Topics: Social media

Facebook and Telegram are working on their own cryptocurrencies, say reports

New York: More than 50 engineers at Facebook are reportedly busy giving shape to the social media giant's own cryptocurrency and CEO Mark Zuckerberg...

Indian IT Ministry asks YouTube to remove all 11 video links of IAF pilot Abhinandan Varthaman

The IT Ministry has asked YouTube to remove 11 video links pertaining to Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who was captured by Pakistan during an...

Indian Parliamentary panel wants Twitter to ‘Engage More’ with Election Commission ahead of 2019 general election

Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, the Indian parliamentary board on Monday said that "It has asked the Twitter Inc, a U.S....

Twitter ex-CEO and co-founder Ev Williams resigned from the board

Twitter Inc on Friday said that one of its co-founders, Evan Williams, will be stepping down as a member of its board at the...

Jack Dorsey may not appear before Indian parliamentary Panel on 25 February

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will not appear before the Parliamentary panel on IT on February 25, and instead the company is sending its Head...

YouTube rolls out new Strike Penalties and One-time warning for users

Google-owned video sharing platform YouTube has revamped its community guidelines and after almost a decade, updated its Strike rules. "Starting February 25, all channels will...

This bug inside WhatsApp allowed users to bypass new privacy control on iPhone

A security bug is allowing users to bypass new privacy controls introduced by Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp on iPhones this month, the service said...

Study: Social media can help boost people’s well-being following natural disaster

Social media platforms like Facebook can help support the health and wellbeing of people following a natural disaster, a study claims. A wellbeing campaign...

Reports: Facebook is tracking users who threaten its employees

Facebook has been monitoring and tracking locations of those users who can pose threat to its employees or physical properties, the media reported. According...

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey gives himself a ‘C’ grade in tech responsibility

Twitter Inc chief executive Jack Dorsey said on Tuesday that Silicon Valley companies, including his own, have not done enough to protect victims of...

WhatsApp bans Rajya Sabha MP and TDP leader CM Ramesh account from its platform

In an aim to tackle with the fake news on its platform, Facebook-owned Instant Messaging platform WhatsApp Messenger has banned the Telugu Desam...

Twitter CEO & top officials, deny appearing before Indian parliamentary house

Twitter CEO and top officials have declined to appear before the Parliamentary Committee on IT that had summoned them over the issue of safeguarding...

Twitter says it does not take action on political based views

Faced with allegations of being politically biased in India, Twitter on Friday said it believes in impartiality and does not take any actions,...

Assam Finance Department to use social media for presenting the 2019-20 state budget

For the first time, the Assam Finance Department will use social media as an additional platform to inform and engage citizens on the state's...

Twitter wants a unique leader for India business

Twitter, which is growing with a positive trajectory in India, is looking for "a unique leader" who can take the country operations to the...

Facebook to scrub Fake Groups and Fake pages from its platform

Facebook has announced that it will proactively shut down fake Groups and Pages, even if they were not found to be in violation of...

Instagram removes fake likes and follows, to combat automated bots

Facebook, owned photo and video-sharing social networking app Instagram, has announced that it will be removing the accounts which are using the third-party apps to...

Facebook expects rising costs to combat scandals to moderate after 2019

Facebook Inc on Tuesday relieved investors by forecasting that margins would stop shrinking after 2019 as costs from scandals ease up, sending shares up...

Facebook takedowns fake accounts linked with Iran

Facebook Inc has deleted accounts originating in Iran which featured posts on “politically divisive” topics that had attracted more than 1 million followers in...

Indian Govt Orders Social Media Companies to monitor Fake News and Rumors

India, considered as one of the biggest internet markets in the world, has its share of troubles with fake news. In light of the meeting...

Snap expects to lose more users, shares crashed

(Reuters) - Snap Inc lost more users than Wall Street expected in the third quarter as it continued to grapple with an unpopular redesign...

Facebook removes 8.7 million images related to child porn

Facebook on Wednesday, announced, "Last quarter, Facebook was able to remove more than 8.7 million images and other contents through AI and Machine Learning technology...

Google users can now easily review and delete their recent search visits

Google on Wednesday, announced its new privacy feature "which will allow the users to review and delete the data directly inside the Google products." In...

Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe resigns

Oculus co-founder and Former CEO, Brendan Iribe on Monday, has announced his departure from Facebook, which has heated a new debate inside the media...

Facebook may roll out “Unsend” feature for messenger to delete sent messages

According to the media reports, Facebook may soon rollout "Unsend" feature for Messenger which will allow users to retract the sent messages not only...

Texas Woman Sues Facebook, Accused the Site of Enabling Sex Trade

A woman from Texas, claiming that she was raped, beaten, and sex trafficked at the age of 15 by a person that posed as...

People are furious over Walmart-Eloquii Acquisition Deal

The US-based retail giant Walmart announced on Tuesday that it is acquiring women's plus-size retailer Eloquii. This news has triggered a new wave of...

Facebook Data Breach Might Render your Account Vulnerable

The social media giant Facebook announced that hackers have stolen digital login codes of nearly 50 million users in what can be described as...

LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong calls “Fake news on social media as cancer of our time”

In an interview with Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong on CNBC on Wednesday, Patrick Soon-Shiong said that fake news on social media are the cancer of...

35-Year-Old Nobody Fathers To World’s Most Valuable Startup TikTok

Back in 2012, when Zhang Yiming pitched the idea of creating an AI-powered news aggregation app, investors such as Sequoia Capital were skeptical. The...

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