Page 27 - Social Media

How to set-up Facebook tools to control comments on posts, filter News Feed

Facebook's new tools give its user more control over what they share and see on the social media platform

Twitter now lets users add stickers to Fleets: Know how it works, and more

Twitter announced that the new Fleets feature is now available for users on both the Android and iOS platforms

Facebook steps up efforts to curb hate speech amid polls in Indian states

Facebook is taking several measures, including reducing distribution of content deemed to be hate speech

Koo has a 'stronger network' than its bigger rival Twitter, says study

The finding was made in a study titled 'Koo: The new king? Characterising India's emerging social network'

The threats of 'Western Universalism'

Book review of Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power: 5 Battlegrounds

Monetising content

Wikipedia's new initiative will make it more sustainable

CJI invokes Rudyard Kipling to advise judges against social media slander

Chief Justice of India SA Bobde on Saturday invoked poet Rudyard Kipling to advise judges against social media slander

Issues are not around use of social media but over abuse and misuse: Prasad

Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said that the government has no issue around the use of social media but over abuse and misuse of the platforms

Social e-commerce platform CityMall raises $11 mn in new funding round

CityMall will use the funds to strengthen its supply chain, logistics and expand to 20 new cities.

Assembly polls: Twitter puts in place tech, policies to counter false info

The heightened social media activity ahead of an election, whether local or national, has been of concern for governments across the world

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg lays out steps to reform internet rules

Zuckerberg acknowledged the calls for changes to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act

Tencent's quarterly profit jumps 175%, above Wall Street forecast

Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings Ltd on Wednesday reported a forecast-beating 175% rise in quarterly profit

Are hashtags really political ads?

A "hashtag" makes for "highly-polarised political narratives", opined a panel set up under an ex-IRS officer, Harish Kumar, to review poll expenditure limits and expenditure monitoring mechanisms

Facebook gets tougher with groups that violate its community guidelines

Facebook has announced new measures to prevent its interest-based forums called Groups from spreading harmful content

Chinese investor Shunwei Capital exits parent company of Twitter-clone Koo

Existing investors and a clutch of prominent individuals bought out the firm's minority stake

No proposal to appoint regulator for social media: Union Minister Prasad

The government on Wednesday informed Parliament that there is no proposal with the IT ministry to set up a regulator for social media

GoPro's reworked smartphone app Quik brings new features and capabilities

The GoPro Quik app lets users import photos and videos from any phone or camera, including GoPro's own action-cameras and DSLRs. The app features a suite of photo and video editing tools

Russia threatens to fully block Twitter as content dispute escalates

Twitter hasn't responded to the Russian regulator's repeated requests to remove illegal content

Snapchat's TikTok clone 'Spotlight' launched in India

Snapchat on Tuesday launched its new entertainment platform 'Spotlight' for user-generated content in India

Parl panel questions legality of new rules for OTT, social media platforms

Some members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology on Monday questioned the legality of new rules framed by the government to regulate OTT and social media platforms. Tightening the rules governing social media and streaming companies, the Centre had announced last month the Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code applicable on WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, YouTube and Amazon Prime Video among others. Top officials of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Monday deposed before the parliamentary panel on "intermediary guidelines in the context of examination of the subject review of functioning of Central Board of Film Certification." The panel is chaired by senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor. Some members and the chairman asked a number of questions to the officials like whether these rules are in conformity with the legal framework, sources in the panel said. MPs