ISLAMABAD – The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has set November 4, 2025, for a hearing on a petition seeking to block the X (formerly Twitter) account of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan. The petition, filed by concerned citizen Ghulam Murtaza through lawyer Barrister Zafarullah, requests the removal of allegedly illegal and malicious tweets from […]
Excessive censorship: India orders X to block 8000+ accounts, including int’l news outlets
X (formerly Twitter) announced on Thursday that it had received orders from the Indian government to block over 8,000 accounts-including those of international news outlets and prominent users-but criticized the move as excessive censorship lacking transparency. The orders include demands to block access in India to accounts belonging to international news organizations and prominent X […]
X unblocked in Pakistan amid rising India-Pakistan tensions
Pakistan has partially lifted restrictions on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. Users in the country can now access their accounts without relying on VPNs or proxy services. This change ends months of restrictions that started after the general elections in February 2024, when millions of Pakistanis were forced to use third-party […]
Khawaja Asif criticises PTI for skipping national security meeting
Khawaja Asif, Pakistan’s Defence Minister, has sharply criticised the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. He condemned PTI for boycotting the Parliamentary National Security Committee meeting. Asif expressed his disappointment over their decision on social media, specifically on X, formerly known as Twitter. He accused PTI of putting Imran Khan’s interests ahead of national security. Asif stated […]
Global twitter outage leaves users in the dark
Twitter currently faces a widespread outage affecting users around the world. For about 30 minutes, many people cannot access the platform. As of now, the cause of this disruption remains unclear. Elon Musk, the CEO and owner of Twitter, has not addressed the situation yet. He has not provided any information about what might be […]
Meta to launch Twitter-like app Threads
Meta Platforms plans to launch a microblogging app, Threads, days after Twitter executive chair Elon Musk announced a temporary cap on how many posts users can read on the social media site. Threads, Instagram’s text-based conversation app, is expected to be released on Thursday and will allow users to follow the accounts they follow on […]
Twitter cannot hide from EU rules after exit from code
Twitter cannot run away from its obligations even after quitting a voluntary EU code of practice to tackle disinformation, EU industry chief Thierry Breton warned the company late on Friday. Companies which signed up to the code are required to provide regular progress reports with data on how much advertising revenue they had averted from […]
Twitter down for thousands of users
Twitter Inc’s services were down for thousands of users on Monday, according to outage-tracking website Downdetector.com. There were more than 3,600 incidents of people reporting issues with the social media platform led by Elon Musk, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources including user-submitted errors on […]
Twitter’s checkmark verifies fraudulent, defunct, and scam accounts
Twitter’s checkmark mess continues as more bogus, deceased, and unpaid accounts get verified. After the April 20th deadline, Twitter removed the blue checkmarks from accounts that had not paid for their Twitter Blue subscription. As a result of this conduct, several high-profile accounts, celebrities, and influencers lost their verification badges. While the crowd was enraged, […]
Parts of Twitter source code leaked online, court filing shows
March 26 (Reuters) – Some parts of Twitter Inc’s source code have been leaked and the social media platform owned by billionaire Elon Musk is seeking information on the person responsible, a legal filing showed. According to the filing, “various excerpts” of Twitter’s source code, which is used to run the company online, were posted […]