Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis came under fire on Tuesday after she reported a parody account of her on Twitter, prompting police to secure a search...
Facebook, Twitter face British fines if fail on harmful content
Facebook, Twitter and Chinese-owned TikTok face fines of up to 10% of turnover if they fail to remove and limit the spread of illegal content...
Twitter unveils new feature
Earlier this week, social media network Twitter announced that it would be unrolling a new feature called Fleets. Fleets, a portmanteau of the words ‘tweet’...
Social media abuse drives girls off Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
Online abuse is driving girls to quit social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, with nearly 60% experiencing harassment, a global study showed on...
Twitter says about 130 accounts were targeted in cyber attack this week
Twitter Inc said late on Thursday that hackers targeted about 130 accounts during the cyber attack this week, an incident in which profiles of many...
Twitter hacking spree alarms experts concerned about the platform’s security
The extraordinary hacking spree that hit Twitter on Wednesday, leading it to briefly muzzle some of its most widely followed accounts, is drawing questions about the platform’s...
Twitter silences some top accounts after internal systems hacked
Twitter said hackers accessed its internal systems to hijack some of the platform’s top voices including U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden, reality TV star Kim Kardashian,...
Trump move could scrap or weaken law that protects social media companies
President Donald Trump said he will introduce legislation that may scrap or weaken a law that has protected internet companies, including Twitter and Facebook, in...
Twitter apologises for flagging Chinese ambassador’s account as spam
The Twitter account of the Chinese ambassador in Nicosia was reinstated on Thursday after being suspended for two days because it was flagged as spam...
Akinci warns of fake Twitter account in his name
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci announced Wednesday that false accounts have been opened on social media using his name. In a post on his Twitter...