Manipulated Media

Billionaire Elon Musk was sued by Twitter investors claiming he manipulated the company's stock price downward, as the chief executive of electric carmaker Tesla Inc mounts a $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,41,552 crore) takeover bid for the social media platform.

Elon Musk on Saturday tweeted that Twitter’s legal team accused him of violating a nondisclosure agreement by revealing that the sample size for the social media platform's checks on automated users was 100.

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has said that the social media giant has "a responsibility" to keep information credible and prevent efforts to manipulate public opinion after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The government has taken note of news reports about alleged app 'Tek Fog' purportedly used to manipulate social media platforms, and the IT ministry has tried to locate it on prominent app stores but could not find it, Parliament was informed.

Twitter has suspended hundreds of accounts reportedly linked to supporters of Philippine presidential frontrunner Ferdinand Marcos Jr, which the social media giant said had violated its rules on manipulation and spam.

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that election process, which is the very foundation of a democratic government, stand threatened by "social media manipulation" and digital platforms can be "imminently uncontrollable at times"

Twitter India Managing Director Manish Maheshwari was questioned by the Delhi Police last month in connection with its probe into the “COVID toolkit” case, officials said.

All big social media firms except Twitter have shared details required under India's new information technology rules, government sources have said.

Delhi Police has strongly condemned Twitter's "diversionary" statement on its investigation into a tweet by a BJP leader that was marked as "manipulated media" by the microblogging website.

Amid the ongoing "toolkit" row, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said the parliamentary panel on information and technology had written to the IT ministry over its communication with Twitter on the ''manipulated media" issue and received a reply on it.

The Congress amplified the "toolkit" issue today demanding that Twitter affix the "manipulated media" tag to the tweets of several Union ministers who allegedly posted the "forged document" from their official social media handles.

Investors in cryptocurrency fed up with what they call Elon Musk's market manipulation through his social media posts and public appearances like hosting Saturday Night Live, have created a new token called STOPElon.

Delhi police said they visited a Twitter office to serve notice to its country managing director about an investigation into the social media giant's tagging of a post by a ruling party spokesman as "manipulated media."

Delhi Police teams arrived at offices of Twitter near Delhi on Monday evening after serving notice in connection with a row over the social media site marking BJP leader Sambit Patra's tweet on a "Congress toolkit" as "manipulated media".

The Delhi Police Special Cell sent notice to Twitter in connection with a probe over "manipulated media" tag used with some of the posts on an alleged Congress "toolkit" against the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government.

Billionaire Elon Musk was sued by Twitter investors claiming he manipulated the company's stock price downward, as the chief executive of electric carmaker Tesla Inc mounts a $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,41,552 crore) takeover bid for the social media platform.

Elon Musk on Saturday tweeted that Twitter’s legal team accused him of violating a nondisclosure agreement by revealing that the sample size for the social media platform's checks on automated users was 100.

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has said that the social media giant has "a responsibility" to keep information credible and prevent efforts to manipulate public opinion after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The government has taken note of news reports about alleged app 'Tek Fog' purportedly used to manipulate social media platforms, and the IT ministry has tried to locate it on prominent app stores but could not find it, Parliament was informed.

Twitter has suspended hundreds of accounts reportedly linked to supporters of Philippine presidential frontrunner Ferdinand Marcos Jr, which the social media giant said had violated its rules on manipulation and spam.

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that election process, which is the very foundation of a democratic government, stand threatened by "social media manipulation" and digital platforms can be "imminently uncontrollable at times"

Twitter India Managing Director Manish Maheshwari was questioned by the Delhi Police last month in connection with its probe into the “COVID toolkit” case, officials said.

All big social media firms except Twitter have shared details required under India's new information technology rules, government sources have said.

Delhi Police has strongly condemned Twitter's "diversionary" statement on its investigation into a tweet by a BJP leader that was marked as "manipulated media" by the microblogging website.

Amid the ongoing "toolkit" row, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said the parliamentary panel on information and technology had written to the IT ministry over its communication with Twitter on the ''manipulated media" issue and received a reply on it.

The Congress amplified the "toolkit" issue today demanding that Twitter affix the "manipulated media" tag to the tweets of several Union ministers who allegedly posted the "forged document" from their official social media handles.

Investors in cryptocurrency fed up with what they call Elon Musk's market manipulation through his social media posts and public appearances like hosting Saturday Night Live, have created a new token called STOPElon.

Delhi police said they visited a Twitter office to serve notice to its country managing director about an investigation into the social media giant's tagging of a post by a ruling party spokesman as "manipulated media."

Delhi Police teams arrived at offices of Twitter near Delhi on Monday evening after serving notice in connection with a row over the social media site marking BJP leader Sambit Patra's tweet on a "Congress toolkit" as "manipulated media".

The Delhi Police Special Cell sent notice to Twitter in connection with a probe over "manipulated media" tag used with some of the posts on an alleged Congress "toolkit" against the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government.