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Twitter recorded a 26% increase in requests from global governments to remove content on the social media platform from verified journalists and news outlets in the second half of 2020 compared to the first half. Global governments made 361 tweet removal requests from verified journalists and/or news outlets compared to just 199 requests last year between July 1 and Dec. 31 of 2020 amid COVID-19, Twitter's latest transparency report released Wednesday shows.Removal requests came mostly from India (128 requests) and Turkey (108), followed by Pakistan (52), Russia (28), Brazil (16), Mexico (9), Thailand (9), Ireland (3), France (2), Colombia (2) and Venezuela (2).TWITTER RESTRICTS ACCOUNT OF EXPERT WHO MOCKED CHINA LEADER In total, five of the 361 tweets were removed in accordance with national laws. Reuters first reported the numbers on Wednesday after Twitter gave the outlet an exclusive look at its latest data.Twitter also received more than 14,600 information requests from governments, including more than 2,000 emergency information requests, targeting more than 51,000 accounts in total. The company saw a 15% increase in information requests during the second half of 2020 and complied with 30% of requests, according to the report. India and the United States were the top…

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Facebook and Twitter are facing backlash over a failure to act after three Black English soccer players were subjected to racial abuse following the team’s loss to Italy in the Euro final. Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho, and Bukayo Saka were subjected to significant racial abuse on both social media platforms after all three missed penalty kicks in England’s 3-2 shootout loss to Italy in the UEFA Euro 2020 Final. The Football Association condemned the abuse the players were subjected to in a statement Sunday night saying it was “appalled by the online racism that has been aimed at some of our England players on social media.” pic.twitter.com/MQoVHCYUfy — FA Spokesperson (@FAspokesperson) July 12, 2021 “We could not be clearer that anyone behind such disgusting behavior is not welcome in following the team,” the association said. “We will do all we can to support the players affected while urging the toughest punishments possible for anyone responsible.” The abuse the players were subjected to has raised questions over whether social media and tech companies are doing enough to combat racial abuse online. Several top English soccer teams and athletes boycotted Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for a weekend in April to protest the…

If you’re tired of sending brilliant takes into the Twitterverse only to be met with wave after wave of reply guys, a new Twitter feature could give you some relief. Starting today, anyone on Twitter will be able to adjust who can reply to individual tweets after they’ve been sent. Previously, you could limit who could reply to tweets when they were created, but you couldn’t go in and change your selection after the fact. On Twitter, you don’t always have a sense of what kind of tweets will attract unwanted attention until it’s too late. The new feature makes the option to limit replies to people you follow or only people mentioned in a tweet much more useful, particularly because the mute button doesn’t always cut it. Twitter added the option to limit replies last August to boost “meaningful conversations” on the social network and to help people feel safer from harassment when they tweet. Product researcher Jane Manchun Wong first spotted the feature’s expansion in June.

Rob Schneider isn’t backing down in his public fight against the coronavirus vaccine.The actor and comedian went off on social media denouncing the shot and told his followers that, they too, should refrain from receiving the vaccine while citing the Second Amendment."Just say no... And keep saying no... Over half of the U.S. population is continuing to say no to this unapproved experimental gene therapy! 'My body, my choice!'" Schneider tweeted, adding the hashtag, "2nd Amendment Is For This."Schneider, 57, added in a series of tweets to his nearly 940,000 Twitter followers that "Our Government has told us they plan on going to OUR FRONT DOOR with this. They have lied, had a 2 year fear campaign and lockdown, destroyed middle class household incomes, bankrupted untold thousands of businesses and are now putting children’s lives at risk."ROB SCHNEIDER SLAMS PUBLIC SCHOOLS' IN-PERSON CORONAVIRUS SAFETY MEASURES AS A ‘NEW KIND OF CHILD ABUSE’He professed in a written note screenshotted from his personal device that: "We should never abandon our liberal principles and international stance on body autonomy, free informed choice and human rights, and support unprecedented coercion of professional health workers, patients and people to have experimental treatments with limited safety data.""This and…

