Page 47 - Social Media

Millions of dollars a year for content: Facebook's offer to news outlets

The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that Facebook representatives had told news executives that they'd pay as much as $ 3 million a year to license stories, headlines and other material

Facebook plans to double women employees globally in 5 years

The world's largest social-media company also wants half of its US workforce to be from underrepresented groups by 2024

Thumbs down to Facebook's cryptocurrency

Technology has enabled us to complete transactions efficiently with good protection. The last thing we need is a new vehicle for nurturing illicit activities

Unprecedented Reach of Election Schedule Announcement on Social Media

Unprecedented Reach of Election Schedule Announcement on Social Media

As sex accusations flood social media, lawyers gear up for suits

As the torrent of accusations continues, it is unlikely to be the last

Here's how social media pages are good source for making a quick buck

Politics in India has spilled over to the world of social media for years now

Russians helped elect Trump: Social media lies have real-world consequences

There is no way to quantify exactly what this barrage of disinformation and manipulation did to American politics

These influencers aren't flesh and blood, yet millions follow them

Virtual influencers come with an advantage for the companies that use them: They are less regulated than their human counterparts

RBI to use social media platforms to demystify banking to youths

The focus is on "two-day communication" with the public which is anchored by "transparency, timeliness and credibility"

Rahul, Marx, Dhinchak Pooja

In a landscape dominated by social media, everything begins to matter less for what it is than for how many likes or re-tweets it can generate

Message in a meme?

How political statements are being made in the age of viral social media posts

Now, CISF to monitor social media to secure airports, nuclear installations

Social media platforms like Twitter, FaceBook, and YouTube will be used by paramilitary force to check any suspicious and sabotage-like activity

Social media to help ensure security at airports, nuclear bases

A special team of CISF agents has been trained in the job of tracking social media trends

Indians most anxious globally over lack of internet while holidaying: Study

14% Indians are always working on a vacation, followed by US and Brazil

UK may ban kids under 13 from social media to curb sexual abuse

The move comes as Home Secretary Amber Rudd is to meet executives from the Internet giants

Self-harm on social media

Blue Whale is believed to be a social media group encouraging young people to kill themselves

Now, HBO's social media accounts hacked after GOT episode leaks online

HBO's troubles are just getting worse as on Wednesday night hackers took control of the network's social media accounts. According to Variety, a hacking group broke into company's Twitter and Facebook accounts. "Hi, OurMine are here, we are just testing your security, HBO team please contact us to upgrade the security - ourmine .Org -> Contact," read a message on both social platforms. The Twitter account for "Game of Thrones" was also misused. However, HBO managed to scrap the offending tweets shortly after they were posted. This comes after HBO Spain accidentally broadcast "Game of Thrones" season seven episode 6 four days before its official release. The news of hack first broke out on July 31 when the hackers reportedly released a handful of unaired episodes of HBO shows, as well as other internal data, online. After that, an unaired episodes of the season nine of the show "Curb Your Enthusiasm" was leaked online. The episodes from the upcoming installment of the s

How not to communicate: Lessons from trolls

Trying to intimidate opponents is a sign of weakness. But that doesn't stop bullies

Now, an Instagram post of your new car, watch may lead taxmen to your door

A photo of your shiny new luxury car on Instagram or a costly watch on Facebook may lead the taxman to your door as the tax department from next month will begin amassing virtual information to trace black money. 'Project Insight', likely to be launched next month, will use big data analytics to match information from social media sites to deduce mismatches between spending pattern and income declaration. The tax department will analyse mismatches in income declarations and spending patterns to trace tax evasions and black money, an official said. The governmenthas also made linking of PAN with Aadhaar mandatory to get a 360 degree view of a person's income and assets. The tax department had last year signed a pact with L&T Infotech for implementation of Project Insight, which is designed to strengthen the non-intrusive information driven approach for improving tax compliance. "Currently beta testing is on and the integrated platform for Project Insight should be launched by

US to collect social media data on all immigrants entering country

The data collection has alarmed privacy groups and lawyers