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EC asks Twitter to remove BJP leader Kapil Mishra's tweet on Delhi polls

Mishra, a former minister in the Arvind Kejriwal cabinet, said on Twitter the February 8 election will be a contest between India and Pakistan in Delhi.

From Facebook to Twitter: How social media platforms handle political ads

The following is how social media platforms have decided to handle false or misleading claims in political ads

How to fix Twitter? Elon Musk tells Jack Dorsey to identify the bots

'Give us some direct feedback,' said Dorsey, who spoke to Musk via a video call from a company meeting in Houston

WhatsApp faces global outage, users take to Twitter to report issues

According to Downdetetector.com, the problem started in the evening around 4 p.m. and alive outage map showed users in India, Europe, Brazil and in Southeast Asia were affected by the outage.

Indian-born Twitter head who decides on blocking tweets, even Trump's

As Twitter's head of legal and policy issues, Gadde has one of the most difficult jobs in technology

While shuttered at home, China looks to exploits social media abroad

Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms have tried for years without success to be allowed into the lucrative Chinese market

Despite its positives, social media can be used to spread falsehoods

Social media messaging has its positives but, being far faster than traditional ways of communication, it can be used to spread destructive falsehoods and distortions

Twitter to test features to limit abuse, may allow users to filter replies

Social media firms are under pressure to address harassment on their sites, which often occurs in unsolicited replies targeting women and minorities

Relief for tech cos as change in proposed digital content norms on cards

Since 2017, rumour-mongering on social media has been blamed for mob attacks that killed 30 people across the country

CEOs on Social: Will the ego land in 2020?

Today, an entire industry has sprung up to support the narrative that CEOs need to be highly social

Outrage over RSS event for IT firms, Accenture exec denies attending

Online outrage as top execs of the two companies decide to attend RSS event in Feb

How are we checking child porn, Rajya Sabha panel asks Google and Twitter

New Delhi, 6 January An ad hoc committee of the Rajya Sabha met executives from online social media platforms Google, Twitter and ShareChat, as also the HERD Foundation, on the "alarming issue of pornography on social media and its effect on children and society as a whole". According to a person present, the MPs asked the companies about ways to curb child pornography on their respective platforms. The meeting was attended by Rahul Jain, the India manager for public policy at Google; Twitter India policy head Mahima Kaul; Berges Malu, head of public policy and policy communications at Indian language content platform ShareChat; and Amol Deshmukh and Suchika Gupta of HERD Foundation. Another person aware of the discussion said one of the executives suggested something on the lines of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act in America. That law is designed to limit the collection and use of personal information about children by operators of internet services and websites. The ...

Year in Review: Twitter to TikTok, the multi-layered nature of consumers

The lists leave a trail of breadcrumbs to the consumer. Even more interestingly, though, the nature of lists drawn up tell us what brands want.

Twitter blocks 88,000 Saudi accounts linked to 'state-backed' propaganda

Most accounts were in Arabic, aimed at "amplifying messages favourable to Saudi authorities". Some in English were aimed at "Western audiences".

Nearly 6000 Saudi accounts removed from Twitter for violating policies

The 5,929 accounts removed are part of a larger group of 88,000 accounts engaged in "spammy behaviour" across a wide range of topics

Kohli's birthday wish to Dhoni most retweeted Indian sport post of 2019

Twitter India also revealed India's top male and female sports handles in 2019. PV Sindhu leads the women's category while Kohli was on the top of the charts in the men's category.

Elon Musk wins defamation trial over 'pedo guy' tweet about cave expert

The jury deliberated less than an hour before ruling in favor of Musk and clearing him of any liability in the high-profile case that pitted him against Vernon Unsworth

No funds to complete infra projects in Madhya Pradesh, says CM Kamal Nath

The government dropped the plan for a new Bhopal-Indore expressway because it needed Rs 6,000 crore to complete the project

Twitter India officers meet Parliamentary Panel to discuss cyber harassment

This comes in the wake of sexual assault and murder of a 27-year-old veterinary doctor near Hyderabad

Diss and be damned

When a basic food item galvanised the masses to rise against an empire