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Social media platforms' staff not been threatened of jail term: IT Ministry

The government has never threatened employees of any social media platform, such as Twitter, of jail term, the IT Ministry has said

Tech's war with news outlets flares as US lawmakers ready Bill

The legislation would make America the next front in the news industry's war against FB and Google

Twitter launches conversation settings for ads, gives brands more control

Launched globally in August last year, conversation settings have given Twitter users more control over who can reply or engage with their tweets. This has now been extended to brands

Facebook launches Instagram Lite in 170 lower bandwidth countries

Instagram Lite will be available for Android-based phon­es and require less bandwidth than the traditional version

Over 4400 Facebook, Twitter URLs blocked in 2020: Dhotre

Over 4,400 URLs from Facebook and Twitter were blocked by the government in 2020 under Section 69A of the IT Act, Parliament was informed on Wednesday

WhatsApp CEO 'worried' about Indian govt promoting Koo

WhatsApp head Will Cathcart is worried not only about the Union government's aim to break encryption but also the move to promote the homegrown micro-blogging platform Koo

Twitter says it's working on a 'big overhaul' of TweetDeck platform

American microblogging and social networking service Twitter is working on a 'big overhaul' of its TweetDeck platform, which lets users arrange lists and feeds into easy-to-read vertical rows

Top headlines: India entry into global bond indices put off, SMS rules held

With the suspension of the IBCcoming to an end, the government is preparing a special relief framework for medium and small enterprises that are still grappling with the pandemic crisis

Surveillance fears over new rules to tame social media in India

For long, activists and governments have been prompted to demand greater transparency and accountability from Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and other social media behemoths

Facebook tests feature in India to share Instagram reels on its news feed

Facebook Inc said on Monday it was testing a feature on Instagram that allows some content creators in India to share short video clips, known as reels, on their Facebook accounts

Nervous government explores ways to 'manage' media

The efforts betray the nervousness of a government unable to sell its 'positive' governance narrative at home and abroad

Nita Ambani launches social media platform Her Circle for women

The platform is aimed at empowering women

Centre's social media regulation lacks teeth, says Supreme Court

The top court also granted interim protection from arrest to Amazon Prime Video's India head Aparna Purohit in FIRs lodged over web series Tandav.

Reddit appoints Snap veteran Drew Vollero as chief financial officer

Vollero, who served as Snap Inc's first CFO and was a former executive of Mattel Inc, will lead Reddit's finance team starting later this month and will report to Jen Wong, the firm's COO

WhatsApp to introduce audio, video calling on desktop app for users

In order to make a WhatsApp desktop call, you need to have a Windows 10 64-bit version 1903 and newer or macOS 10.13 and newer

K-Pop to cricket, women discovering new areas of interest through Twitter

According to a recent survey, 41 per cent women surveyed said they discovered a new interest on Twitter

Regulating digital media: News portals wary of Centre's latest guidelines

The new guidelines seek to regulate OTT platforms and digital news media, whether they use other intermediary sites or apps such as Twitter or Facebook or host news media content on their own websites

Parler drops case against Amazon for pushing offline over Capitol violence

The app went dark in January as many service providers pulled back support, accusing it of failing to police violent content related to the attack on the US Capitol

Power to administer new digital media rules not with states, UTs: Centre

The Centre has told all states and union territories that the power to administer the new rules on digital media publications has not been delegated to them

Mozilla, Internet Society flag concerns over new crules

Concerns include increased surveillance