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White supremacist David Duke is permanently suspended from Twitter for repeatedly violating its rules on hate speech.
2020-07-31

Facebook and Twitter remove, on order of the Supreme Federal Court, numerous accounts that support Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for promoting fake news. The Brazilian Labour Party, a member of the ruling coalition, condemns Justice Alexandre de Moraes for issuing the order.
2020-07-24

The Twitter accounts of notable people and businesses, including Elon Musk, Joe Biden, Bill Gates and Apple Inc., are hijacked to promote a Bitcoin scam.
2020-07-15

Twitter says it has removed a network of more than 170,000 accounts it says were spreading pro-Communist Party of China propaganda on the social media platform, saying the Chinese-based network had links to earlier state-backed operations on Facebook and YouTube. More than a thousand Russia-based misinformation accounts are also removed.
2020-06-12

Two former Twitter employees are charged for spying on at least 6,000 users on behalf of Saudi Arabia.
2019-11-6

Right-wing media personality Katie Hopkins is to leave LBC with "immediate effect" after Hopkins posted on Twitter calling for a so-called "final solution" to the United Kingdom's Islamic terrorism problem following the Manchester Arena bombing which left 22 people dead.
2017-05-26

Twitter users break an Elections Canada rule by announcing election results before all voters have had the chance to vote.
2011-05-2

John Gormley, leader of the ruling coalition's Green Party and former Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, is eliminated in the Dublin South–East constituency.
2011-02-26

Irish Green Party leader John Gormley is criticised for delivering a televised speech during his party's national convention which coincides with Earth Hour.
2010-03-27