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Twitter restores blue verification badge on MS Dhoni's account

The social media platform cited that the account had been inactive since February 2021

Twitter has not named nodal contact person, matter is sub-judice: MoS IT

Parliament was informed on Thursday.

Facebook redesigns 'Settings' menu with simplified options for easy access

Facebook on Thursday announced that it has redesigned its Settings page to make it easier for users to find and change privacy and other settings with simplified options

Twitter didn't share details about policy of 'manipulated media' tag: Govt

Twitter has not shared specific details of how its 'Synthetic and Manipulated Media Policy' was applied to label certain messages as 'manipulated Media', Parliament was informed

Facebook's Kustomer deal may hurt competition, EU regulators say

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Facebook's acquisition of U.S. customer service startup Kustomer may hurt competition and boost its market power in online advertising, European Union antitrust regulators warned on Monday as they opened a full-scale investigation into the deal.

Proactively moderated 65,280 content pieces in July says Koo

Koo has proactively moderated 65,280 content pieces, while 3,431 posts were reported by its users during July, the homegrown company said in its monthly compliance report as mandated by the IT rules. The new IT rules require large digital platforms - with over 5 million users - to publish monthly compliance reports, mentioning the details of complaints received and action taken thereon, as well details around proactively moderated content. In a statement on Monday, Koo said it took steps to proactively moderate 65,280 posts, of which 2.9 per cent (1,887) were removed while 'other action' was taken against the balance 63,393. Other action' includes overlay, blur, ignore, warn, etc., related to Koos that do not comply with GoI guidelines, it added. The report for July 2021 shows that of the 3,431 Koos reported by the community (users), wherein 14.5 per cent (498) were removed, while other action' was taken against the rest 2,933, it said. The volume of proactively moderated content

The opportunities and challenges for India's social commerce start-ups

Industry experts say there are, however, some basic hurdles that video-based commerce needs to overcome to be successful in India

Twitter brings algorithmic bias bounty challenge with prizes up to $3,500

The winning teams will receive cash prizes via HackerOne

Facebook developing AI, new ways to detect users under age 13

Facebook and Instagram weren't designed for people under the age of 13

Should Twitter's new privacy update worry you?

Scheduled to come into effect on August 19, the update essentially provides clarity on some of Twitter's new products, and what data it collects from users

Facebook expects significant growth slowdown for rest of 2021

The company now has 2.9 billion monthly active users (MAUs) globally and average revenue per user stands at $10.12.

AR-based social media platform Flam raises $3.5mn led by Inventus Capital

Flam brings AR to consumers with FlamCards that print videos on card

Apple and Google are winning big, but one company is about to pull ahead

No two tech giants are the same, and it comes down to their business models.

WhatsApp to allow users to prioritise their most important chats

Starting Tuesday, WhatsApp is rolling out new settings for archived chats which will give users more control over their inbox and more ways to organise the Archived Chats folder

Over 2,500 accounts on social platform Koo have yellow tick of 'Eminence'

The platform has over 6 million users.

Facebook, tech giants to target manifestos, far-right militias in database

Over next few months, group will add attacker manifestos - often shared by sympathizers after white supremacist violence - and other publications and links flagged by UN initiative Tech Against Terror

Decoded: What changes with Twitter's new privacy policy

Twitter is trying to generate new revenue. The new policy clarifies what sort of data and metadata it will collect

Twitter's updated privacy policy to come into effect on August 19

One of the updates involves Twitter's social audio product Twitter Spaces; It is further adding details of what data it collects for its subscription service, Twitter Blue

Instagram launches new collaborative feature for Reels in India and UK

The feature enables two users to jointly content with each of their followers

Google builds on India bet, set to buy 2-year-old start-up simsim

The financial details of the deal were not disclosed. simsim was founded in June 2019.