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Social media is reducing climate change debates to your views on veganism

This appears to be further cementing the idea that climate change is a matter of ideology, making it harder to convince people to support action to tackle it.

Facebook 'actioned' about 31.7 mn content pieces in Aug '21, shows report

Facebook "actioned" about 31.7 million content pieces across 10 violation categories proactively during August in the country, the social media giant said in its compliance report on Friday

Nigeria's president Buhari directs conditional end to Twitter ban

Nigeria suspended Twitter's operation on June 4, citing the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria's corporate existence

Facebook launches largest creator education, enablement programme in India

The programme includes an e-learning course, aimed at encouraging, educating and enabling creators even more on the platform

Instagram pauses Instagram Kids, eyes changes to access and content

The announcement follows a withering series by the Wall Street Journal, which reported that Facebook was aware that the use of Instagram by some teenage girls led to mental health issues and anxiety

Indian-origin Pixstory ties up with French club PSG for social media ethics

The startup, backed by NBA eight time all-star and Los Angeles Lakers player Dwight Howard, is also in talks with two major European clubs too for a tie-up to promote their venture

Clubhouse launches new feature to invite friends into audio chats

Popular audio chat app Clubhouse has officially launched a new way to invite people to audio chats called "Wave".

Facebook's tech head Mike Schroepfer to step down, Bosworth to take over

Bosworth, or "Boz," created Facebook's AR/VR organization, which was renamed Facebook Reality Labs (FRL) in 2020

Risk to online freedom

Govts are tightening internet rules

Researchers say FB interfering with their tools to study News Feed

According to The Markup, Facebook has been adding "junk code to HTML features meant to improve accessibility for visually impaired users".

Facebook oversight board reviewing 'XCheck' system for VIPs

This comes after an investigation by The Wall Street Journal into the use of this internal system that has exempted high-profile users from some or all of its rules

Facebook appoints Rajiv Aggarwal as director of public policy in India

He joins Facebook from Uber, where he was the head of public policy for India and South Asia

Instagram is bad for teens and Facebook knew it despite claiming otherwise

Facebook's policy of pursuing profits regardless of documented harm has sparked comparisons to Big Tobacco, which knew in the 1950s that its products were carcinogenic but publicly denied it

Clubhouse may be working on 'Waves', a feature to invite friends to chat

Clubhouse has been one of the fastest-growing social media platforms in 2021

WhatsApp launches test of in-app business directory feature for first time

The test in São Paulo, Brazil, which allows WhatsApp users to find shops and services through a directory in the app, is the latest feature in Facebook's drive to bolster ecommerce on its services.

TikTok adds warnings to search results for 'distressing content'

Short video platform TikTok, that continues to be banned in India, is adding new warnings to its in-app search that will alert users when results may include "distressing content".

India top source of social media misinformation on Covid-19: Study

India produced the largest amount of social media misinformation on COVID due to country's higher internet penetration rate, increasing social media consumption and users' lack of internet literacy

I&B ministry launches its account on Telegram to counter fake news

The Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Tuesday launched its account on social media platform Telegram to counter fake news.

Facebook slams UK antitrust watchdog over call to sell Giphy

The social network's strongly worded response to the Competition and Markets Authority sets the stage for a battle over the future of Giphy

Australian court rules media outlets liable for comments on Facebook

Australia's highest court made a landmark ruling that media outlets are 'publishers' of defamatory comments posted by third parties on their official Facebook pages