Trump hospitalised? Debunking Trump’s motorcade video signaling President’s release from the hospital in widely circulating footageA video circulating online suggested Donald Trump was hospitalized. Fact-checkers confirmed the footage is from 2024, not a recent event. T...
05 Apr, 2026, 11.47 AM IST
Twitter Blue 'probably' coming back end of next week, Elon Musk saysTwitter on Friday paused its recently announced $8 blue check subscription service on Friday as fake accounts mushroomed.
13 Nov, 2022, 12.48 PM IST
Twitter Blue 'probably' coming back end of next week, Elon Musk saysThe coveted blue check mark was previously reserved for verified accounts of politicians, famous personalities, journalists and other publi...
13 Nov, 2022, 07.07 AM IST
Twitter redesigns warning labels to help users identify fake news, misinformation easilyThe company has been testing the warning labels since July.
17 Nov, 2021, 09.17 AM IST
Twitter will add more labels that will help identify accounts of leaders & institutionsLast year, the company had expanded account labels to 2 additional categories.
13 Feb, 2021, 01.11 PM IST
Twitter says flagged 300,000 'misleading' tweets about the American electionsTwitter also added additional warnings and restrictions on tweets with a misleading information label from US political figures (including ...
13 Nov, 2020, 10.28 AM IST
Trump will lose special Twitter protections in January"This policy framework applies to current world leaders and candidates for office, and not private citizens when they no longer hold these ...
08 Nov, 2020, 10.47 PM IST
India needs Facebook, Twitter anti-fake toolsTrump and allies flooded social media on Wednesday with false claims of victory and unsupported allegations of voter fraud, testing Twitter...
06 Nov, 2020, 11.30 AM IST
U.S. election plagued by online misinformation about legitimate ballot countingTwitter marked Trump's latest tweet, in which he claimed without evidence that "surprise ballot dumps" were aiding rival Joe Biden, as havi...
05 Nov, 2020, 12.01 AM IST
Twitter, Facebook face labeling test on Trump's election posts"We placed a warning on a Tweet from @realDonaldTrump for making a potentially misleading claim about an election," Twitter said early Wedn...
04 Nov, 2020, 04.10 PM IST
Twitter, Facebook outline action on posts claiming early US election victoryThe moves come as social network platforms brace for what has been an unusual election cycle due to a high number of mail-in ballots that m...
03 Nov, 2020, 10.37 AM IST
Twitter to label candidate tweets that claim early U.S. election victoryIn an updated blog on the issue, the company laid out in more detail how the policy would apply ahead of Tuesday's voting.
02 Nov, 2020, 09.15 PM IST
Twitter tightens rules, will label tweets that spread fake news to ensure a fair US electionUsers can invite people to add their thoughts to retweets instead of just mindlessly sharing.
12 Oct, 2020, 03.14 PM IST
Twitter tests reddish-magenta colour for misinformation labels to make them more obvious, directThe company is working out whether to flag users who consistently post false information.
06 Oct, 2020, 04.06 PM IST
For the first time, Twitter labels Trump tweets with a fact checkThe tech giant put a warning label under two posts by Donald Trump.
27 May, 2020, 02.22 PM IST
No more fake news: Twitter will label tweets that contain harmful, misleading content on coronavirusThe tech company is undertaking these measures to ensure that people have access to correct information.
12 May, 2020, 12.24 PM IST
Twitter tightens rules, will label tweets containing 'manipulated media'Other actions under the updated rules include reducing visibility of such tweets and preventing it from being recommended.
05 Feb, 2020, 11.19 AM IST