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'Playing with fire': Twitter's India snub sparks debate on free speech

Free speech activists say the government should not attempt to use legal provisions to muzzle freedom of expression

Call for Bharat Ratna: Ratan Tata asks people to stop social media campaign

Tata on Saturday requested people to refrain from demanding the Bharat Ratna for him

Twitter 'withholds' multiple accounts linked to farmers' protest

Several other individual and organisational accounts, including one of a media outlet, were also withheld

SC seeks govt's response on plea seeking law to regulate social media

Supreme Court sought responses from the Centre and others on a plea seeking framing of law to regulate social media platforms and make them responsible for spreading fake news and hate speeches

Worried about power of social media companies: UN chief Guterres

Guterres has said he is 'worried about the power of social media companies and issues such as the volume of information being gathered about people'

Facebook usage, revenue soared during pandemic as screen time skyrocketed

American technology company Facebook ended 2020 on a high note

Facebook beats quarterly revenue estimates; monthly active users up 12%

The results validate the company's foray into e-commerce with Instagram Shopping and Facebook Marketplace that banked on the trend of social shopping

Twitter makes full tweet archive free for academic researchers

Twitter has allowed third-party academic researchers free access to the full history of public conversation via the full-archive search endpoint

Twitter acquires newsletter publishing startup Revue to expand business

Email newsletters, an early form of web publishing, have made a comeback in recent years

A symbiotic relationship

Tech giants and media must have a revenue-sharing model

Twitter launches specially dedicated emoji to celebrate Republic Day

Twitter on Monday announced the launch of a specially dedicated emoji to mark this momentous occasion

Forget TikTok. Audio-based Clubhouse is social media's next big thing

Since its launch last March, Clubhouse has increasingly become a cultural phenomenon. With its success and prominent backing, it may now be poised to upend the entire social media space

Twitter acts on inactive accounts, to begin new verification soon

Micro-blogging platform Twitter has started removing blue verification badges from inactive and incomplete accounts

'Inciter-in-chief': Facebook's oversight board to decide on Trump's ban

Facebook has a decision to make-whether or not to allow the ex-president his bullhorn

Facebook plans aggressive outreach to allay fears of WhatsApp users

This includes ads, interactions with large user groups, government

Joining WhatsApp is 'voluntary', use another app if privacy is an issue: HC

Under the new policy, users can either accept it or exit the app, but they cannot opt not to share their data with other Facebook-owned or third party apps

Parliamentary panel summons Facebook, Twitter officials on January 21

Earlier, the committee had summoned Facebook's India head Ajit Mohan over the issue of political bias on the social media platform

WhatsApp defers privacy terms for three months but Signal still on top

According to Sensor Tower's data, BiP ousted WhatsApp from the number three spot amongst communication app downloads on January 15

WhatsApp, Telegram or Signal? Welcome to the illusion called data security

As millions shun WhatsApp in search for a secure experience, mind you that security is nothing but an illusion and there is no guarantee that Telegram or Signal may not be hacked in the future

Parler app CEO, family go into hiding after receiving death threats

Parler is an alternative social media platform favoured by conservatives in the US