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Koo claims pole position as Hindi language social media platform

Says half its 10 million users interact in Hindi, making it the platform of choice for regional language users

Vikram Sambyal makes it huge as an Instagram influencer amidst pandemic

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Misinformation on Facebook gets way more engagement than news: Study

Misinformation received six times as many likes, shares, and interactions as legitimate news articles, researchers at New York University and France's Universite Grenoble Alpes have found.

Telegram and Signal will never match the ubiquity of WhatsApp

After eight years of competing with WhatsApp, Telegram looks unlikely to ever catch up in terms of scale

Twitter testing new safety feature to block accounts using foul language

The microblogging site will rolling out the safety feature to a small feedback group on iOS, Android and Twitter.com, beginning with accounts that have English-language settings

Twitter launches 'Super Follows' for creators to monetise tweets

Micro-blogging site Twitter has officially launched its "Super Follows" feature that allows creators on the platform to provide exclusive premium content to subscribers

Facebook took action on 33.3 mn content pieces during June 16-July 31

Facebook "actioned" over 33.3 million content pieces across ten violation categories proactively during June 16-July 31 in India, the social media giant said in its compliance report

Instagram asking users' birth date to enforce child safety measures

In a bid to make the platform safer for its younger audience, the Facebook-owned Instagram is asking users to supply their date of birth

How Instagram influencer helped rescue dozens from Afghanistan

Dozens of desperate Afghans who had been trying to flee the Taliban before Tuesday's deadline for the US withdrawal from Kabul made it to safety with help from an unexpected place

Twitter announces to launch paid 'Ticketed Spaces' for iOS users

Twitter has announced to roll out paid 'Ticketed Spaces for iOS users where some hosts on its live audio feature can now sell access to Ticketed Spaces.

FB plans independent poll panel to review political content decisions

The social network is considering to form an independent election commission that would keep a tab on its decisions.

Twitter now lets users show followers which Spaces they are attending

Micro-blogging site Twitter has announced that it is now experimenting with a new option that will let users show followers which Spaces they are listening to.

Instagram may ditch swipe up gesture to access links on Aug 30: Report

Facebook-owned Instagram is ditching the "swipe-up" link in Instagram Stories starting on August 30

Twitter faces claim it benefited from child sex trafficking

Two young men can proceed with a claim that Twitter Inc. benefited from sex trafficking involving them as teenagers when it published child pornography videos on its website: court

14 arrested in Assam over supporting Taliban on social media: Police

Fourteen people were arrested from across Assam for alleged social media posts supporting the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, police said on Saturday.

Twitter working on participant rules, replay option for Spaces

According to 9To5Mac, these new features are still under development and were discovered in Twitter's code by developer and app researcher Nima Owji.

Facebook's most viewed post in the US in Q2 of CY2021 came from Mumbai

The post had 80.6 million content viewers in the US. The second-most viewed post had 61.4 million viewers

What is a media company?

The media company, as we know it, however is dead

Social media has helped gen Z athletes find their 'authentic voice'

Many of these young sportspeople have gone beyond their sport and taken on roles of advocacy, sponsorship and politics

Indian media cheer Bombay HC order putting new IT rules on hold

The court ruled following petitions filed by a news website and a journalist.