Tag: Twitter

Twitter VIP and other political clients

Twitter Inc management confirmed that accounts belonging to world leaders have special status on the microblog network, frustrating users who have called on the company to banish U.S. President Donald Trump. Twitter on not banning Trump: It "would hide important information" that people should "see and debate" https://t.co/XJQncmm7H5 pic.twitter.com/hUE4H8ZSFu — The Hill (@thehill) January 5,…

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Twitter shuts microblog of Greek parliament group

Microblog social network Twitter has blocked the account of Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party , the third-strongest in Greek parliament after winning 7% of the votes, in 2015 elections.  The party also wins seats in European Parliament. According to current opinion polls, it is holding its ground among the voters, now at 6.8%. Golden Dawn…

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Russia slams US control of Twitter

Twitter’s decision to remove all advertising from the accounts of RT television channel and news agency Sputnik shows that the US authorities directly control the process of decision-making in this company, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. #Zakharova: @Twitter’s ban on advertising by @RT_com and @SputnikInt shows that the company is subordinated to the…

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Will EU impose censorship on Twitter?

This week the European consumer protection commissioner  has proposed to the US social media companies Facebook Inc, Alphabet Inc and Twitter Inc to amend their terms of service within one month or face fines,  Reuters claims, referring to anonymous sources. U.S. technology companies have been already  confronted with scrutiny in European Union for the way…

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