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TikTok's moderators still review child abuse despite vow to exit business

The revelations highlight the challenges that social media companies and their content review teams face in protecting their users from extremely disturbing material

It is duty of Twitter to provide details of users: Govt to K'taka HC

The union government has informed the High Court of Karnataka that being a significant intermediary, micro blogging site Twitter has additional responsibility and it was its duty to provide details of account holders. Additional Solicitor General R Sankarnarayanan who appeared for the central government, gave the examples of dangerous tweets that is going to affect the integrity, sovereignty of India or is going to create a public (dis) order; then naturally we will step in and either we will issue a take down notice or we will say block the account. The ASG cited somebody gives a tweet under the assumed name of Government of Pakistan about India Occupied Kashmir, somebody says (V) Prabhakaran (LTTE leader) is a hero and he is coming back. All this is so dangerous that it is going to incite violence. Twitter approached the HC in June 2022 against the take-down orders issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). Twitter claims the government is required

Snapchat puts parents in control, introduces 'Content Controls' for kids

Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has rolled out a new feature for Family Center, called "Content Controls", which will allow parents to limit the type of content their teens watch on the app

US demands TikTok owner ByteDance sell stakes or face ban: Report

TikTok's owners may retain some form of ownership but through a passive structure

Meta to cut 10,000 jobs, close about 5,000 open roles in efficiency push

The Facebook parent company has been marketing 2023 as a "year of efficiency" in an effort to improve its financial performance and achieve longer-term goals

Instagram's new feature to let users access recently shared Reels

Meta-owned Instagram is reportedly testing a new feature that will let users quickly access their recently shared Reels, making it easier for them to reshare them later to other friends

Zuckerberg was warned on social media addiction, says court filing

"No one wakes up thinking they want to maximize the number of times they open Instagram that day," one Meta employee wrote in 2021. "But that's exactly what our product teams are trying to do."

Facebook parent Meta building a Twitter-like social media application

Meta is reportedly building a dedicated Twitter-like social media application for people to post text-based updates

Let's talk about crime

If there's a spotlight focussed on crime -- or even on issues like poor public transport, or air pollution -- politicians feel impelled to do something about it

Rules for invasive gadgets likely under Digital India Act, says MoS IT

In the past, the government has cautioned social media platforms that they could lose safe harbours for not complying with Indian laws

Investing in stocks? Dump social media, seek advice from regulated entities

Relying on social media platforms puts you at risk of falling prey to pump-and-dump schemes

Musk engages in heated exchange with ex-Twitter employee; apologises later

It started when Haraldur Thorleifsson sought clarity on whether the company had fired him or not. Musk replied with mocking replies and talked about Thorleifsson's disability openly

Govt explains guidelines for paid endorsements by social media influencers

Disclosure must be placed in endorsement message in a manner that is clear, prominent, and hard to miss

Govt issues guidelines to hold influencers responsible; safeguard consumers

The guidelines go on to say that individuals should not endorse products or services that they have not personally used

Twitter breaks for millions as only one engineer left handling crucial APIs

Images stopped loading as well and some users said that they could not access TweetDeck

Social media influencers must use words like 'ad' in endorsements: Govt

Celebrities and influencers, who are endorsing products and services on social media platform, should disclose their material interest by using words like advertisement, sponsored, collaboration or paid promotion. In January, the government made it mandatory for social media influencers to disclose their "material" interest in endorsing products and services and violations can attract strict legal action, including ban on endorsements. In an official statement, the department of consumer affairs said it has observed that there is confusion regarding which disclosure word to use for what kind of partnership. For paid or barter brand endorsement, any of the following disclosures can be used: "advertisement", "ad," "sponsored", "collaboration", or "partnership". However, the term must be indicated as hashtag or headline text. The department has already released a set of guidelines called "Endorsements Know-hows!" for celebrities, influencers, and virtual influencers on social media .

Facebook increases reels' length to 90 seconds, adds new features: Meta

Instagram, the Meta-owned picture sharing platform increased the maximum length to 90 seconds in June 2022

Musk led Twittter expands Blue services to 20 more European countries

Micro-blogging platform Twitter has expanded its Blue subscription service to more than 20 countries in Europe

Twitter services resume after global outage hits thousands of users

Microblogging site Twitter faced an outage on Wednesday with several users, including those in India, reporting issues with refreshing their newsfeeds or posting new content on the website

Decoded: How the GACs will respond to grievances of online users

Users must appeal to the GAC within 30 days of receiving a communication from a grievance officer in case of a dispute