Social Media


Tobacco Giants Don't Get To Decide Who Does Research On Smoking. Why Does Facebook Get To Dictate Studies?

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Boffins tell US lawmakers social media titans cannot be trusted to police themselves On Tuesday, lawmakers from the US ... Read more

Texas Law Banning Platforms From Social Media Moderation Challenged In Lawsuit

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Tech trade groups argue prohibition on moderation is unconstitutional Two IT trade groups on Wednesday challenged the c... Read more

WhatsApp Pulls Plug On Taliban Helpline, Shuts Down Official-looking Accounts

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Terrorists' complaint service a bridge too far for encrypted chat biz For months, Facebook's WhatsApp paid no attention... Read more

Made Permanent Appointments In Compliance With IT Rules: Twitter Tells HC

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The new appointees are employees of Twitter Inc and not the India entity of the microblogging platform, a person familia... Read more

Troll Jailed For 5 Years After Swatting Of Twitter Handle Owner Ends In Death

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Creator of QWK format suffered fatal heart attack as cops surrounded home A teenager in the US has been jailed for five... Read more

Twitter India Releases Its Transparency Report Under New IT Rules

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According to the data, Twitter in India received the highest number of complaints, 20, relating to defamation Read more

Consumer Demand May Rebound In Q2 This Fiscal: Trent Chairman Noel N Tata

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Customer demand should rebound strongly, possibly from the second quarter onwards, said Trent Chairman Noel N Tata, thou... Read more

Antitrust Case: HC Paves Way For CCI Investigation Against Amazon, Flipkart

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Karnataka HC dismissed the petitions of e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart against a probe by CCI Read more

Original Content Creators Losing Money As Digital Piracy Rises: EY

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The second wave of Covid-19 has accelerated digital piracy in India, which was already on the rise when the pandemic hit... Read more

Big Tech Has A Big Problem With Florida Passing A Law That Protects Politicians From Web Moderation

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Disney and Comcast get a pass from the Sunshine State, though Two technology grade groups backed by Amazon, Facebook, G... Read more

Most Social Media Firms Comply With Govt's IT Rules; Twitter Yet To Follow

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MeitY had written to all social media firms on Wednesday to share their compliance status with the new Information Techn... Read more

Will Double Headcount; Lot Of Headroom For Growing User Base: Koo

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Koo is planning to double its headcount in the next one year as it significantly scales up its user base on the platform... Read more

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Pause Usual Data Collection With An Outage

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Social ad biz is working to restore service, for better or worse Updated  On Friday, shortly after 1700 UTC, users of ... Read more

Myntra Revising Its Logo After Complaint Says It's 'insulting To Women'

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E-commerce platform Myntra is revising its logo after a complaint was filed with the Mumbai cyber police against the log... Read more

Users Shun WhatsApp To Join Telegram, Signal Amid Rising Data Concerns

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At about 500 million users and growing, Telegram has become a major problem for the Facebook corporation Read more

McDonald's China Offers Weird Limited Edition 'Oreo X Spam Burger'

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The latest burger creation features two extra-thick slices of Spam topped with Oreo crumbs and the brand's classic burge... Read more

Circulating Newspaper PDFs Illegal Via Social Media, Hurts Journalism: INS

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Industry body of newspaper media outlets says the practice, which gained steam following lockdown, is in total violation... Read more

Nike's New Advert Receives Backlash In Japan For Highlighting Issues On Racism.

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Comments on social media accused Nike of exaggerating the scale of discrimination in Japan Read more

Facebook Quarterly Profit Jumps Despite Ad Boycott

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President Donald Trump has threatened new regulatory measures which could impact the business models of platforms. Read more

Facebook Bans BJP Politician Raja Singh For His Post Containing Hate Speech

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According to sources, the decision to remove Singh from the platform was taken after an extensive process Read more