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Facebook 'unfriends' Australia in warning for rest of the world

Govt hits out at tech giant after emergency sites blocked over decision on proposed media law

Twitter-rival Koo surpasses 4 mn users in a jiffy; 1 mn added in a week

The app surpassed the milestone in nearly 10 months of its arrival

Facebook blocks news in Australia in warning for the world

The social media platform's 17 million users in Australia are now unable to share any news

Twitter testing upto 140-second long voice messages in DMs in India

According to the company, voice messages in DMs will make it easier for people to have conversations

Twitter begins testing voice message feature for DMs in India today

Feature to be rolled out in phases today; Brazil, Japan are the other test countries

Chinese investor in Twitter clone Koo's parent firm on way out

The investor is on its way out after other investors have pledged to buy out its 9 per cent stake, Koo's co-founder and CEO Aprameya Radhakrishna said

TikTok's US ad business roars back as Trump's threats recede

TikTok's revenue ambitions have grown and now include selling top-dollar ad packages centered around holidays or major events

Twitter a goldmine to track consumer mood on prices: Bank of Italy

"The results suggest that Twitter can be a new timely source for devising a method to elicit beliefs," the authors of the 107-page study said

WhatsApp case: For people, privacy matters more than firm's value, says SC

Centre, WhatsApp get notice over privacy standards

Facebook's Oversight Board takes up a fresh case from India

The case relates to a post that contained alleged insinuations against Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Twitter to add more labels to identify IDs of govt leaders from next week

Twitter said the roll-out will begin in Canada, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, Germany, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, and the UAE from Feb 17

The speech struggle

Freedom of Expression is an essential pillar of any equitable society

I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar joins indigenous Twitter clone Koo

Javadekar began using homegrown micro-blogging platform 'Koo', joining several ministers who already created their accounts on it

Facebook acted on 26.9 mn pieces of content for hate speech globally in Q4

The prevalence of such content on the platform declined to 7-8 views for every 10,000 content views globally

Budget 2021-22 proposal on digital tax likely to land up in court

Foreign players in a fix as they will now come under levy's ambit

Amid row with Twitter, Prasad says social media firms must abide by our law

In Rajya Sabha, minister says Twitter's double standards will not work

Koo denies leaking user data, clarifies about Chinese firm's investment

French cybersecurity says on Twitter that the Indian-made app was leaking email and other details about users

'Follow our laws': Prasad tells social media firms amid row with Twitter

'Please don't spread enmity, violence and misinformation," says minister in Parliament.

Koo crosses 3 million users, popularity surges amid Twitter row

Koo has in the last few weeks seen a massive surge in user base as Union ministers and government departments have endorsed the homegrown microblogging platform

Twitter CEO Dorsey envisions app store for social media algorithms

Dorsey has once again emphasised on decentralising social media platforms