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Facebook removes 5,381 malicious accounts, groups and pages in June

In its latest attempt to sanitise its platforms, Facebook has purged 5,381 malicious accounts, groups and pages from its main network and Instagram

Made in Bharat

Mocking new health minister Mansukh Mandaviya's English underlines the political elitism Modi's India has rejected.

Twitter's India business is trending despite company's face-off with govt

According to data intelligence platform Similarweb, the Twitter app's daily active users on Android increased to 10.03 million in May from 7.85 million in January 2021, a 27 per cent rise

Oversight board faults Facebook for handling rule on contentious content

Facebook 'misplaced' guidance on an important exemption to its rules on dangerous individuals and organizations for three years, the company's independent oversight board said

Social media manipulation threatens poll process, says Supreme Court

Dismisses plea by Facebook India Vice-President and MD Ajit Mohan

Entities like Facebook have to remain accountable, says Supreme Court

Delhi Legislative Assembly and its committee have the power to compel attendance of members and outsiders on grounds of its privilege, the Supreme Court held on Thursday

Free speech incidental to user contract, Twitter tells Delhi High Court

Twitter has asserted that since it provides contractual services to its users as per its terms and conditions, any dispute would go before ordinary courts for redressal

Centre moves SC seeking transfer of pleas challenging validity of IT rules

The petitions pending in the high court have challenged the new IT Rules intended to regulate social media firms

Ghaziabad police not keen on probing Twitter's role in viral video: HC

'The whole problem is you don't want to investigate': HC

Twitter lost immunity for non-compliance with IT Rules: Centre to HC

Govt counsel says grievance officer located in the US; Twitter said on Saturday it is in the process to appoint a local one

WhatsApp testing 'View Once' feature for disappearing photos, videos

This is similar to snaps on Snapchat

Robinson cleared to resume England career as CDC hands 8-match suspension

A Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) Panel on Saturday announced its decision in relation to two charges brought against pacer Ollie Robinson.

Facebook, Instagram take down millions of posts in compliance with IT rules

Facebook removed 25 million pieces of content identified as 'spam,' 1.8 million pieces of content containing 'adult nudity and sexual activity.'

Pakistan top court lifts ban on popular video-sharing platform TikTok

It was for the second time that the app has been banned this year after its suspension in March by the Peshawar High Court (PHC), which had taken action on a petition filed by several citizens.

Meet Twitter's Manish Maheshwari, the man at the centre of controversy

The managing director of Twitter in India has been named in at least three police complaints, ranging from showing an incorrect map of India to a video of alleged communal violence going viral

Removed 1,253 posts, says Koo in first compliance report under new IT rules

The Bengaluru-based startup said that going forward it will publish the report on the first day of each month

Putin signs law forcing foreign social media firms to open Russian offices

The Russian authorities are keen to strengthen their control of the internet and to reduce their dependence on foreign companies and countries

Microblogging platform Koo publishes compliance report under new IT rules

Homegrown microblogging platform Koo on Thursday became the first Indian social media platform to publicly publish its compliance report

Twitter-inspired Instagram working on 'Exclusive Stories' feature

Inspired by the upcoming Super Follows feature of Twitter, Instagram is now working on a tool that will let creators post exclusive content to their Instagram stories only available to subscribers

Comply with the new IT rules: House panel to Facebook and Google

The panel, chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, had asked them to appear in-person at the parliament secretariat