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Twitter was down worldwide after ‘internal configuration change’ last night

Social media tables turned on Thursday evening when Twitter — not Facebook — went down for a few hours around the world. “We are…

Stranger Things 3 was watched by 40m accounts in its first four days

Stranger Things 3, which hit Netflix just under a week ago, has already racked up over 40 million views according to the streaming service….

Twitter to hide rule-bending tweets by politicians, top users behind an explainer

Twitter on Thursday announced it will now indicate when and why certain tweets that go against its terms of service remain on the platform….

Pearl Thusi sparks Twitter debate about colourism in South Africa

Pearl Thusi got South Africans talking on Wednesday after tweeting about the discrimination she has faced for being a light-skinned woman in the country….

Twitter loved these moments from the 2019 BET Awards

The 2019 BET awards took place in Los Angeles this weekend, commemorating some of the biggest stars in the music and movie industry. The…

#SONA2019 according to Twitter: a speech of dreams

The second State of the Nation Address of 2019 took place on Thursday evening in Cape Town, and with it came an influx of…

Saray Khumalo becomes first black African woman to conquer Mount Everest

South African Saray Khumalo on Thursday became the first black African woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the highest point in the…

Twitter user figures out how to block Nazis from your feed

Twitter users have been calling for the removal of Nazis on the platform for ages, but sometimes when the powers-that-be won’t help, you have…

#WomenBoycottTwitter to protest Rose McGowan’s suspension

Some women on Twitter are taking a leave of absence from the platform on Friday the 13th to protest actress Rose McGowan’s suspension for…

Twitter suspends Rose McGowan after speaking against Weinstein Co.

Actress Rose McGowan, who has been using her Twitter account to speak out against Hollywood production studio The Weinstein Company, has had her account…

Eminem disses Trump in freestyle verse, South Africa is split

Rapper Eminem unleashed a four-minute-long freestyle criticising US President Donald Trump at Tuesday’s BET Hip Hop Awards, and the South African responses have been…

Twitter working on a bookmarking tool for tweets

We may not be getting that edit tool we all desperately crave, but Twitter is reportedly working on another feature that could be massively…

Twitter addresses Russian bots as Zuck faces the web’s wrath

Twitter has finally broken its silence on the role its platform played in enabling Russian interference in the 2016 US election, but it’s staying…

What are Twitter users doing with their 280-character tweets?

We get it: 280 characters are a lot. Some would argue too many. And while Twitter argues that more room to tweet is beneficial…

Get Twitter’s 280-character tweets right now with these nifty tricks

While a swathe of Twitter users aren’t best pleased that Jack Dorsey and company believe longer tweets are of utmost importance, they probably can’t…

Twitter is doubling the length of tweets to 280 characters

Twitter’s 140-character limit may soon be a thing of the past. The microblogging network announced plans to extend its arbitrary but now-familiar 140-character limit…

Twitter won’t bar Donald Trump from tweeting because of ‘newsworthiness’

According to Twitter’s Public Policy account, the social network will not be removing US President Donald Trump’s threatening tweets towards North Korea. In a…

Twitter’s efforts to cull pro-terror content seems to be working

Twitter’s latest transparency report reveals that the platform’s effort to cut down on pro-terror content is working. According to the report, the first half…

Ted Cruz inadvertently helps Twitter porn account to 19000 more followers

Texas Senator Ted Cruz might’ve been the joke of Twitter yesterday when his account liked a pornographic video, but he has been a boon…

Ted Cruz likes porn video on Twitter, trends worldwide

Republican senator Ted Cruz was the laughing stock of Twitter on Tuesday, after the politician’s Twitter account liked a pornographic video from another account….

Make your video campaigns pop with these Twitter-endorsed tricks

As Twitter evolves from a social network reliant on short sentences to one that privileges video, content has never been more important for individuals…

Twitter wants you to rant and rave with this hidden ‘tweetstorm’ feature

If you’ve ever used “THREAD” to headline a tweet and number the subsequent posts in your rant, congratulations, you’ve created a tweetstorm. Regrettably, constructing…

PewDiePie flamed on Twitter for using n-word in livestream

Don’t look now, but the Swedish YouTube star known as PewDiePie has done something stupid on camera yet again. 27-year-old Felix Kjellberg was this…

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