A US judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by Donald Trump challenging his Twitter ban after his account was permanently suspended in the wake of the Capitol riots last year. The former US president had filed […]
The US state of Texas has made it illegal for social media platforms to ban users “based on their political viewpoints”. Prominent Republican politicians have accused Facebook, Twitter and others of censoring conservative views. Former […]
Spanish police have arrested a 22-year-old UK citizen in connection with the hacking of 130 high-profile Twitter accounts, including those of Elon Musk, Barack Obama and Kanye West. The hacked accounts tweeted followers, encouraging them […]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a first-in-the-nation bill that can penalise tech companies for deplatforming politicians. The legislation states that platforms can only suspend accounts for 14 days, and will be fined as much as […]
A Japanese man has pleaded guilty to murdering nine people after contacting them on Twitter, in a high-profile case that has shocked the country. Dubbed the “Twitter killer”, Takahiro Shiraishi was arrested in 2017 after […]
A court hearing for the Florida teenager accused of being behind last month’s major Twitter hack was interrupted with pornography. The hearing took place over video chat app Zoom, but had to be suspended after […]
Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are among many prominent US figures targeted by hackers on Twitter in an apparent Bitcoin scam. The official accounts of Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Kanye West […]
President Donald Trump is violating free speech laws by blocking critics on Twitter, a New York federal appeals court has ruled. It follows a case brought on behalf of seven individuals who had been blocked […]
The Twitter account of a convicted rapist has been suspended after a judge ordered it be taken down. Earlier this month, Nigel Wilkinson was jailed for 16 years and six months after being found guilty of […]
US President Donald Trump may not “block” Twitter users from viewing his online profile due to their political beliefs, a judge in New York has ruled. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald in Manhattan said that […]
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