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The mayor of Bursa Metropolitan Municipality has claimed that a tweet which praised his work and was shared on his official Twitter account was sent without his knowledge and was tweeted by a social media management consulting firm.

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BELGRADE - The latest trending topic on social media has become #CalExit, as Californians express their eagerness to break away from the US after Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election.

News anchorman in New York opened the WABC- TV, the officially most watched station in the US, News Broadcast night on Sunday, with a statement which launched thousand of tweets. He literally said that Hilary Clinton died, something that was certainly enough to raise some eyebrows.

The Commission for Consumer Protection will soon announce its opinion regarding the so-called unsolicited SMS' which customers receive from mobile operators, stated the Chairman of the Commission, Dimitar Margaritov.

At its regular meeting on Wednesday, the Bulgarian government approved amendments to the Electronic Communications Act, which would cap EU roaming charges starting from April 30.

Twitter, which turns 10 years old on March 21, has grown into one of the leading global social networks. Here are some key facts about the messaging platform:          

Twitter came to life on March 21, 2006, when co-founder Jack Dorsey sent out the first tweet: "just setting up my twttr." Dorsey followed up with the first "human-generated" tweet: "inviting coworkers."  

Israelis can now use their smartphones to make live video distress calls to emergency responders, a first-of-its-kind service that, if successful, could set a new standard for countries around the world. 

Twitter revamped its timeline on Feb. 10 , allowing the "best" tweets to rise to the top, despite warnings of a revolt from members loyal to the real-time flow of the messaging platform.

Twitter said on Feb. 5 it suspended more than 125,000 accounts, most of them linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, as part of increased efforts to eradicate "terrorist content" on the popular messaging platform.

Four senior Twitter executives are leaving the media company, CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted late Jan. 24 night, the biggest leadership changes since Dorsey returned as chief executive as he struggles to revive the company's growth.