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Facebook puts Instagram Kids on hold amid criticism of planned app

Instagram has hit pause on a new app it is creating for kids, the photo-sharing service owned by Facebook Inc said on Monday, in a move that comes amid growing opposition for the project

Instagram pauses Instagram Kids, eyes changes to access and content

The announcement follows a withering series by the Wall Street Journal, which reported that Facebook was aware that the use of Instagram by some teenage girls led to mental health issues and anxiety

Researchers say FB interfering with their tools to study News Feed

According to The Markup, Facebook has been adding "junk code to HTML features meant to improve accessibility for visually impaired users".

Clubhouse may be working on 'Waves', a feature to invite friends to chat

Clubhouse has been one of the fastest-growing social media platforms in 2021

Facebook to target harmful coordination by real accounts using playbook

Facebook is taking a more aggressive approach to shut down coordinated groups of real-user accounts engaging in certain harmful activities on its platform

Russia fines Facebook, Twitter for not deleting banned content

The Tagansky district court said Facebook had been handed five fines totalling 21 million roubles ($287,850). Twitter received two fines of a total 5 million roubles, it said.

Microblogging platform Koo to raise headcount to 500 in a year: Co-founder

Homegrown microblogging platform Koo expects to raise its headcount to over 500 people in the next one year, as it looks to hire across engineering, product and community management teams

Twitter launches subscription-based feature 'super follows' for iOS users

People in the US and Canada using iOS can super follow a select group of people within the United States

Instagram may ditch swipe up gesture to access links on Aug 30: Report

Facebook-owned Instagram is ditching the "swipe-up" link in Instagram Stories starting on August 30

TikTok overtakes FB as most world's most downloaded social media app

Chinese short-video platform TikTok has overtaken Facebook as the most downloaded social media app in the world, the media reported.

Facebook redesigns 'Settings' menu with simplified options for easy access

Facebook on Thursday announced that it has redesigned its Settings page to make it easier for users to find and change privacy and other settings with simplified options

Should Twitter's new privacy update worry you?

Scheduled to come into effect on August 19, the update essentially provides clarity on some of Twitter's new products, and what data it collects from users

Twitter to discontinue Instagram Stories inspired 'Fleets' feature on Aug 3

Twitter on Wednesday announced that it will discontinue its Fleets feature, the platform's own version of stories that disappear after 24 hours, on August 3

Twitter 'privacy check-in' feature to let you hide account from searches

Twitter has shared couple of new ideas around maintaining user privacy and a 'privacy check-in' feature would allow people to remain more secure on the platform

Twitter planning 'trusted friends' feature similar to Instagram: Report

Twitter has revealed two concepts for upcoming features, including 'trusted friends, that would allow users to target tweets toward specific audiences

Removed 1,253 posts, says Koo in first compliance report under new IT rules

The Bengaluru-based startup said that going forward it will publish the report on the first day of each month

Twitter brings security key as your only 2FA method to mobile, web

Twitter has announced that users can use their security keys as only form of two-factor authentication (2FA) on both mobile and web, which is the most effective way to keep the Twitter account secure

Twitter site not working for some users; few features inaccessible

Twitter was down late on Wednesday for multiple users, with most of them reporting issues with the social media platform's website, according to outage monitoring website Downdetector

Twitter may soon let you sign in through connected Google Account

Micro-blogging site Twitter is working to make it possible to sign in to your account through a connected Google Account

Showdown over new IT rules: All you need to know about Twitter vs Govt feud