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Iran Telecoms Minister Calls for Unblocking Twitter
EghtesadOnline: The Minister of Communication and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi has called for unblocking people’s access to Twitter.
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Facebook, Twitter Are Said to Seek World Cup Clips From Fox
EghtesadOnline: Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Snap Inc. are seeking online rights to video highlights from next year’s World Cup, soccer’s most popular tournament, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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Twitter Briefly Suspends Al-Jazeera Arabic Amid Qatar Rift
EghtesadOnline: Social media platform Twitter briefly suspended the account of Al-Jazeera Arabic amid a wider diplomatic dispute between Qatar and Arab nations.
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Amazon's Jeff Bezos Turns to Twitter for Philanthropy Ideas
EghtesadOnline: Jeff Bezos made a fortune selling stuff online to American consumers. Now he’s turning to the masses for ideas on how to give some of it back.
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Trump's blocking of Twitter users violates U.S. Constitution: rights institute
EghtesadOnline: A free-speech institute on Tuesday sent a letter to President Donald Trump demanding the prolific tweeter unblock certain Twitter users on grounds the practice violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
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U.S. far-right activists, WikiLeaks and bots help amplify Macron leaks: researchers
EghtesadOnline: U.S. far-right activists helped amplify a leak of hacked emails belonging to leading French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron's campaign, some researchers said on Saturday, with automated bots and the Twitter account of WikiLeaks also propelling a leak that came two days before France's presidential vote.
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Families of San Bernardino shooting sue Facebook, Google, Twitter
EghtesadOnline: Family members of three victims of the December 2015 shooting rampage in San Bernardino, California, have sued Facebook, Google and Twitter, claiming that the companies permitted Islamic State to flourish on social media.
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Twitter Says It Would Love World Leaders to Use It Like Trump
EghtesadOnline: Twitter Inc. won’t attribute a bump in activity on its platform to U.S. President Donald Trump’s prolific usage. But the president’s tweets certainly put the company in the spotlight, Chief Operating Officer Anthony Noto said.
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Twitter partners with Bloomberg for streaming TV news
EghtesadOnline: Twitter Inc is partnering with Bloomberg Media for a round-the-clock streaming television news service on the social networking platform, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
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Twitter explores subscription-based option for first time
EghtesadOnline: Twitter Inc is considering whether to build a premium version of its popular Tweetdeck interface aimed at professionals, the company said on Thursday, raising the possibility that it could collect subscription fees from some users for the first time.