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Govt says has taken several steps to curb harmful content on social media

The government has taken several steps to address the challenges of user harm and hateful information available on social media platforms, Parliament was informed on Friday.

Instagram to bring back chronological feed, says company head

The company's algorithmically sorted feed, introduced in 2016, and then updated in 2017 to include recommended posts, is disliked by many users

Instagram CEO faces lawmakers amid anger over potential harm

The CEO of Facebook's Instagram is facing lawmakers angry over revelations of how the popular photo-sharing platform can harm some young users and demanding that the company commit to making changes.

Twitter trends: 2021's good, bad, happy and sad through hashtags

The microblogging site, which was at the centre of many things, became the default Covid-19 helpline for people

Instagram launches feature urging teenagers to take a break

Young users will see notifications about the feature and be urged to set reminders to take more breaks going forward

WhatsApp to allow default disappearing messages, provide greater control

This new feature is optional and does not change or delete any of the user's existing chats

Donald Trump's social media venture says it has raised $1 billion

The capital raise underscored the former US president's ability to attract strong financial backing

New CEO Parag Agrawal begins restructuring Twitter, two senior execs quit

New Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has begun restructuring the company and two senior executives have already stepped down as part of the reorganisation plan.

Twitter removes 3.465 state-linked info operations, users lose followers

Twitter on Thursday cut down what it called 'state-backed information operations'

Meta launches new safety initiatives aiming at online protection of women

A first of its kind platform, NCII.org has partnered with various Indian organisations such as Social Media Matters, Centre for Social Research, and Red Dot Foundation

Flipkart merges depts to create singular growth org under Prakash Sikaria

Sikaria, who is Senior Vice President - Growth and Monetization, Flipkart, has been with the firm since 2015

Clubhouse adds support for 13 more languages including Bengali

The company is rolling out support for Arabic, Bengali, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Farsi / Persian, Hausa, Igbo, Marathi, Nepali, Somali, Thai, Turkish, and Yoruba

Twitter says will not allow sharing of private pics, videos without consent

Twitter will now remove media when notified by the individuals in it, or by an authorised representative, that they did not give their consent for having their private image or video shared

Govt must ensure code of ethics followed in digital media space: Parl panel

The panel observed that social media platforms, like Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter, etc. have placed journalism in the hands of the citizens

Removed 48,594 content pieces in Oct in India: Google compliance report

Google received 24,569 complaints from users and removed 48,594 pieces of content based on those complaints in October, the tech giant said in its monthly transparency report. In addition to reports from users, Google also removed 3,84,509 pieces of content in October as a result of automated detection. Google had received 29,842 complaints from users and removed 76,967 pieces of content in September, while 4,50,246 pieces of content were removed as a result of automated detection. The US-based company has made these disclosures as part of compliance with India's IT rules that came into force in May. Google, in its latest report, said it had received 24,569 complaints in October from individual users located in India via designated mechanisms, and the number of removal actions as a result of user complaints stood at 48,594. These complaints relate to third-party content that is believed to violate local laws or personal rights on Google's significant social media intermediaries (S

Over 18.8 mn content pieces 'actioned' on FB proactively in India: Meta

Its photo sharing platform Instagram took action against over 3 million pieces across 12 categories during the month

WhatsApp says banned over 2 million accounts in India in October

The Meta-owned platform also WhatsApp also received 500 grievance reports in the same month, and took action on only 18 of those

Top headlines: Int'l flights not from Dec 15; Nov GST mop up at Rs 1.31 trn

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Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal to receive $1 mn annual salary

The India-born executive - who succeeds Jack Dorsey in this role - served as Twitter's Chief Technology Officer since 2017, and has been responsible for the company's technical strategy

CEOs who can't sit still: Jack Dorsey's Twitter departure is a sign

Jack Dorsey, who is stepping down after six years as Twitter's chief executive, is one of the tech leaders who seem to have grown tired of managing their empires