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Music world shocked by Avicii's death

ThedeathFridayof28-year-oldAvicii,oneoftheworld'smostsuccessfulDJs,stunnedhisfansandthemusicworld.HerearesomeofthekeyreactionstothedeathofAvicii,aSwedewhosereal

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Twitter not protecting women from abuse, says Amnesty

Twitterisfailingtopreventonlineviolenceandabuseagainstwomen,creatingatoxicenvironmentforthem,AmnestyInternationalhasclaimed.InareportpublishedonWednesday,theday

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Twitter pushes trending news to the top of your feed

AsFacebookfightsitsownfakenewsproblem,Twitterlookslikeit'sinterestedinfindingmorewaystopushnewscontenttoitsmicrobloggingservice.AccordingtoareportatBuzzFeed,Twi

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False news 70 percent more likely to spread on Twitter: study

FalsenewsstoriesspreadmuchmorequicklyandwidelyonTwitterthantruthfulones,animbalancedrivenmorebypeoplethanautomated“bot”accounts,researcherssaidonThursday.Astudy

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Twitter takes steps to prevent crypto scams on platform

Twitteristakingmeasurestopreventcryptocurrency-relatedaccountsfromrunningscamsonitsplatform,thecompanysaidonWednesday.“We’reawareofthisformofmanipulationandarep

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Twitter is rolling out Bookmarks to all users today

TwitterisgloballylaunchingitsBookmarksfeaturetoday,givingusersanewwayofsavingtweetstheylikeandmightwanttorevisit.Before,thiscouldbedonebylikingatweet,butnowyouc

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‘Notting Hill’ actress Emma Chambers dies at 53

BritishactressEmmaChambers,whostarredinthe1999film“NottingHill”togetherwithHughGrantandJuliaRoberts,hasdiedattheageof53,accordingtoheragent.Theactressdiedfromna

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Twitter bars tactics used by 'bots' to spread false stories

TwittersaidonWednesdayitwouldnolongerallowpeopletopostidenticalmessagesfrommultipleaccounts,crackingdownonatacticthatRussianagentsandothershaveallegedlyusedtoma

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Twitter's CEO downplays chatter about possible acquisition

TwitterIncChiefExecutiveJackDorseysaidonTuesdaythathesawvalueinthesocialmedianetworkremaininganindependentcompany,downplayingrecentspeculationbyanalyststhatitco

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Twitter makes first ever quarterly profit

Twitterhasposteditsfirstquarterlyprofitinhistory,justayearafterreportingamassiveloss.Thesocialmediaplatformreportedfourth-quarternetincomeof$91.1m(£64.97m),mark

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Twitter’s director of AR/VR leaves the company

TheheadofTwitter’sAR/VRteamannouncedtodayviaatweetthatheisleavingthesocialmediasiteafter18months.AlessandroSabatellijoinedTwitterinJuneof2016afterleavingavirtua

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1.4m Twitter accounts notified of Russian interactions

TwitterhasdoubledthelistofpeopleithasalertedaboutinteractionswithaccountspotentiallyconnectedtoapropagandaeffortbyaRussiangovernment-linkedorganisation.Around1.

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Twitter finds more Russian troll accounts

Twitterhasidentifiedmorethan1,000additionalaccountswhichitclaimswereusedbytheKremlintoinfluencetheUSpresidentialelection.TheaccountswerediscoveredaspartofTwitte

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German opposition calls for abolition of online hate speech law

Germany’soppositionpartiesonSundaycalledfortheabolitionofanewlawthataimstoridsocialmediaofhatespeech,sayingitwaswrongforprivatecompaniestobemakingdecisionsabout

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Twitter under fire after suspending Egyptian journalist Wael Abbas

TwitterhasfacedcriticismaftertheaccountofaprominentEgyptianjournalistandcampaignerwassuspended.WaelAbbaswroteonFacebookthatTwitterhadsent“anemailsayingmyaccount

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Twitter suspends white nationalists as it enforces new rules

Twittersuspendedtheaccountsofwell-knownwhitenationalistsMonday,movingswiftlytoenforceitsnewrulesaimedatreducingwhatitdeemsabusivecontent.Theaccountoffar-rightgr

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Twitter brings in new rules to reduce hateful content

Twitterisenforcingnewrulesonabusefromtoday,aimedatreducinghatefulcontentonthesocialmediaplatform.Thenewguidelinescoveringabuse,hatefulconduct,violenceandphysica