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 drops 'state-affiliated' tags for media accountsMany major media outlets from Western nations, Russia, China and other countries that previously had either of those tags no longer display...
21 Apr, 2023, 12.22 PM IST
Gold, grey or blue! As Twitter strips celebs of coveted blue tick, here's what each verified badge meansTwitter is using visual identity signals such as labels and checkmarks on profiles to add more context about the account and help users dis...
21 Apr, 2023, 12.06 PM IST
NPR quits Elon Musk's Twitter over 'government-funded' labelWith this NPR becomes the first major news media organisation to do so on the social media platform since its $44 billion acquisition by bi...
12 Apr, 2023, 09.18 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 Blue signups unavailable after raft of fake accountsThere are now two categories of “blue checks,” and they look identical. One includes the accounts verified before Musk took helm. It notes ...
12 Nov, 2022, 07.15 AM IST
Twitter Blue subscription priced at Rs 719 in India, more expensive than the USElon Musk, the new owner of the microblogging platform, had earlier said the new service would cost $8 and that prices would be adjusted ac...
12 Nov, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Twitter restores 'official' label; $8 blue check mark option vanishesThe move follows a surge in fake accounts on the platform after new boss Elon Musk allowed users to pay $8 for the coveted blue check mark ...
11 Nov, 2022, 09.21 PM IST
Twitter Blue vs 'Official' badge: What are Elon Musk's plans for social network and who will get affected?Twitter is offering the blue-tick badge to anyone who pays $8 subscription fee every month.
10 Nov, 2022, 01.08 PM IST
Twitter adds 'Official' label for PM Modi, some other verified accountsThe Twitter handles of Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Defence Minist...
09 Nov, 2022, 09.37 PM IST
Twitter to introduce 'Official' label for some verified accountsTwitter's early stage products executive Esther Crawford also confirmed that the revamped Twitter Blue subscription product, which will all...
09 Nov, 2022, 07.57 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
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 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 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
Twitter begins labelling government officials involved in foreign affairs, state-backed mediaThe new policy will start with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - the U.S., U.K., Russia, China and France - whose Twi...
07 Aug, 2020, 08.43 AM IST