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Twitter To Test Limiting Replies To Tackle Online Abuse
"We want to help people feel safe participating in the conversation on Twitter by giving them more control over the conversations they start," the company tweeted.
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Day After Congress' Priyanka Chaturvedi Alleged Threats, Cops File Case
Following a directive from the Union Home Ministry, Mumbai Police on Tuesday registered a case against an unidentified Twitter user for threatening to rape the daughter of Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi.
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Twitter Changes Strategy in Battle Against Internet 'Trolls'
Twitter said it would use behavioural signals to identify harassers on the social network and then limit the visibility of their tweets.
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Government Checking Report On Law To Deal With Internet Hate Speech
The Home Ministry is examining a report given by a high-level committee formed to propose new laws or amendments to deal with hate speech on the internet, people familiar with the matter said
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Did Melania Trump Just Troll Husband Donald Trump? Twitter Thinks So
Everyone knows how much US President Donald Trump loves Twitter. His wife, First Lady Melania Trump, however, isn't particularly active on social media. So, it was a surprise to many when she 'liked' a person's tweet a few hours ago. Even more so when you see what the tweet says.
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Indian Expat, Who Trolled Journalist Rana Ayyub, To Be Deported From UAE
An Indian man is set to be deported from Dubai after he abused a compatriot woman journalist on social media and posted offensive posts against Islam on Facebook, according to a media report.
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Chetan Bhagat Turns Gears From Writing, Twitter Charges At Him
On Wednesday, the author took to Twitter to announce he's taking a little break from writing and Twitterati was at it again. "Turning gears.Moving from writing to setting up an electric car project. Always a mechanical engineer", he tweeted. A barrage of tweets followed.
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Trolls, Please Read Rishi Kapoor's New Twitter Bio. Please Note New Profile Pic
Rishi Kapoor changed his Twitter bio and profile picture to specify that he is done with trolls and to show that he means business
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Rishi Kapoor Vs Twitter Trolls, Abuses Women In Direct Messages
Rishi Kapoor said: "Once I was corrected that I should not put this (expletives) on my timeline. Now I go to them and do this"
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'PM Invited Trolls': How Smriti Irani Reacted To Derek O'Brien's Charge
Union Minister Smriti Irani, sharply rebutting Trinamool Congress lawmaker Derek O'Brien in parliament today, appeared to defend a man linked to one of the controversial Twitter handles named for rape threats and communal propaganda.
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Twitter Introduces A Mute Button For Trolls As It Struggles To Fight Online Abuse
Twitter took another step Tuesday in its long fight against trolls, announcing that it will give users a mute feature to weed out harassing words and phrases from their notifications.
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Are You Real, Sushma Swaraj Was Asked On Twitter. Her Reply Here
Someone on Twitter thought it wise to pay the foreign minister a 'sarcastic' (his word, not ours) and back-handed compliment. Ms Swaraj wasn't having any of it and rightly so.
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Why Twitter Gave A Woman's Home Address To Her Cyberstalkers
This story begins with a woman named Renee, but we aren't using Renee's last name at her request. That's because Renee is the victim of cyberstalkers - and, thanks to Twitter, they now have her address.
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BJP Supporters Are Equally Trolled, Points Out Columnist Shefali Vaidya
Columnist and BJP supporter Shefali Vaidya has posted screenshots on Facebook and Twitter of a sickening comment by a man who threatened to attack her child.
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4 Lessons In Beating The Trolls From Virat Kohli And Anushka
Very few people can win the war of wits with internet trolls. (Amongst the people who possess this charm are Rishi Kapoor and Pakistan's Nadeem F Paracha.) If you ignore the trolls, you just watch in despair as they grow bigger, their discourse gains more traction, their spin-doctoring is received as wisdom. If you respond, you achieve the same eff...
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Twitter To Test Limiting Replies To Tackle Online Abuse
"We want to help people feel safe participating in the conversation on Twitter by giving them more control over the conversations they start," the company tweeted.
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Day After Congress' Priyanka Chaturvedi Alleged Threats, Cops File Case
Following a directive from the Union Home Ministry, Mumbai Police on Tuesday registered a case against an unidentified Twitter user for threatening to rape the daughter of Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi.
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Twitter Changes Strategy in Battle Against Internet 'Trolls'
Twitter said it would use behavioural signals to identify harassers on the social network and then limit the visibility of their tweets.
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Government Checking Report On Law To Deal With Internet Hate Speech
The Home Ministry is examining a report given by a high-level committee formed to propose new laws or amendments to deal with hate speech on the internet, people familiar with the matter said
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Did Melania Trump Just Troll Husband Donald Trump? Twitter Thinks So
Everyone knows how much US President Donald Trump loves Twitter. His wife, First Lady Melania Trump, however, isn't particularly active on social media. So, it was a surprise to many when she 'liked' a person's tweet a few hours ago. Even more so when you see what the tweet says.
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Indian Expat, Who Trolled Journalist Rana Ayyub, To Be Deported From UAE
An Indian man is set to be deported from Dubai after he abused a compatriot woman journalist on social media and posted offensive posts against Islam on Facebook, according to a media report.
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Chetan Bhagat Turns Gears From Writing, Twitter Charges At Him
On Wednesday, the author took to Twitter to announce he's taking a little break from writing and Twitterati was at it again. "Turning gears.Moving from writing to setting up an electric car project. Always a mechanical engineer", he tweeted. A barrage of tweets followed.
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Trolls, Please Read Rishi Kapoor's New Twitter Bio. Please Note New Profile Pic
Rishi Kapoor changed his Twitter bio and profile picture to specify that he is done with trolls and to show that he means business
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Rishi Kapoor Vs Twitter Trolls, Abuses Women In Direct Messages
Rishi Kapoor said: "Once I was corrected that I should not put this (expletives) on my timeline. Now I go to them and do this"
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'PM Invited Trolls': How Smriti Irani Reacted To Derek O'Brien's Charge
Union Minister Smriti Irani, sharply rebutting Trinamool Congress lawmaker Derek O'Brien in parliament today, appeared to defend a man linked to one of the controversial Twitter handles named for rape threats and communal propaganda.
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Twitter Introduces A Mute Button For Trolls As It Struggles To Fight Online Abuse
Twitter took another step Tuesday in its long fight against trolls, announcing that it will give users a mute feature to weed out harassing words and phrases from their notifications.
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Are You Real, Sushma Swaraj Was Asked On Twitter. Her Reply Here
Someone on Twitter thought it wise to pay the foreign minister a 'sarcastic' (his word, not ours) and back-handed compliment. Ms Swaraj wasn't having any of it and rightly so.
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Why Twitter Gave A Woman's Home Address To Her Cyberstalkers
This story begins with a woman named Renee, but we aren't using Renee's last name at her request. That's because Renee is the victim of cyberstalkers - and, thanks to Twitter, they now have her address.
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BJP Supporters Are Equally Trolled, Points Out Columnist Shefali Vaidya
Columnist and BJP supporter Shefali Vaidya has posted screenshots on Facebook and Twitter of a sickening comment by a man who threatened to attack her child.
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4 Lessons In Beating The Trolls From Virat Kohli And Anushka
Very few people can win the war of wits with internet trolls. (Amongst the people who possess this charm are Rishi Kapoor and Pakistan's Nadeem F Paracha.) If you ignore the trolls, you just watch in despair as they grow bigger, their discourse gains more traction, their spin-doctoring is received as wisdom. If you respond, you achieve the same eff...
