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Twitter tumbles on fear of conservative backlash

Twitter logo displayed in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. [Photo: Reuters]

SAN FRANCISCO- Shares of Twitter Inc tumbled 6 percent on Thursday after reports that Fox News had not tweeted for three weeks sparked fears of a backlash by conservatives protesting a perceived liberal bias by the company.

Twenty-First Century Fox Inc’s Fox News has not tweeted to its 18.3 million followers since November 8, an apparent boycott of the social network, Politico reported on Wednesday.

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