Category: Twitter
Jo Cox widower among bereaved who fear losing digital legacy
Jo Cox’s widower and a Manchester terror attack victim’s family fear losing the “digital legacy” of loved ones amid Twitter’s plans to delete inactive accounts. The social network is to […]
Twitter to remove inactive accounts in massive ‘clean-up’
Twitter has started warning users who have been inactive on its platform for more than six months that their account risks being deleted as part of a huge “clean-up”. The […]
Actor Ralf Little suspended from Twitter for mocking Tories
Actor Ralf Little said he has been suspended from Twitter after changing his account to mimic the Conservative Party press office. The Tories came under fire for rebranding one of […]
Twitter apologises for sharing personal contact information with advertisers
Twitter has apologised for sharing personal contact information from users with advertisers which was only meant for account security purposes. The social media site said some email addresses or phone […]
Twitter removes Donald Trump tweet following copyright complaint
Twitter has removed a tweet from President Donald Trump that featured an edited Nickelback music video clip that took aim at former vice president Joe Biden. The post was removed […]
Twitter rolls out tool to filter abuse in direct messages
Twitter has launched a new filter tool which can hide spam and abusive messages that are sent to users via the platform’s direct messages feature. The tool adds a new […]
Twitter cracks down on financial scams
Twitter is targeting financial scams in its latest attempt to deal with malicious activity on its platform. The social network has outlined a new policy against any intent to deceive […]
New algorithm can spot Twitter cyberbullies
A new algorithm can identify Twitter accounts carrying out bullying and troll-like behaviour with 90% accuracy, researchers have said. The machine learning software uses natural language processing and sentiment analysis […]
Twitter uses Instagram to take aim at rival
Twitter has taken aim at Instagram with a series of posts on the rival site highlighting the issue of cross-platform content sharing. In a sequence of six posts on the […]
