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Twitter suspends popular political satire handle for questioning Rana Ayyub: Here is the satirist’s statement on the issue

OpIndia Staff - 11 September, 2021

Popular Twitter account 'Princess Woke Liberal (@workingboxwali)' was censored and suspended by the micro-blogging site for questioning the promotion of Islamist Rana Ayyub on the Elle Magazine.

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‘Live without it’: Delhi High Court denies urgent hearing for Adv Sanjay Hegde’s application over suspension of Twitter account

OpIndia Staff - 23 August, 2021

Delhi High Court denied an urgent hearing for a petition filed by Adv Sanjay Hegde against the suspension of his Twitter account.

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Twitter bows down to Congress demand, removes old notice on Rahul Gandhi’s Tweet that violated POCSO: Explainer

OpIndia Staff - 14 August, 2021

Rahul Gandhi Twitter account has been unlocked days after he had compromised the identity of a 9-year-old rape victim.

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More Congress leaders’ Twitter accounts locked for violation of POCSO Act, after they reveal images of rape victim’s family

OpIndia Staff - 12 August, 2021

Days after tweeting picture that revealed identity of rape victim that got Rahul Gandhi's account locked out, other Congress leaders did the same to show 'solidarity' with Wayanad MP

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Gul Panag ‘cancelled’ by leftist trolls for welcoming a ‘right wing’ Twitter account after temporary suspension

OpIndia Staff - 6 August, 2021

Actor-turned-politician activist Gul Panag was at the receiving end of leftist ire after she welcomed The Skin Doctor back to Twitter

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Twitter updates privacy policy, to record audio conversations on Twitter Spaces for reviewing violations

OpIndia Staff - 22 July, 2021

Interestingly, one of the new updates rolled out by Twitter is related to its social audio product Twitter Spaces. Twitter Spaces - an social audio space is meant to enable voice-based conversations among its users. The company has now explained on how it uses this data.

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After NCW intervention, Twitter suspends one Sajid Sheikh’s account who was posting pornographic photos of Hindu woman

OpIndia Staff - 10 July, 2021

NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma slammed Twitter for not taking independent action against such vile Tweets

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Donald Trump sues Twitter, Facebook and Google

OpIndia Staff - 8 July, 2021

“We’re demanding an end to the shadow-banning, a stop to the silencing and a stop to the blacklisting, banishing and canceling that you know so well,” said Trump while addressing the media.

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