Page 19 - Social Media

Facebook extends pushback on Biden's vaccine criticism on social media

Biden said Friday that social media networks are 'killing people' by allowing spread of misinformation about Covid vaccines, saying that 'the only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated'

Social media platforms 'killing people' with misinformation, says Biden

President Joe Biden has said that social media companies are killing people by failing to police misinformation on their platforms about Covid-19 vaccines

Hard knocks for soft power

The state is tightening its control over what we read, watch, hear or laugh at, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. Why not facilitate our soft power instead of clamping down on its strengths?

WhatsApp banned 2 mn Indian accounts during May 15-Jun 15 period

Clarifies more than 95% of such bans due to unauthorised use of bulk messaging or spam

Twitter to discontinue Instagram Stories inspired 'Fleets' feature on Aug 3

Twitter on Wednesday announced that it will discontinue its Fleets feature, the platform's own version of stories that disappear after 24 hours, on August 3

Facebook, Instagram to invest over $1 billion in content creators

The investments will include bonus programs to pay creators who hit certain milestones on its apps, including photo-sharing network Instagram, and fund users to produce content, Facebook said.

India single largest source of govt requests for account info: Twitter

India also ranked second in terms of volume of legal demands for content removal after Japan, Twitter said in a blog that provided an update to its transparency report

Twitter permanently suspends some fake accounts it verified by mistake

Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it mistakenly verified some fake accounts that the social media company has now permanently suspended, months after restarting its verification program.

ByteDance shelves IPO after regulators warn about data security: Report

The Chinese tech giant, whose apps also include TikTok's Chinese twin Douyin and the news aggregator Toutiao, had kicked off initial preparations for an IPO of its domestic assets

IT Minister of State Rajeev Chandrashekhar briefly loses Twitter blue tick

Experts suggest the removal of the blue tick was due to the change in user name effected by Chandrashekhar after he took over as a Minister of State.

Facebook's ugly face

Book review of An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination

Twitter India releases its transparency report under new IT rules

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

Twitter India names Vinay Prakash as its grievance officer for India

The executive will be based in Bengaluru, says company as it posts data about complaints it had received

Facebook removes 5,381 malicious accounts, groups and pages in June

In its latest attempt to sanitise its platforms, Facebook has purged 5,381 malicious accounts, groups and pages from its main network and Instagram

Made in Bharat

Mocking new health minister Mansukh Mandaviya's English underlines the political elitism Modi's India has rejected.

Twitter's India business is trending despite company's face-off with govt

According to data intelligence platform Similarweb, the Twitter app's daily active users on Android increased to 10.03 million in May from 7.85 million in January 2021, a 27 per cent rise

Oversight board faults Facebook for handling rule on contentious content

Facebook 'misplaced' guidance on an important exemption to its rules on dangerous individuals and organizations for three years, the company's independent oversight board said

Social media manipulation threatens poll process, says Supreme Court

Dismisses plea by Facebook India Vice-President and MD Ajit Mohan

Entities like Facebook have to remain accountable, says Supreme Court

Delhi Legislative Assembly and its committee have the power to compel attendance of members and outsiders on grounds of its privilege, the Supreme Court held on Thursday

Free speech incidental to user contract, Twitter tells Delhi High Court

Twitter has asserted that since it provides contractual services to its users as per its terms and conditions, any dispute would go before ordinary courts for redressal