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WhatsApp to soon allow group admins to delete messages for everyone

With an aim to take on abusive messages, Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp will soon release a new feature that will allow group admins the ability to delete messages for everyone

Meta-owned Facebook algorithms are losing ground to Europe's madmen

The economy is weakening, and so is demand for advertising - at least, that's how Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. justified its first-ever quarterly decline in revenue last week

Two MP men created social media groups in name of IS: Narottam Mishra

A day earlier, the NIA conducted searches in Bhopal and Raisen districts in a case of the activities of the terror group ISIS and seized incriminating documents and material

Elon Musk files defence under seal as Twitter trial is set for Oct 17

Twitter's lawsuit against Elon Musk over a canceled $44 billion buyout of the social-media platform is set for a 5-day trial starting Oct 17 in Delaware

Twitter warns against governments ramping up demands for user details

Twitter warned Thursday that governments around the globe are asking the company to remove content or snoop on private details of user accounts at an alarming rate

Meta Platforms falls as sales miss estimates in first-ever quarterly drop

Meta revenue slipped to $28.8 billion in the second quarter, missing the $28.9 billion average analyst estimate

ITR 2021-22: Chorus for deadline extension grows on social media

As the deadline for filing ITR approaches, the demand for extending it has also grown

Regulating algorithm future of media

Opacity over the manner in which social media platforms, also referred to as intermediaries, conduct themselves is one of the most formidable of regulatory challenges facing India

Opposition and govt supporters now communicate in guerilla warfare mode

Govt should reduce its dependence on social media and revert, if not wholly then in large measure, to older forms of communication, at least on non-political matters

Meta to shut down its social app for couples 'Tuned' after 2 yrs of launch

After two years of its launch, tech giant Meta has decided to shut down itsAsocial app for couples called 'Tuned'

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's biggest bet on WhatsApp might not pay off

Analysts have curbed their estimates for Meta Platforms Inc's , and Zuckerberg's own foreboding comments to staff suggest the numbers won't be good

Trial by media

Justice Ramana's concerns are valid

Facebook gives users new way to see posts in chronological order

Facebook is rolling out an update that enables its 2 billion daily users to more easily view their friends' posts in chronological order

94 YouTube channels, 747 URLs blocked in FY21 for spreading fake news: Govt

Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said the government blocked 94 YouTube channels, 19 social media accounts and 747 uniform resource locators (URLs) during 2021-22 for spreading fake news. Responding to a question in Rajya Sabha, Thakur said these actions have been taken under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act 2000. The minister said that the government has strongly acted against agencies working against the sovereignty of the country by spreading fake news and spreading propaganda on the internet. Thakur said in order to check the spread of COVID-19 related fake news, a dedicated cell of the fact checking unit of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) was created on March 31, 2020, to which people can refer information related to Covid for verification. The unit has responded to 34,125 actionable queries, including queries related to COVID-19, Thakur said, adding that the PIB has also busted fake news and 875 posts thereof on its social media

Facebook's growth woes in India: too much nudity, not enough women

Many women have shunned the male-dominated social network because they're worried about their safety and privacy, according to the Meta research

Zuckerberg, Sandberg to testify in Cambridge Analytica privacy lawsuit

Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg will testify in a lawsuit claiming Facebook illegally shared user data with research firm Cambridge Analytica

Twitter dismisses Elon Musk's bots complaints 'irrelevant sideshow'

Musk was fully aware of the bot issue when he signed the deal to buy the company, Twitter's lawyers said in a filing Monday

Snapchat makes chat, video calling available for first time on web

To begin with, the web platform will be available exclusively for Snapchat Plus subscribers in the US, the UK and Canada, and Snapchatters across Australia, and New Zealand.

Elon Musk says Twitter dragged feet on deal and now rushing trial

In response to Musk's requests for specifics on spam and robot accounts, Twitter officials said they made available all the information they had by providing their whole "firehose" of data

No 'non-veg' eating blacksmiths; checks on social media: Delhi Kanwar alert

The Kanwar Yatra started on Thursday and the Kanwariyas are expected to reach the national capital on July 20