Twitter accounts have been linked to supporters of the Islamic State in late 2014, a research report released in Washington showed.

Twitter fiddles with ads, now shows brands in your Following list

The social site has started experimenting with ad space and now shows brands in the list of accounts that a member follows.