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Social media with large user base should behave responsibly: IT Secretary

Ajay P Sawhney said doing so was critical as users need to have confidence in the platform they are on

The balancing act

Privacy on social media must be protected

Need 3 more months to finalise rules on social media misuse: Centre to SC

The court, in the last hearing, had asked the govt to come up with norms in 3 weeks

Social media rules: Next 3 months key as intermediary norms get 'decrypted'

Arguments on data decryption have fuelled a debate on primacy of national security over individual privacy

Social media being used to manipulate elections, monitor citizens: Watchdog

Disinformation was the most commonly used tactic to undermine elections, according to the group

Govt asks Google, Facebook and ilk to appoint local grievance officers

They have been asked to develop a monitoring mechanism for time-bound preventive and other actions to remove objectionable contents from public view

Meet Cocoon, your private Facebook for family now available on Apple phones

Called Cocoon, the new social network had been under development with select families and is now open to everyone starting today on Apple iOS, Quartz reports

Facebook to consolidate payment tools across its apps with Facebook Pay

Facebook Pay will begin rolling out on Facebook and Messenger this week in the United States

Customise solutions and deliver targetedly: Mindshare South Asia COO

The principle is to serve the consumer in the best possible manner, says Mindshare's South Asia COO Amin Lakhani

Twitter's new beginning

Discontinuing political ads is a bold move

Research reveals hardly anybody shares fake news on Facebook, Twitter

One study that looked at Twitter activity during the 2016 election concluded that 80% of fake news was shared by just 0.1% of users

Cops turn to social media and humour to get their word across

The Mumbai Traffic Police department is among the oldest hands on social media

Inside the toxic world of online trolls and the devastation they cause

A Molotov cocktail of lies, abuse and bigotry is blowing up social media

Govt finalising IT rules for social media to trace original source of info

Messaging giant WhatsApp has, in the past, drawn flak from the government on the issue of message traceability

Facebook, Instagram on Google Play Store still vulnerable: Check Point

In short, threat actors can gain administrative control over the mobile applications studied by Check Point Research

Pegasus snooping row: Could have done more with govt, says WhatsApp

As many as 1.400 people worldwide were targeted by the spyware, including 121 in India, most of activists and journalists

Google, Facebook business models threaten people's rights: Amnesty report

Internet giants use 'ubiquitous surveillance' to collect massive amounts of data, says London-based rights group.

India important for New York Times, visiting to understand it better: CEO

We are not tying up with anyone in India, nor are we looking at distribution or investment, says CEO Mark Thompson

Facebook rolls out meme-making app 'Whale'; seeks to gauge users' interest

Facebook is slowly launching apps in new genres beyond chats to woo more users and open new avenues to make money

Bad news: What you say doesn't matter

The impact of user-generated content which takes the brand out of the brand owner's control is only growing