Social Media

Twitter revamps account verification policy; what journalists, news organisations should know

The six types of account that Twitter would start assigning blue badge to are Government, Companies, Brands and Non- Profit Organizations, News, Entertainment, Sports, Activists, Organizers, and other influential individuals. Here's are the rules and regulations of the verification policy.

Dec 18, 2020

Urmila Matondkar falls for phishing scam, Instagram account hacked [how to stay safe]

Actor-politician Urmila Matondkar took to Twitter to report that her Instagram profile was compromised after she responded to a direct message (DM) on the photo-video sharing app

Dec 17, 2020

Instagram, Facebook Messenger went down; users in India, Europe, Japan affected

While users from Europe and Japan appeared to have been affected first, some users in India also faced problems using the service.

Dec 10, 2020

Trump's another surgical strike on H-1B visas; how Indians bear the brunt [details]

The lawsuit says that Facebook refused to recruit, consider, or hire qualified and available U.S workers for over 2,600 positions that it, instead, reserved for temporary visa holders.

Dec 5, 2020

What is #PitMad; best of 280-character pitches every aspiring writer must read

The online event occurs quarterly and is open to writers of completed and unpublished manuscripts in any genre. Check out some raw, polished, crisp scripts here.

Dec 4, 2020

Twitter will start verifying accounts again; new guidelines to get blue badge [details]

Twitter is also seeking feedback from its users on the verification process and has laid out its proposed policy on how accounts will be verfiied and unverified starting early next year.

Nov 25, 2020

Snapchat users can earn $1 million a day using TikTok-rival Spotlight; here's how

To drive the users, the company will pay $1 million to most popular creators and their viral posts on the app everyday through the end of 2020.

Nov 23, 2020

Twitter bug keeps ephemeral Fleets from disappearing after 24 hours; fix underway

The bug allowed a person to access and download a user's Fleets and the person whose Fleets were accessed would not even know of it.

Nov 22, 2020

This claim is disputed: Disclaimer on Trump's tweets transform into hilarious meme fest

This is a viral trend and it all started with Donald Trump's outrageous claims in the context of US elections and Twitter correcting the President.

Nov 17, 2020

WhatsApp is finally getting this long-overdue feature inspired by Snapchat [details]

The social networking giant has created a frequently asked questions (FAQ) page on the upcoming feature, revealing detailed information about it.

Nov 3, 2020

Ankhi Das quits Facebook amid content moderation row; what's next?

The ruling BJP has been the largest advertiser on Facebook in India on political and social issues, as per data by Facebook's spending tracker.

Oct 28, 2020

Instagram update lets you change app icons, chat themes on Android, iOS [complete guide]

Instagram has rolled out major changes to the app in its latest update, allowing users to change the app icon theme and DM theme. Here's everything you need to know.

Oct 27, 2020

Hoping for Trump to die from COVID? Twitter won't allow it

Twitter says users are not allowed to openly hope for Trump's death on the platform and that tweets that do so "will have to be removed".

Oct 4, 2020

Twitter down: Thousands of users say app not working globally [And it's back]

Twitter is currently down for many users across the globe, affecting many users in India as well.

Oct 1, 2020

Facebook bans US ads that call voting fraud widespread or election invalid

Facebook has now banned ads on its website and associated platforms in United States of America which claim that voting fraud could be rampant or that the elections could be rigged.