Twitter fires more than 90% of India staff, leaving just a dozen

Twitter Inc. fired more than 90% of its staff in India over the weekend – part of global reductions by new owner Elon Musk – severely depleting its engineering and product staff in a potential growth market.The company employed just over 200 people in India, and the cuts left it with just about a dozen […]

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Government asks PR agency for ‘Twitter trend’

Task listed in request for proposal issued by the Centre for publicity of Hyderabad Liberation Day  Task listed in request for proposal issued by the Centre for publicity of Hyderabad Liberation Day  A day after the a request for proposal (RFP) issued by the Union Culture Ministry featured “one Twitter trending” on the list of […]

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Indian government forced Twitter to put ‘agent’ on payroll, grant access to user data, says former security chief

Whistle-blower alleges that the company misled regulators about deficiencies in its ability to protect users against hackers or even spam Whistle-blower alleges that the company misled regulators about deficiencies in its ability to protect users against hackers or even spam Peiter Zatko, former head of security at Twitter, has alleged that the Indian government forced […]

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Twitter pursues judicial review of Indian content takedown orders: Report

Twitter is seeking to overturn some Indian government orders to take down content, a source familiar with the matter said, in a legal challenge which alleges abuse of power by officials. The U.S. social media company’s attempt to get a judicial review is part of a growing confrontation with New Delhi over content regulation. Twitter […]

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