Verification badges from the Twitter accounts of these some ministries and intuitions were removed at a time when similar badges are still in place on the accounts of former President Ashraf Ghani.
The 'soft block' feature is almost similar to that of Instagram's privacy feature with the name 'Close Friends'.
Rahul Gandhi on Friday released a video statement slamming Twitter for blocking his account and alleged that the social media platform was taking sides in the politics of the country.
Twitter handles of Rahul Gandhi and several Congress leaders have been locked by the US firm for posting pictures of the family of the nine-year-old Dalit rape and murder victim last week in the national capital.
The Twitter accounts of AICC general secretary and former minister Ajay Maken, party's whip in Lok Sabha Manickam Tagore, Assam in-charge and former Union minister Jitendra Singh and Mahila Congress president Sushmita Dev have been locked.
The official Twitter account of All India Majils-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) was 'hacked' on Sunday, party sources said.
Delhi High Court on Tuesday pulled up the micro-blogging site for failing to appoint resident grievance officer (RGO).
Twitter on Saturday removed and later restored the verified blue tick on the personal account of Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu. Officials of the Vice President Secretariat said the personal Twitter handle of Naidu @MVenkaiahNaidu was inactive for a long time and the Twitter algorithm removed the blue badge. They said Twitter was in the process of restoring the verification badge. The last tweet posted from the personal handle was on July 23 last year.
Twitter had earlier removed the blue badge from the personal Twitter handle of Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu.
Congress Thursday wrote to Twitter asking it to permanently suspend the accounts of BJP leaders including party chief JP Nadda and Union minister Smriti Irani for allegedly "spreading misinformation and unrest in the society".
Twitter confirmed that PM Modi's account on the microblogging website for his personal website was hacked early Thursday. A series of tweets asked followers to donate to PM National Relief Fund through cryptocurrency.
The handles were suspended by Twitter following the objection by the Indian authorities in view of false and provocative content being disseminated through the accounts.
Rahul Gandhi, who has stepped down as Congress President, has amassed 10 million followers on Twitter and the Congress leader is gearing up to celebrate the "milestone" on Wednesday in Amethi, the Lok Sabha seat he lost to BJP leader Smriti Irani by 55,000 votes.
Twitter will put out a notice for tweets from accounts belonging to political figures, verified users, and accounts with more than 100,000 followers if they violate its rules.
Twitter accounts of megastar Amitabh Bachchan and singer Adnan Sami getting hacked, security researchers have warned that users should think twice before clicking on the links received in the Twitter Direct Message.
Twitter has suspended almost 166,513 accounts that were promoting terrorism and 456,989 unique accounts for violations related to child sexual exploitation.
Twitter announces premium content deals with Univision, The Wall Street Journal, NFL, ESPN, and Viacom for live streaming videos on its platform.
Faisal's account was suspended as he was giving his followers updates about "Indian atrocities" in Jammu and Kashmir.
Irans Foreign Minister has alleged that Twitter is shutting down accounts of "real" Iranians while allowing anti-government bots to thrive.
Twitter suspended at least 58 million user accounts in the final three months of 2017, according to data
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