To combat cryptocurrency scammers dropping deceptive links, Twitter will now automatically lock the unverified accounts that change their display name to Elon Musk. The measure is designed to combat the innumerable bots on Twitter that are imitating Musk’s (very active) Twitter profile to scam unknowing users in replies to his[Read More…]
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Account removal requests jump from India: Twitter
New Delhi: Between July and December 2017, the Indian government made 315 Twitter account information requests, up from 261 made during the January-June period, and asked the micro-blogging website to remove 144 accounts, up from 102 from the previous period. According to Twitter’s 12th bi-annual Transparency Report that was released late[Read More…]
Twitter suspends singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya’s new account
A day after singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya returned to Twitter, the microblogging site deleted his new account, following his first tweet. He had written that he is ‘against anti-nationals’, and that no one can suppress his voice. His new account was suspended hours after his first tweet. In his first tweet,[Read More…]