Tag: Twitter

• Saturday, June 27th 2020 - 07:39 UTC

  Unilever stops advertising on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in US until the end of 2020

  

  Consumer giant Unilever, home to brands including Ben and Jerry's and Marmite, said on Friday it will stop advertising on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in the US until the end of 2020 due to the “polarized election period” there.

• Friday, June 19th 2020 - 11:46 UTC

  Twitter adds “manipulated media” on a video from Trump's doctored news clip

  

  Twitter Inc added a ‘manipulated media’ label on a video posted on U.S. President Donald Trump’s Twitter feed on Thursday that showed a doctored news clip with a misspelled banner flashing “Terrified toddler runs from racist baby.”

• Friday, June 12th 2020 - 20:50 UTC

  Twitter removes thousands of “state linked” accounts used by China and Russia to push propaganda

  

  Twitter on Friday said it had removed tens of thousands of “state-linked” accounts used by China, Russia and Turkey to push their own propaganda, sow misinformation or attack critics.

• Saturday, June 6th 2020 - 13:31 UTC

  Twitter, Facebook, Instagram disable Trump's campaign video, citing copyright complaints

  

  Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc and Instagram disabled President Donald Trump’s campaign tribute video to George Floyd on their platforms on Friday, citing copyright complaints.

• Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 08:08 UTC

  Facebook staff criticize Zuckerberg for leaving Trump’s most inflammatory verbiage unchallenged

  

  Facebook employees walked away from their work-from-home desks on Monday and took to Twitter to accuse Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg of inadequately policing U.S. President Donald Trump’s posts as strictly as the rival platform has done.

• Thursday, January 9th 2020 - 09:51 UTC

  Twitter suspended accounts associated with Venezuela's regime and military

  

  Twitter Inc has suspended more than a dozen accounts associated with Venezuela's government and military, including the OPEC nation's oil ministry and the armed forces' operational command.

• Thursday, October 31st 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  Twitter to ban political advertising globally, beginning 22 November

  

  Twitter announced on Wednesday it would ban political advertising globally on its platform, responding to growing criticism over misinformation from politicians on social media.

• Wednesday, October 30th 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  EC warns Facebook, Google, Twitter: tackle fake news or face regulatory action

  

  Facebook, Google and Twitter must do more to tackle fake news or face regulatory action, the European Commission said on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, October 9th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

  Twitter apologizes for “inadvertently” abusing users email addresses and phone numbers

  

  Twitter said on Tuesday email addresses and phone numbers uploaded by users to meet its security requirements may have been 'inadvertently' used for advertising purposes. The micro-blogging site said the issue was rectified as of Sep 17, without disclosing how many users were impacted.

• Wednesday, September 25th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Trump's Twitter mocking Greta Thunberg backfires

  

  Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg shot back at on Tuesday at US President Donald Trump's attempt to mock her on Twitter by changing her profile on the social media site to reflect Trump's taunting remark.