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At 199 million, Twitter logs 20% user growth as pandemic posts surge

Twitter now has 199 million average monetisable daily active users (mDAU), a 20 per cent growth (year-on-year), driven by ongoing product improvements and global conversation around the pandemic

Facebook's monthly user base reaches 2.85 billion amid record sales

This shows an increase of 10 per cent (year-over-year)

WhatsApp tests 24-hour time limit for its disappearing messages feature

After the seven-day limit, WhatsApp is now testing and developing a Disappearing Message feature with the 24-hour option for personal and group chats

China's TikTok faces claim for billions in London child privacy lawsuit

TikTok representative said privacy and safety were the company's top priorities and that it had robust policies, processes and technologies in place to help protect all users, especially teenage users

Facebook unveils upcoming audio products to take on Clubhouse: Details here

Zuckerberg said the world's largest social media network planned in the coming months to launch features including short-form audio clips called Soundbites

US Capitol violence: Apple signals return of social app Parler in App store

Apple said it has reached an agreement with the right-wing social app Parler that could lead to its reinstatement in the company's app store

Pakistan blocks social media apps temporarily on security grounds

Internet users encountered difficulty accessing apps including WhatsApp, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter

TikTok most downloaded non-gaming app worldwide in March despite India ban

With more than 58 million installs in March, TikTok became the most downloaded non-gaming app worldwide last month, said a new report

Instagram betting on local content to dispel 'elitist myth'

Asserts that it does not cater primarily to English-speaking base, claims launch of short video format Reels last year has further expanded its reach

India's ShareChat raises $502 mn from Snap, Twitter, others: Details here

The funding was led by U.S. venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners and American investment firm Tiger, ShareChat said in a statement on Thursday

Holocaust survivors across world harness social media to spread message

Holocaust survivors from around the world are taking to social media to share their experience of how hate speech paved the way for mass murder

Saregama inks global music licensing deal with short video platform Triller

Saregama on Tuesday announced a global music licensing deal with short format video platform Triller

Supreme Court Justice in US suggests regulations for social media platforms

Justice Clarence Thomas said that Congress should consider whether laws should be updated to better regulate social media platforms that have "unbridled control" over "unprecedented" amounts of speech

Audio app Clubhouse floats payments feature for creators to monetise

Audio-chat app Clubhouse said it will launch a monetisation feature for its creators on the platform and that it will not receive any payment from it

How to set-up Facebook tools to control comments on posts, filter News Feed

Facebook's new tools give its user more control over what they share and see on the social media platform

Twitter now lets users add stickers to Fleets: Know how it works, and more

Twitter announced that the new Fleets feature is now available for users on both the Android and iOS platforms

Koo has a 'stronger network' than its bigger rival Twitter, says study

The finding was made in a study titled 'Koo: The new king? Characterising India's emerging social network'

We The Future (WTF) Founder Kunal Sood uses Clubhouse as a Force for Good in the World

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Chinese investor Shunwei Capital exits parent company of Twitter-clone Koo

Existing investors and a clutch of prominent individuals bought out the firm's minority stake

No proposal to appoint regulator for social media: Union Minister Prasad

The government on Wednesday informed Parliament that there is no proposal with the IT ministry to set up a regulator for social media