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Twitter to introduce new function in 2021 to help users identify bots
WASHINGTON: Twitter announced on its blog that it will introduce next year a new function to allow users to distinguish between man-run and automated accounts, reported Sputnik news agency. “In 2021, we’re planning to build a new account type to
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MACC’s twitter account down due to technical glitch
KUALA LUMPUR: The official Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) Twitter account @SPRMalaysia is temporarily down due to technical glitch and not being deactivated as claimed. In a statement today, MACC said that its Twitter account has been experiencing technical issues since yesterday
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COVID-19: ‘TikTok’ family who tested positive recovered
KUALA LUMPUR: The family of Teluk Intan Hospital Emergency and Trauma Department head Dr Samsu Ambia Ismail, who tested positive for COVID-19, and whose cheerful ‘TikTok’ video went viral recently, has now recovered and discharged from the hospital. The happy
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Trump drops idea of New York lockdown as U.S. death count crosses 2,000
WASHINGTON : President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he would issue a travel warning for the hard-hit New York area to limit the spread of the coronavirus, backing off from an earlier suggestion that he might try to cut
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Doctor: ‘I stay at work for you, you stay at home for us’
KUALA LUMPUR: A doctor has put Facebook to good use by sharing a quote to remind Malaysians to stay at home during the two-week Movement Control Order period. Dr Gee Teak Sheng, a consultant neurosurgeon from Pantai Hospital, Penang today
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Facebook,Twitter remove Russia-linked fake accounts
UNITED STATES: Facebook and Twitter said yesterday, they had taken down a network of Russian-linked fake accounts operated out of Ghana and Nigeria which targeted US. Facebook told reporters that the network, which it removed from Facebook and Instagram for
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RPK: Why cry discrimination when 90% of wealth owned by non-Malays?
PUCHONG: Pro-Barisan Nasional blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin stirred the hornet’s nest by criticising the non-Malays for saying that the Malaysian government was discriminating the minorities in the country. “Why are the non-Malays screaming about racial discrimination in Malaysia when they
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Uphold principles of loyalty to King, country and ruling government
SERDANG: Civil servants must, at all times, uphold the principles of loyalty to the King, the country and the ruling government, Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (KKMM) secretary-general Datuk Suriani Ahmad said. In fact, she said it is the responsibility of civil servants
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Twitter says Olympics, IOC accounts hacked
Twitter (TWTR.N) said yesterday that an official Twitter account of the Olympics and the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) media Twitter account had been hacked and temporarily locked. The accounts were hacked through a third-party platform, a spokesperson for the social
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Twitter says official accounts of Facebook, Messenger hacked
Twitter has confirmed that the official Twitter accounts of social media giant Facebook Inc and its Messenger platform were hacked. A Twitter spokesperson said in an emailed statement that the accounts were hacked through a third-party platform. “As soon as
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