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Twitter tests out 'edit' button, says work began before Musk poll

Twitter says it is working on a way for users to edit messages, although it says project has nothing to do with the fact that edit-button fan Musk was just revealed as Twitter's largest shareholder

Elon Musk's Twitter bet gins up meme stock hype: An analysis

Musk's popularity with retail investors was one of the reasons why Twitter agreed this week to offer him a seat on its board of directors, people familiar with the matter said

641 govt websites, social media accounts hacked in last five years: Centre

Thakur said the government has taken several measures to enhance the cyber security posture and prevent cyber-attacks

Govt orders blocking of 18 Indian, four Pak YouTube-based news channels

False thumbnails were used, title and thumbnail of the videos were frequently altered to increase the virality of content on social media

Meta takes down 23.6 mn pieces of bad content in India on FB, Instagram

Meta actioned a huge 15.4 million spam content, 2.4 million violent and graphic content and 1.4 million content related to adult nudity and sexual activity, among others

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey regrets playing a role in centralising Internet

In a tweet, Dorsey who now focuses on Blockchain and cryptocurrencies via his financial services company Block (earlier Square), lamented over the current state of the Internet.

Sri Lanka imposes nationwide social media blackout: Internet observatory

Some two dozen social media platforms were affected including Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok, and Instagram.

Content consumption in India is changing rapidly- Short Video apps play an important role

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Not Another Celebrity Venture: How Mohamed Hadid Built Hadid Caviar to Global Acclaim

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No intention to make social media users' verification mandatory: Govt

"This is a issue where we are actively involved with, and actively responding to," the minister said

Instagram tests new feature to support social movements through hashtags

The company said it is testing a new feature to help people discover social movements happening in the world and on Instagram, as well as ways to take action.

Elon Musk giving 'serious thought' to build a new social media platform

Musk, a prolific user of Twitter himself, has been critical of the social media platform and its policies of late

A cross-industry collaboration takes shape to combat misinformation

Misinformation Combat Alliance to work on targeted intervention, media literacy

Instagram users can now control their feed with Favourites, Following

Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram on Wednesday said it is introducing two new ways -- Favourites and Following -- to choose what users see in their feed

Twitter's iOS app lets Apple iPhone users record GIF through in-app camera

Micro-blogging site Twitter has announced a new feature that makes it easier for people to create and share their own GIFs

Zomato faces backlash on social media over 10- minute delivery plan

Online food delivery platform Zomato was on Tuesday forced to clarify over the road safety of its delivery partners as its plans to start instant 10-minute food delivery faced backlash on social media. Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal, who had on Monday announced the company's plans to start a pilot of 'Zomato Instant' with four stations in Gurugram from next month, took to social media to clarify that there are no penalties for late deliveries and no incentives for on-time deliveries for both 10-minute and 30-minute deliveries. The 10-minute delivery will be for specific nearby locations, popular and standardised menu only, he said in a series of tweets. He was responding to criticism directed to the company over its plans of starting instant deliveries as it would put the delivery partners at risk on the roads. In a post on Twitter, Congress Lok Sabha MP Karti P Chidambaram said, "This is absurd! It's going to put undue pressure on the delivery personnel, who are not employees & ..

Russia finds Meta guilty of 'extremist activity', says WhatsApp can stay

Russia banned Facebook for restricting access to Russian media while Instagram was blocked after Meta said it would allow social media users in Ukraine to post messages urging violence against Putin

Sonia calls for curbs on social media cos, says they are hacking democracy

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said global social media companies are being abused to hack India's democracy

Meta Platforms slapped with $19 million fine for EU data law breaches

Meta Platforms was fined 17 million euros ($19 million) for violating the European Union's privacy rules by failing to prevent a series of data breaches on its Facebook platform in 2018

Twitter rolls back users access to chronological timeline by default

Twitter recently made an unnecessary change that made it difficult to see chronological feed by default, which gained criticism, but the firm has now announced that it would revert things to normal