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Govt must ensure code of ethics followed in digital media space: Parl panel

The panel observed that social media platforms, like Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter, etc. have placed journalism in the hands of the citizens

Removed 48,594 content pieces in Oct in India: Google compliance report

Google received 24,569 complaints from users and removed 48,594 pieces of content based on those complaints in October, the tech giant said in its monthly transparency report. In addition to reports from users, Google also removed 3,84,509 pieces of content in October as a result of automated detection. Google had received 29,842 complaints from users and removed 76,967 pieces of content in September, while 4,50,246 pieces of content were removed as a result of automated detection. The US-based company has made these disclosures as part of compliance with India's IT rules that came into force in May. Google, in its latest report, said it had received 24,569 complaints in October from individual users located in India via designated mechanisms, and the number of removal actions as a result of user complaints stood at 48,594. These complaints relate to third-party content that is believed to violate local laws or personal rights on Google's significant social media intermediaries (S

Over 18.8 mn content pieces 'actioned' on FB proactively in India: Meta

Its photo sharing platform Instagram took action against over 3 million pieces across 12 categories during the month

WhatsApp says banned over 2 million accounts in India in October

The Meta-owned platform also WhatsApp also received 500 grievance reports in the same month, and took action on only 18 of those

Top headlines: Int'l flights not from Dec 15; Nov GST mop up at Rs 1.31 trn

Business Standard brings you the top stories on Wednesday

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal to receive $1 mn annual salary

The India-born executive - who succeeds Jack Dorsey in this role - served as Twitter's Chief Technology Officer since 2017, and has been responsible for the company's technical strategy

CEOs who can't sit still: Jack Dorsey's Twitter departure is a sign

Jack Dorsey, who is stepping down after six years as Twitter's chief executive, is one of the tech leaders who seem to have grown tired of managing their empires

Twitter prohibits sharing of personal photos, videos without consent

Twitter Inc said it will not allow sharing of personal media such as photos and videos on its platform without the consent of the person.

Tech firms led by founders shining, except Twitter

After a souring run in stock markets, Twitter has now appointed Parag Agrawal, formerly the chief technology officer

UK competition watchdog asks Meta to sell GIF maker Giphy

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it had found that last year's acquisition of Giphy would reduce competition between social media platforms and in display advertising

Twitter suffers outage for web users in India amid new CEO buzz

According to Downdetector, a website that monitors app outages, users in Twitter started facing the problem around 6 p.m. especially on the web version

All you need to know about Parag Agrawal, the new India-born Twitter CEO

For Parag Agrawal, the IIT Bombay alumnus who has succeeded Jack Dorsey as the Twitter CEO, one of the biggest tasks at hand would be content moderation

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal tasked to do a job Jack Dorsey struggled with

The new leader of the company will have to chase aggressive goals to step up user growth, double revenue and expedite product execution.

Factbox: Who is Twitter's new chief executive officer Parag Agrawal?

The social media networking platform joins tech giants Apple, Amazon and Alphabet in tapping a company insider for the top job

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey expected to step down, says report; stock jumps

Shares of the microblogging platform surged 9% in early trading, while those of digital payments firm Square Inc, which is also helmed by Dorsey, were up 3%

Make it safe or we'll make you do it: Australian PM tells Twitter, Meta

If the social media platforms fail to do so, they will have to pay defamation costs

Australia to bring laws to force media platforms to unmask online trolls

The ruling caused some news companies like CNN to deny Australians access to their Facebook pages.

Top headlines: Amazon seeks pause on CCI review, India Inc's profit booms

Tighter rules likely for social media firms, may supersede IT laws; Digital tax for US companies to stay until OECD pact comes into force. More on today's top headlines

Tighter rules likely for social media firms, may supersede IT laws: Experts

Players stand to lose safe harbour provisions that protect them from third party content; platforms that do not act as intermediaries may be treated as publishers, held accountable for hosted content

Parliamentary panel recommends new regulator for social media platforms

The panel is asking for tighter rules because current laws treating these social media platforms as intermediaries hasn't done enough in terms of regulation: Sources