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Here’s how you can get the St Patrick’s Day emoji on Twitter

And now Twitter have joined in the celebration of all things Irish – both at home and across the globe. The social networking platform announced this week that they have launched a very special Twitter emoji triggered by a range of hashtags around the holiday and Tourism Ireland's Global Greening … …

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Facebook, Twitter getting unpopular, says report

The social-networking websites are getting unpopular among millennials — a person reaching young adulthood in the early 21st century, according to a US-based market research agency. The Origin's survey has revealed that over 50 per cent of users between the ages of 18 and 24 had been "seeking … Read More

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Twitter Suspends Accounts Known for Stealing Tweets

Twitter recently suspended a handful of accounts known for stealing other people's tweets, BuzzFeed News reports. Popular accounts such as @dory, @GirlPosts, and @SoDamnTrue were reportedly among those eliminated from the social media platform. BuzzFeed News adds that, in addition to … Read More

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What if your last text went on your headstone?: Twitter is in stitches

Every now and again, a Twitter thread comes along that forces us into a loud fit of snort laughing while sitting beside a stranger on a packed commuter bus. … Taking to the social network site, Twitter user Dan McDaid, hypothetically speaking, shared that if his last text message was …

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Twitter Inc (TWTR) Expands Verified Users To Political Figures

For many social media influencers, getting a “verified” badge on the Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) platform is the ultimate status symbol. Once reserved for major celebrities to indicate that the account was official and not fake, the trademark blue checkmark has expanded in recent years to include journalists … Read More

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Turkey: Senior official slams UAE’s Gargash over Twitter comments

Anwar Gargash, the UAE minister of state for foreign affairs, took to Twitter on Saturday, saying Arab-Turkish relations were "not at their best", adding that Ankara should "respect Arab sovereignty". In a reaction, Ahmet Berat Conkar, a senior MP of Turkey's ruling party Justice and Development Party (AK … Read More

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Twitter looks to overhaul verification process

In the hour-long livestream, along with other Twitter executives, Dorsey said the company was looking to create a “scalable” verification program where people can quickly authenticate themselves. Adding it would require finding a balance between fixing safety and abuse concerns, while also not … Read More

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Twitter bans multiple accounts for selling tweets

In its bid to battle 'tweetdeckers', Twitter has reportedly banned multiple accounts that share hundreds of thousands of between them. According to a report by Buzzfeed, the accounts used to conspire as a group to share tweets and force them to go viral. These tweet included their own and those …

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Twitter suspends accounts found to be stealing or mass-retweeting tweets to create virality

According to Twitter's rules, violating this policy is grounds for permanent suspension. (As is creating a new account to evade a permanent suspension.) Last week, a study led by three Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scholars found that false news on politics travels farther, faster, deeper and … Read More

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Twitter suspends several accounts infamous for stealing tweets

SAN FRANCISCO: Continuing its tirade against the "tweetdeckers", Twitter has suspended several popular accounts known for stealing tweets or … Tweetdecking is an explicit violation of Twitter's spam policy, which does not allow users to "sell, purchase, or attempt to artificially inflate account … Read More