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Indians most anxious globally over lack of internet while holidaying: Study

14% Indians are always working on a vacation, followed by US and Brazil

UK may ban kids under 13 from social media to curb sexual abuse

The move comes as Home Secretary Amber Rudd is to meet executives from the Internet giants

Self-harm on social media

Blue Whale is believed to be a social media group encouraging young people to kill themselves

Now, HBO's social media accounts hacked after GOT episode leaks online

HBO's troubles are just getting worse as on Wednesday night hackers took control of the network's social media accounts. According to Variety, a hacking group broke into company's Twitter and Facebook accounts. "Hi, OurMine are here, we are just testing your security, HBO team please contact us to upgrade the security - ourmine .Org -> Contact," read a message on both social platforms. The Twitter account for "Game of Thrones" was also misused. However, HBO managed to scrap the offending tweets shortly after they were posted. This comes after HBO Spain accidentally broadcast "Game of Thrones" season seven episode 6 four days before its official release. The news of hack first broke out on July 31 when the hackers reportedly released a handful of unaired episodes of HBO shows, as well as other internal data, online. After that, an unaired episodes of the season nine of the show "Curb Your Enthusiasm" was leaked online. The episodes from the upcoming installment of the s

How not to communicate: Lessons from trolls

Trying to intimidate opponents is a sign of weakness. But that doesn't stop bullies

Now, an Instagram post of your new car, watch may lead taxmen to your door

A photo of your shiny new luxury car on Instagram or a costly watch on Facebook may lead the taxman to your door as the tax department from next month will begin amassing virtual information to trace black money. 'Project Insight', likely to be launched next month, will use big data analytics to match information from social media sites to deduce mismatches between spending pattern and income declaration. The tax department will analyse mismatches in income declarations and spending patterns to trace tax evasions and black money, an official said. The governmenthas also made linking of PAN with Aadhaar mandatory to get a 360 degree view of a person's income and assets. The tax department had last year signed a pact with L&T Infotech for implementation of Project Insight, which is designed to strengthen the non-intrusive information driven approach for improving tax compliance. "Currently beta testing is on and the integrated platform for Project Insight should be launched by

US to collect social media data on all immigrants entering country

The data collection has alarmed privacy groups and lawyers

SC concerned over abuses on social media, agrees there should be curbs

The apex court expressed concern over it and said that regulating them is necessary

Govt bans 735 social media URLs, 596 websites till June 2017 under IT Act

Instances of misuse of web/social media in the country have come to the notice of the goverment

Govt blocked 652 social media URLs till June 2017: MoS Home

While those blocked on court orders during the same period came down from 432 to 83

How govts across the world use cyber troops to manipulate public opinion

Authoritarian regimes are not the only or even the best at organized social media manipulation

UK doctors share patient data on social media, flout health authority's ban

An investigation found that 1.6 million patient records were shared with Google's DeepMind

Ola's hashtag branding courts controversy, keeps campaign buzzing

Online drives, part of Ola's branding strategy, have got more life with Sehwag promoting Ola Share

Modi govt to keep hawk's eye vigil on social media for anti-India posts

Govt is also looking for ways to reach out to people in case of disaster or public service delivery

Neighbour's envy, owner's pride: Shrouded glory in an anti-national pin-up

Except the pins are meant to poke one's eyes out

Social media firms can't avoid liability for damage caused by fake news: HC

Freedom of speech comes with responsibility, it said

Social media makes people feel unhappy, less popular: Study

More popular users are happier on average, inflating the happiness level of a user's social circle

Social networks heading for more regulation: Facebook's Eduardo Saverin

Saverin started Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg and left after a falling-out

How tech companies scour our digital lives for clues to our health

Mindstrong Health, a mental health start-up, has developed a research platform to monitor users' phone habits, looking at changes in taps and clicks for hints about mood and memory changes associated

Govt to check anti-India activities on social media

Govt is also looking for ways to reach out to people in case of disaster or public service delivery