Social media platform Twitter is dropping the terms "master", "slave" and "blacklist" in favour of more inclusive language.

Photo-sharing app Instagram is set to overtake Twitter as a news source, research suggests.

The US president's move follows a decision by Twitter to add a "fact-check" notice to his tweets.

This is the first time the social media giant has said President Trump's tweet could be misleading.

Forbes Asia has recognised Vietnamese billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong as an influential figure who has notably contributed to joint efforts to halt the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic.

The firm has made it mandatory for staff in Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea to work from home.

Vietnamese well-known actress Kha Ngan has been named on a list of the 100 Most Beautiful Faces in Asia for 2019, as announced by TCCAsia.

The company said it "cannot say with certainty" how many of its users were affected.

Ely Ratner, former Deputy National Security Advisor to former Vice President Joe Biden, on July 29 (local time) posted on his Twitter a letter of four US senators opposing China’s actions in the East Sea.

Social media platforms have outpaced other channels including schools, friends and traditional media to become the leading source for job finding.

News organisations have struggled in the past two decades with readership moving from the page to computers and mobile devices, and that struggle is set to continue, according to a top journalist.

 Twitter has warned its 330 million users to change their passwords after a glitch exposed some in plain text on its internal network.

 Twitter plans to increase the number of characters in tweets from 140 to 280 for the majority of users.

Twitter Inc plans to toughen its rules on online sexual harassment and impose stronger penalties for misconduct, according to an email it sent to a group of safety advocates, academics and researchers 

 Executives from Facebook, Alphabet Inc’s Google and Twitter have been asked to testify to the U.S. Congress in coming weeks as lawmakers probe Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. election, 

 The days of Twitter Inc limiting messages to 140 characters, a signature of the social network since its launch in 2006, may be numbered.

 Twitter Inc, in its latest step to curb abusive behavior on its platform, rolled out new features on Monday to help users disable notifications from accounts that they want to avoid.

 Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and Snap Inc are seeking online rights to video highlights from Twenty-first Century Fox Inc for next year's soccer World Cup, 

Twitter Inc is considering whether to build a premium version of its popular Tweetdeck interface aimed at professionals, raising the possibility that it could collect subscription fees from some users for the first time.