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Trump and Twitter at loggerheads again!

Twitter has continued to restrict United President Donald Trump’s tweets, which it finds controversial and in violation of its policy. The social ...

Facebook seeking legal advice on India’s FDI before finalising the Jio investment

Social media giant Facebook is seeking legal advice on India’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) towards neighboring countries, especially China and ...

WhatsApp goes down worldwide including India for hours: Here’s all you need to know

Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp on Friday faced an outage with millions of users in India and abroad reporting issues with updating privacy ...

Facebook, Twitter remove ‘manipulated video’ posted by Trump following copyrights complaint

Facebook and Twitter on Friday took down a ‘manipulated video’ posted by the United States President Donald Trump after the owner of the video filed a ...

Russia lifts ban on messaging platform Telegram

Russia has lifted its ban on the messaging app Telegram following the company’s agreement to provide support in the country’s counter-terrorism ...

Facebook removes Trump campaign ads with 'Nazi' symbol

Facebook on Thursday removed a campaign ad by United States President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence that featured an upside-down red ...

Twitter is testing audio tweets on iOS

Twitter is testing audio tweets for users on iOS, the social media platform announced on Tuesday. The micro-blogging platform will now allow users to ...

Facebook will provide option to ‘turn off’ political advertisements

Facebook has given United States users an option to “turn off” all political advertisements on the platform from today. Facebook has long been in the ...

Instagram to review content and policies to support black community

Adam Mosseri, CEO, Instagram, said on Monday that it is reviewing Instagram’s policy guidelines and monitor the content that deals with harassment of ...

Maharashtra SBTC to use the blood donation feature on Facebook to help the needy patients

The Health Department of Maharashtra will now use the blood donation feature on Facebook to overcome the shortage of blood during the Covid-19 period.

WhatsApp is working on a search by date feature: Report

WhatsApp is testing a new feature that will allow users to search for messages by date according to reports.The Facebook-owned messaging platform is ...

Zoom shuts down activists accounts for holding ‘illegal’ virtual meetings

Zoom Video Communications on Thursday provided clarification on why it had shut down the accounts of three pro-democratic activists for holding a ...

IFCN launches WhatsApp chatbot about Covid-19 in Hindi

The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) on Thursday launched the Hindi version of its global fact-checking Covid-19 chatbot for WhatsApp. The ...

Twitter removes over 30,000 “state-linked” accounts from China, Turkey and Russia

Twitter on Friday said that it had removed thousands of state-linked accounts that were meant to spread misinformation and propaganda on the ...

Social media platforms should provide monthly report on actions to combat fake news: EU

Two senior officials of the European Union asked social media sites Facebook, Google, and Twitter to provide monthly reports on their efforts to curb ...

NYU report criticises social media giants for outsourcing content moderation

Cites outsourcing as the reason for incendiary content

Twitter tests Fleets, its disappearing tweets, in India

Will automatically disappear after 24 hours

Twitter adds fact-checking labels to tweets linking 5G with Covid-19: Report

Twitter is adding fact-check labels to tweets linking 5G with the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to reports. The micro-blogging ...

Bezos calls out customer for hate mail on Amazon's ‘Black Lives Matter’ banner

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos took to social media site Instagram to put out an e-mail from a person who derided him for displaying the ‘Black Lives Matter’ ...

Twitter cites security processes for temporarily restricting Amul account

A day after it briefly restricted Amul’s account sparking public outrage, Twitter on Saturday said the account was restricted after being caught in ...

Facebook to limit the spread of “Boogaloo” groups and pages amid protests

Facebook will limit the spread of Boogaloo related groups and pages amid the ongoing protests in the United States, according to media ...

Facebook will review policies related to speech promoting state force, says Zuckerberg

Facebook is going to review its policies on discussions and threats of use of state force, its CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Saturday.In a lengthy ...

Twitter pulls down Trump’s controversial campaign video

Taking the virtual war ahead, Microblogging site Twitter has pulled down the United States President Donald Trump’s controversial campaign video ...

From in-app video editor to “speaking” GIFs, here’s what’s new with Telegram

Messaging app Telegram on Friday launched a range of new features including an in-app video editor, two-step verification and animated stickers.The ...

Google confirms removing apps for policy violations

Google has removed the ‘Remove China Apps’ that gained popularity as it uninstalls Chinese apps such as TikTok, Helo and ShareIt, and Mitron app from ...

Snapchat removes Trump’s account from Discover feature

Snapchat joined the Trump versus social media spat by becoming the latest network to pose restrictions on the reach of US President Donald Trump. The ...

Zuckerberg defends his decision to not remove Trump’s posts in a company-wide meeting

Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday defended his decision to not remove a controversial Facebook post by the United ...

Remove China Apps goes viral; becomes second most downloaded app

The Remove China Apps has gained prominence among Indian Android smartphone users in a short period of time. The app helps users list Chinese apps so ...

Trump signs executive order on social media cos

Order calls for new regulations on companies’ liability

Facebook to verify identity of individual accounts that go viral in the US

Facebook will now start verifying the identities of people with individual profiles that have a larger audience in the US, the company said on ...

Social media should not be fact-checking politicians’ posts, says Zuckerberg

According to the Facebook chief people should know what politicians say

Now, schedule your tweets on Twitter’s web app

Twitter users will now be able to schedule their tweets to be sent at a later time on its web app, the social media platform said on Thursday. “Not ...