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Soon, Twitter will replace 'Retweets and comments' to 'Quotes' button

The new feature has received mixed reviews from the users who are part of the random test

Soon, Twitter will replace 'Retweets and comments' to 'Quotes' button

The new feature has received mixed reviews from the users who are part of the random test

Twitter, Instagram flooded with fraudulent Covid-19 posts: Study

Researchers have found that thousands of social media posts on popular platforms Twitter and Instagram were tied to financial scams and possible counterfeit goods specific to Covid-19 products.

Twitter-backed start-up ShareChat continues with inorganic expansion

Acquires Saif Partners-backed Circle Internet to strengthen hyperlocal content on platform

BS READS: The search for an Indian giant in difficult social media terrain

How many players are able to sustain user growth will only be clear with time. That said, it is quite likely some may find the right investors and loyal audience and make it in the long haul

Information requests on users from India grew 66% to 789 in 2019: Twitter

Removal requests from India also grew 55 per cent to 782 in July-December 2019 from 504 in the preceding six months.

Raipur cops file FIR against Facebook's Ankhi Das over social media posts

FIR has been filed against two users of the platform as well for allegedly hurting religious sentiments

Act against those spreading hatred on Facebook, asserts Shiv Sena

The Shiv Sena sought action "irrespective of party affiliations" against those who spread hatred and talk of disintegrating the country on social media platforms like Facebook

Parliamentary panel plans to summon Facebook in hate-speech case

A report by The Wall Street Journal on Saturday mentioned that Facebook overlooked its hate speech policies

Facebook begins merging Instagram and Messenger chats, says report

Facebook acquired Instagram for $1 billion in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion

Facebook allows small businesses to earn from paid online events

Facebook also testing "paid events with Messenger Rooms" for more personal and interactive gatherings

Changing times: Social puts the zing into e-commerce in tier-2, 3 cities

Investors pouring big bucks into social commerce to tap India's large lower income group market

Dismiss Big Tech's challenge to social media order, Trump admin asks court

The lawsuit was brought in June by the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), a Washington-based tech group funded by Facebook Inc , Alphabet Inc's Google and Twitter Inc

Bengaluru social media row: Mob runs amok, riot-hit areas resemble warzone

Charred vehicles, shards of glass from broken windows, stones and bricks lie strewn over the deserted roads of the violence-affected localities

Twitter rolls out new feature that enables users to control replying

Twitter has rolled out a new feature that enables users to control who can reply to their tweets.

TikTok collected Android devices' MAC address despite Google's restriction

The short video-sharing platform owned by Chinese unicorn ByteDance reportedly took advantage of a security hole to collect the data

Soon, Twitter will translate tweets automatically on Android, iOS platform

The translation is already a feature of Twitter, but it's not automatic

Now, Twitter lets you control who replies to tweet: Here is how it works

The feature allows Twitter user to set the reply preference before posting a tweet

Violence in Bengaluru against social media post by Cong MLA's alleged aide

The police teams that tried to contain the violence also bore the brunt of the mob as their vehicles were damaged, eye-witnesses say

Twitter users can now control who replies to their tweets: Here's how

Users can select from three sets of people - everyone, only people they follow and only people they mention in the tweet