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Social media platforms' staff not been threatened of jail term: IT Ministry

The government has never threatened employees of any social media platform, such as Twitter, of jail term, the IT Ministry has said

Mozilla, Internet Society flag concerns over new crules

Concerns include increased surveillance

Bureaucrats may misuse vast powers of new social media rules: Congress

The Congress Saturday alleged the government has brought 'non-statutory' guidelines without Parliament's assent to control social media platforms

New rules for social media, OTT require right implementation: Nasscom

IT industry body Nasscom on Friday said the new rules will require the right implementation to ensure they don't become onerous for the platforms

Giving users more control can help build trust in tech: Facebook

Companies being more transparent about their frameworks, Facebook India Managing Director Ajit Mohan said

Conveyed to Indian govt our commitment to protect privacy: WhatsApp

This comes hours after announcing the decision to go ahead with its controversial privacy policy update

Twitter-rival Koo surpasses 4 mn users in a jiffy; 1 mn added in a week

The app surpassed the milestone in nearly 10 months of its arrival

Facebook blocks news in Australia in warning for the world

The social media platform's 17 million users in Australia are now unable to share any news

Russia joins India to seek alternative to microblogging titan Twitter

This comes after Twitter was used to support protesters backing Russian dissident Alexei Navalny

Twitter's battle with Indian govt gives boost to its local rival Koo

Koo, whose logo of a yellow chick bears a resemblance to Twitter's blue-and-white bird, was founded just a year ago and is a fraction the size of Twitter

Facebook acted on 26.9 mn pieces of content for hate speech globally in Q4

The prevalence of such content on the platform declined to 7-8 views for every 10,000 content views globally

Koo denies leaking user data, clarifies about Chinese firm's investment

French cybersecurity says on Twitter that the Indian-made app was leaking email and other details about users

'Follow our laws': Prasad tells social media firms amid row with Twitter

'Please don't spread enmity, violence and misinformation," says minister in Parliament.

Facebook working on Clubhouse-like audio chat app: Report

Known to clone or lift ideas from its competitors to stay ahead in the game, Facebook is now reportedly working on to build its own social audio app like Clubhouse

Govt seeks cybercrime volunteers to vet online content: Report

In a bid to keep an eye on the cyber world in a "coordinated and comprehensive manner", the government has asked common people to register as cyber crime volunteers

Twitter considers subscription fee for tweetdeck, unique content

The majority of Twitter's revenue comes from targeted advertising

Instagram launches 'parents guide' for young people's safety

The social media app launched a 'parents guide' to help young people be safe on the platform

Instagram testing vertical feed for Stories to improve user experience

Facebook-owned Instagram is now working on new vertical feed for Stories, the way TikTok first used and Reels on Instagram has already cloned the feature

Worried about power of social media companies: UN chief Guterres

Guterres has said he is 'worried about the power of social media companies and issues such as the volume of information being gathered about people'

Facebook usage, revenue soared during pandemic as screen time skyrocketed

American technology company Facebook ended 2020 on a high note