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with ... President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gathered in the nation's capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) Getty Images The hashtag "#ArrestTrumpNow" was trending on Twitter, exceeding 200,000 tweets by Monday afternoon. It began late Sunday after the American political action committee MediasTouch (@MeidasTouch) released a video that sought to contradict a claim by former President Donald Trump that the January 6 assault on the Capitol Building included "peaceful people." Trump made that statement in an interview with Fox News' anchor Maria Bartiromo, while he also downplayed what he told supporters earlier on January 6, suggesting, "It was a very mild-mannered speech." Soon after the interview, MediasTouch, which was formed in March 2020 to stop the reelection of Trump, compiled his interview on Fox News with footage from the assault. The group also called the former President Donald Trump a "domestic terrorist," and urged social media users to spread the hashtag. Social Media As A Propaganda Tool The question…

It's easier than it looks. BRAZIL - 2021/06/08: In this photo illustration a Twitter logo is seen on a computer screen through a magnifying glass. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Credit: SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett Twitter is not a video-sharing app — it's for text, and don't you forget that. The platform makes it notoriously difficult to download a video that was posted on a tweet. So, if you want to share a video, usually that means you'll have to share the whole tweet along with it. Sure, you can always screen record, save the recording, edit it down to the clip, and save it that way. But that's quite a few steps, and it won't always leave you with the best quality. But there is another way.The next time a Stephen A. Smith reaction video posts to Twitter and you want to share it with someone on a different app or even just keep it for yourself in your phone's meme folder, it's simple to do — if you know the right steps. Here is how you can download Twitter videos to your phone or computer.Find the video you want to download A screenshot of…

Here's how Twitter reacted to Novak Djokovic's landmark win in the Wimbledon 2021 men's singles final. Novak Djokovic pictured with the Wimbledon trophy. AP Novak Djokovic has beaten Matteo Berrettini in the Wimbledon final to win a record-equaling 20th Grand Slam title. Djokovic bounced back from a first-set wobble to win 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4, 6-3. It was Djokovic’s sixth Wimbledon title and 20th at a major tournament, putting him tied for first on the all-time list with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. The top-ranked Serb broke for a 4-3 lead in the fourth set when Berrettini double-faulted and earned another break in the final game. Djokovic had led 5-2 in the first set. Berrettini was playing in his first Grand Slam final. Here's how Twitter reacted to Djokovic's win: Novak Djokovic drew praise for his indomitable fighting spirit Congrats Novak on your 20th major. I'm proud to have the opportunity to play in a special era of tennis champions. Wonderful performance, well done! — Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) July 11, 2021 Incredible athlete, incredible tennis player. Hats off @DjokerNole. — Marcus Willis (@Willbomb90) July 11, 2021 Novak has won 8 of the last 12 Slams! #20 is just a pit…

Social media influencer and upcoming film/TV star Addison Rae’s debut as a red carpet broadcaster is not sitting well with some veterans of the trade. Proving once again that it’s not what you know, but who you know, Rae’s joking remark about needing only three months of school to land her job as a UFC correspondent has riled some on the Internet Rae, age 20, posted two photos of herself working as a UFC reporter on Twitter, along with the caption, “I studied broadcast journalism in college for 3 whole months to prepare for this moment.” The caption is an allusion to her three months studying at Louisiana State University before leaving to focus on influencer activities. She was a former guest star on Keeping Up With The Kardashians and is starring in an upcoming remake of the 1999 comedy She’s All That, reinvented as He’s All That. Her attempt at humor didn’t sit well with some. See below for details. I studied broadcast journalism in college for 3 whole months to prepare for this moment pic.twitter.com/5Z95OTSVTA — Addison Rae (@whoisaddison) July 10, 2021 I studied broadcast journalism in college for 90 years and still can’t work in UFC, this…

Twitter had re-launched its verification procedure a few months ago after it had been stopped since 2017. With the introduction of a new set of standards and restrictions, the microblogging site has made the verification procedure more accessible. However, a large number of individuals with a large number of followers have complained about their accounts not being verified on Twitter despite meeting all of the requirements. Twitter published a list of the actions that may be taken to get verified if you fall into one of the groups that are eligible to receive a blue tick on Twitter today. A large number of qualified Twitter users had claimed that the micro-blogging service had rejected their application form without offering any explanation why. However, in order to address this issue, Twitter has said that it would now include an additional explanation in emails to users who submit requests that do not fit their criteria. If your application is denied by Twitter, you will often receive an email as well as a message from the social media platform. No, you will be supplied with further information. In contrast, if you have been denied once, you can reapply within 30 days after the…