X offers changes to blue checkmarks to EUElon Musk's X platform has proposed changes to its blue checkmark system. This comes after the European Union imposed a substantial fine on...
13 Mar, 2026, 05.59 PM IST
Musk's X to change verification system in Europe: ReportElon Musk's social media company X has agreed to change its verification mechanism in the European Union following a fine of 120 million eu...
13 Mar, 2026, 08.31 AM IST
‘India-EU ties are stronger than ever’: PM Modi at Republic Day paradeDuring India's Republic Day festivities, leaders from the European Union made their presence known. This attendance signals a robust allian...
26 Jan, 2026, 04.50 PM IST
Elon Musk's X is the biggest purveyor of disinformation, EU official saysAhead of upcoming elections, Google, TikTok, Microsoft and Meta also have more to do to tackle disinformation, much of it coming from Russi...
26 Sep, 2023, 07.44 PM IST
Twitter staring at multi-million-euro fines in Germany: reportThe report in Techcrunch says that about 600 cases have been filed against Twitter in Germany for failing to moderate content.
11 Apr, 2023, 03.46 PM IST
Germany starts fine proceedings against Twitter over user complaintsSeveral instances of content published on Twitter were reported to the office, "which the authority considers illegal and, despite user com...
04 Apr, 2023, 07.19 PM IST
Twitter draws EU ire for sending incomplete disinformation reportTwitter’s report was short of data and didn’t include commitments from the social media company that it would empower fact-checkers, the EU...
09 Feb, 2023, 02.15 PM IST
Twitter hacked, 200 million user email addresses leaked, researcher saysTwitter has not commented on the report, which Gal first posted about on social media on Dec. 24, nor responded to inquiries about the brea...
06 Jan, 2023, 08.27 AM IST
EU should put Twitter under direct supervision after missteps: German officialIn a letter to two European Commissioners, Sven Giegold called on the EU to launch an investigation and said the Commission should act to p...
22 Dec, 2022, 07.03 PM IST
Twitter job cuts a concern as new EU rules kick in, says EU justice headThe new rules known as the Digital Services Act, which will apply from February 2024, require online platforms to do more to police the int...
25 Nov, 2022, 08.17 AM IST
Twitter loses entire Brussels office with regulators loomingThe small office of six employees was cut to two in recent weeks following Elon Musk’s dramatic culling of staff, according to people with ...
24 Nov, 2022, 09.30 PM IST
Mastodon: What is the social network hailed as a Twitter alternative?For the most part, Mastodon looks like Twitter, with hashtags, political back-and-forth and tech banter jostling for space with cat picture...
07 Nov, 2022, 08.29 PM IST
EU watchdogs begin privacy probe into Twitter after whistleblower reportAccording to TechCrunch, Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) and France's CNIL are following up on the whistleblower complaint again...
25 Aug, 2022, 10.30 AM IST
Tensions between EU and Turkey escalate over Erdogan insultsErdogan said Saturday that Macron needed his head examined. He made the comments during a local party congress, apparently in response to s...
26 Oct, 2020, 07.36 PM IST
Twitter wants to encourage voters to connect with conversation, unveils new EU election emojiThe emoji is triggered when hashtags #EUElections2019 and #EP2019 are used.
10 Apr, 2019, 09.30 AM IST
Google, Facebook, Twitter fail to live up to fake news pledgeThe EU executive also criticised Twitter for failing to provide benchmarks to measure its progress on monitoring political ads.
28 Feb, 2019, 06.04 PM IST
Now it's Europe's turn to fight for net neautralityThe European Commission kicked things off in 2013 with a proposal to cover net neutrality, in a new Telecommunications Single Market Regula...
27 Jun, 2015, 02.54 PM IST