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Apple, IBM, Paramount Global and other multinational companies suspend their advertising on X (formerly Twitter) in response to X chairman Elon Musk's endorsement of the white genocide conspiracy theory.
2023-11-17

Russia blocks access to the websites of foreign government-sponsored corporations BBC News, Voice of America, Deutsche Welle and Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty for spreading so-called "false information" about the "special military operation" in Ukraine. Russia also blocks access to Facebook and Twitter for the same reason.
2022-03-4

Taliban-appointed chief of the Central Bank Shah Mehrabi says that gay rights will not be respected in Afghanistan because "That's against our Sharia law", but also said that, conversely, women's rights will be different than that of the 1990s.
2021-10-29

The Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology strips Twitter of legal protection from prosecution after the social media site refuses to take down a tweet featuring a video of an elderly Muslim man in Ghaziabad being assaulted by a Hindu mob and being forced to chant "Jai Shri Ram". Uttar Pradesh police, who demanded the removal of the tweet, alleges the video was "misleading".
2021-06-15

Following the death of American actor Chadwick Boseman two days prior, the tweet by his family announcing his death becomes the most-liked tweet in history with over 7.1 million likes. It surpasses a tweet made by former U.S. President Barack Obama in the aftermath of the Unite the Right rally in 2017, which has over 4.3 million likes.
2020-08-30

Twitter announces it will ban all political ads on its platform starting November 22.
2019-10-30

Twitter suspends the accounts of well-known white nationalists per recently implemented new offensive content rules.
2017-12-18

A tweet from President-elect Trump aide Kellyanne Conway acknowledges grassroots opposition to former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney as Trump's Secretary of State.
2016-11-25

Thousands are turning to social media (#PorteOuverte-Twitter) to check-in on loved ones in the area, many using Facebook's "Safety Check" feature.
2015-11-14

Turkey restricts access to Twitter hours after the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatens to "root out" the social network where politically sensitive documents had been published.
2014-03-21