Social Media

Facebook gets cracking on misinformation, hate speeches on social media platforms

The company has shared it's three-pronged measures—remove, reduce and inform—to counter fake news, click baits on all its social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and Messenger app.

Apr 11, 2019

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WhatsApp for iPad is finally happening after all these years: Everything you can do

WhatsApp for iPad, one of the most demanded and widely ignored features, is finally coming to users soon.

Apr 10, 2019

Twitter reduces daily follows from 1,000 to 400 accounts: Here's why

By limiting the number of accounts you can follow on Twitter, the social networking site is cracking down on spam accounts and bots.

Apr 9, 2019

Lok Sabha 2019: Facebook removes 687 Congress affiliated pages, accounts over fake news peddling, spam

Besides Congress, Facebook removed pages affiliated to Indian IT firm Silver Touch and Pakistan-based website for engaging in coordinated inauthentic behaviour on Facebook and Instagram in India

Apr 1, 2019

Congress spokesperson stalked and sexually harassed on social media, UP bizman held

Rajesh Shrivastava, 54, was arrested after the victim filed a complaint with Tughlak Road police station in New Delhi.

Mar 29, 2019

Special Event March 2019 highlights: Apple TV+, Arcade, News+ and Apple Card announced

One the major highlight of the Apple Special Event March 2019 is the Apple TV+ service, which will showcase new works of Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Octavia Spencer, J.J. Abrams, Jason Momoa, M. Night Shyamalan, and several Hollywood celebrities.

Mar 26, 2019

Facebook confesses to storing 600 million users' passwords in plain text for years

The bug was unearthed during a security review in January and was reported by Brian Krebs, a cybersecurity writer. Facebook, in a blog post, explained the situation and said that they have fixed the bug.

Mar 22, 2019

Wikipedia schools Twitter about missing 'edit button'

Twitter getting an edit button is a long-debated topic and Wikipedia just joined the discussion.

Mar 22, 2019

WhatsApp, Nasscom join hands to fight fake news ahead of Lok Sabha 2019 elections

WhatsApp in collaboration with NASSCOM will conduct special digital literacy programmes in several cities, towns and villages to educate people on how to fact-check news on the messenger app and social media platforms.

Mar 19, 2019

WhatsApp warns users again, this time regarding a buggy update

After banning users for using unofficial apps, WhatsApp has cautioned against downloading a beta version for its official app due to a serious bug.

Mar 13, 2019

Woman stripped by in-laws, nude photos uploaded online for not paying for husband's impotency surgery

The 26-year-old woman said that her husband, his parents and brother took her nude photos and hacked her social media accounts to post those photos to depict that she was a sex worker.

Mar 12, 2019

Getting abused, vile messages on WhatsApp? You can put an end to it by doing this

WhatsApp users who get threatening messages or vulgar images, texts can complain to DoT and if necessary police action will be taken against the culprit.

Feb 25, 2019

Don't DM your nudes, Twitter doesn't really get rid of your 'deleted' messages

The next time you feel the urge to send private photos over Twitter, think hard as new evidence shows it'll probably stay on Twitter's server for years.

Feb 16, 2019

Facebook to track users who threaten its staff

Users who make 'credible threats' on the social networking site will be tracked by the Facebook security team using location data as well as the IP address.

Feb 15, 2019

Priyanka Gandhi finally joins Twitter, gains thousands of followers within hours

Priyanka Gandhi's official Twitter handle is @priyankagandhi. She was recently appointed as the Congress general secretary in-charge of east UP after years of speculations on her formal entry into politics.

Feb 11, 2019

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