Twitter is making headway in tackling online terrorism content on its platform as it suspended over 166,000 accounts in the second half of last year, about a fifth less than in the previous period, the social media company says.

US President Donald Trump accuses tech giants Facebook, Twitter and Google of being biased in favor of opposition Democrats, a day after a report for the Senate revealed Russian agents had used social media in an attempt to sway the 2016 election in Trump's favor.

Twitter Inc shares fall almost 7 percent on Monday after the company says it was investigating unusual traffic that might be from state-sponsored hackers and, in what appeared to be an unrelated issue, a security firm says hackers used the platform to try to steal user data.

The Bangladesh government requested for the information of one Twitter user between January and June this year, according to a Transparency report published by Twitter.

New European research finds that even just a one-week break from social media can cause withdrawal symptoms similar to those experienced when quitting addictive substances.

The new ad policy at Twitter applies to paid messages that identify political candidates or advocate regarding legislative issues of national importance.

Tributes pour in for legendary singer Aretha Franklin in social media following her demise.

President Donald Trump accuses Twitter Inc of restricting the visibility of prominent US Republicans, without providing evidence, and the avid user of the social media platform promises to investigate.

Twitter says it will begin asking for email addresses or phone numbers to confirm new accounts as part of a battle against manipulation, particularly by automated bots.

Twitter Inc urges its more than 330 million users to change their passwords after a glitch caused some to be stored in readable text on its internal computer system rather than disguised by a process known as "hashing".

After so many calls from netizens for Twitter to ban US President Donald Trump, the social media site stands its ground and says they are keeping his account.

A plea for chicken nuggets has topped the list of most retweeted messages of 2017 on the social network Twitter.

Twitter, facing pressure for not doing enough to curb abusive behavior on its platform, says it would upgrade some features to better combat cyber-bullying.

Twitter (TWTR.N) says it has suspended about 200 Russian-linked accounts as it probes online efforts to meddle with the 2016 US election, but an influential Democratic senator slammed its steps as insufficient.

Need more room to type those deep thoughts? Twitter is testing a 280-character limit for tweets, doubling the current length restriction that's been in place since the company's founding 11 years ago.

Twitter says its internal controls have been allowing it to weed out accounts being used for the "promotion of terrorism" earlier rather than responding to government requests to close them down.

Hashtag asking for Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu to step down becomes global trending topic on social media platform twitter.

Pop superstar Katy Perry makes history by becoming the first user to garner 100 million followers on Twitter.

Twitter defies a US government request for records that could identify users behind an account opposes to President Donald Trump, and is challenging that order in court.

Bangladesh left-handed batsman Soumya Sarkar took a DRS after getting bowled by Sri Lanka's Asela Gunaratne on the fifth day of the first Test in Galle.