Page 30 - Social Media

Top headlines: New rules for OTTs; India's GDP may contract 7% in FY21

Govt announces new guidelines to curb misuse of social media platforms; Bharti Airtel raises $1.25 bn through dual-tranche dollar bonds

Govt to announce social media guidelines for Facebook, Twitter and others

Apart from a grievance officer whose details should be prominently displayed on the platform, rules also ask for appointment of a Chief Compliance Officer responsible for ensuring adherence to the Act

Right to silence is virtue in present noisy times: Facebook VP tells SC

Right to silence is a virtue in present noisy times, Facebook India Vice President and MD Ajit Mohan Wednesday told the Supreme Court

Facebook to restore Australian news pages after tweaks to media laws

Canberra agrees to amend draft law that will force Big Tech to pay for journalism

Unfriending big tech

The drama playing out between news publishers, Google/Facebook and the Australian government hit all kinds of high points last week

Twitter removes hundreds of accounts, says are linked to Iran, Russia

The company said it had taken down 238 accounts operating from Iran for various violations of its policies

Twitter considered acquiring homegrown platform ShareChat: Report

ShareChat is a Bengaluru-based social networking platform

If Big Tech has the will, research can show the way to self-regulation

Research shows three key ways social media self-regulation can work: deprioritize engagement, label misinformation and crowdsource accuracy verification

Social media can topple govts, working on a law to regulate it: Ram Madhav

Senior BJP leader Ram Madhav said that social media has become so powerful that it can even topple governments

Social media being used for anti-social activities: Nitish Kumar

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Friday expressed concern about anti-social activities on social media while announcing a meeting of Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) on this issue on February 24.

Unfriended by Facebook, Oz reaches out to India, friends around the globe

Social media giant faces backlash over its bid to 'bully' Australia; UK expresses concern

Giving users more control can help build trust in tech: Facebook

Companies being more transparent about their frameworks, Facebook India Managing Director Ajit Mohan said

Conveyed to Indian govt our commitment to protect privacy: WhatsApp

This comes hours after announcing the decision to go ahead with its controversial privacy policy update

Facebook 'unfriends' Australia in warning for rest of the world

Govt hits out at tech giant after emergency sites blocked over decision on proposed media law

Twitter-rival Koo surpasses 4 mn users in a jiffy; 1 mn added in a week

The app surpassed the milestone in nearly 10 months of its arrival

Facebook blocks news in Australia in warning for the world

The social media platform's 17 million users in Australia are now unable to share any news

Twitter testing upto 140-second long voice messages in DMs in India

According to the company, voice messages in DMs will make it easier for people to have conversations

Twitter begins testing voice message feature for DMs in India today

Feature to be rolled out in phases today; Brazil, Japan are the other test countries

Chinese investor in Twitter clone Koo's parent firm on way out

The investor is on its way out after other investors have pledged to buy out its 9 per cent stake, Koo's co-founder and CEO Aprameya Radhakrishna said

TikTok's US ad business roars back as Trump's threats recede

TikTok's revenue ambitions have grown and now include selling top-dollar ad packages centered around holidays or major events