Twitter is looking at developing regions again as it struggles to find new users elsewhere, and it's taking a page out of the playbooks of its rivals for inspiration. The San Francisco-based company today announced Twitter Lite, a stripped down web version of the company's flagship service that works on slow networks (2G, to be precise).

Dutch men are holding hands in an act of protest and solidarity after a gay couple was brutally beaten for holding hands in public. Jasper Vernes-Sewratan and Ronnie Sewratan-Verne were holding hands in Arnhem, Netherlands, when they were attacked by a group in the early hours of Sunday morning. Vernes-Sewratan toldDutch broadcaster that they don't usually hold hands in public because they "don't want to provoke people.

Indians on social media have come out in support of Nigerian students who faced racial attacks in a Greater Noida shopping mall on Monday. They have called out the inherent racism in the country and expressed shock and disappointment at the brutality meted out to these students who have been accused of cannibalism after a local student's death last week.

If you're hoping to raise money for a good cause, but it isn't tied to a specific organization, Facebook just changed the game. The social media giant has expanded its fundraisers tool, now letting users create personal fundraiser pages to raise money for themselves, friends, and people or things not on Facebook. Previously, users could only raise money for a registered nonprofit on the platform.

Swiping right on the wrong person could be costly. A scam cooked up by two men on Tinder has netted at least 30 victims, who transferred "millions of baht" to the two between 2014 and 2016, authorities told the Bangkok Post. One of the victims transferred 15,000 baht ($435.92) to a woman he matched with on Tinder, that struck up a regular conversation with him. She claimed to be a Thai Airways stewardess, explaining why she was never available to meet up in person.

Hundreds of people were arrested across Russia on Sunday for taking part in anti-corruption protests that demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The biggest was in Moscow, where around 8,000 people, including opposition leader Alexei Navalny and many young people, took part in an unsanctioned demonstration.

Ever since the National Park Service's main Twitter account appeared to "go rogue" on President Donald Trump's inauguration day, people have been using the department and its various park-specific social media accounts as a rallying point in the anti-Trump resistance. However, according to emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, that's not the full story.

Australia's The Daily Telegraph kicked up a storm on social media by anointing Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli "the Donald Trump of world sport." In a scathing piece last evening, the newspaper accused Kohli of destroying the spirit of the game in the on-going series between India and Australia.

Did you know Abraham Lincoln was a Republican? Donald Trump assumes you don't! "Great president," he said of Lincoln on Tuesday night. "Most people don't even know he was a Republican. Does anyone know? Lot of people don't know that." Trump won the presidency as the candidate from the Republican Party, which has long called itself "the party of Lincoln." "We have to build that up a little bit more," Trump said. "Let's take an ad. Let's use one of those PACs.

Binding politicians, hexing fascists, looking out for humanity and causing trouble: All in a day's work for modern, politically-organized witches. Witches and the witch-curious caught global attention after announcing they would come together online to cast "a spell to bind U.S. President Donald Trump and all those who abet him" last month. (Though that hasn't stopped his flurry of controversial executive orders that have rocked the globe.