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Social media addiction is as harmful as alcohol and drugs for millennials

The nature of addictions has changed, one maladaptive behaviour being replaced by another

Scrolling through mouth-watering images on Instagram? Beware!

The site exposes one to an eating disorder that causes unhealthy obsession of 'fitness' food

SC seeks govt response on social media usage guidelines in 3 weeks

Technology has taken dangerous turn, says SC, adds companies expressing inability to trace messages a grave concern

China probes top social media platforms over obscene and extremist content

Cyberspace Administration said the three platforms had failed to monitor content on their sites

Use of anti-Islam words to defame Muslims banned on Chinese social media

Blocking such phrases is not an infringement of people's freedom of speech: Chinese govt

Apple warns China: Pay 30% on cash transfers for violating App store policy

Apple has warned several Chinese social networking apps to disable their 'tipping' functions

Social media regulation: PCI seeks to take Facebook, others under its wings

PCI says social media use same alphabets as print media, so why former must be excluded

Social media with large user base should behave responsibly: IT Secretary

Ajay P Sawhney said doing so was critical as users need to have confidence in the platform they are on

The balancing act

Privacy on social media must be protected

Need 3 more months to finalise rules on social media misuse: Centre to SC

The court, in the last hearing, had asked the govt to come up with norms in 3 weeks

Social media rules: Next 3 months key as intermediary norms get 'decrypted'

Arguments on data decryption have fuelled a debate on primacy of national security over individual privacy

Social media being used to manipulate elections, monitor citizens: Watchdog

Disinformation was the most commonly used tactic to undermine elections, according to the group

Govt asks Google, Facebook and ilk to appoint local grievance officers

They have been asked to develop a monitoring mechanism for time-bound preventive and other actions to remove objectionable contents from public view

Meet Cocoon, your private Facebook for family now available on Apple phones

Called Cocoon, the new social network had been under development with select families and is now open to everyone starting today on Apple iOS, Quartz reports

Facebook to consolidate payment tools across its apps with Facebook Pay

Facebook Pay will begin rolling out on Facebook and Messenger this week in the United States

Customise solutions and deliver targetedly: Mindshare South Asia COO

The principle is to serve the consumer in the best possible manner, says Mindshare's South Asia COO Amin Lakhani

Twitter's new beginning

Discontinuing political ads is a bold move

Research reveals hardly anybody shares fake news on Facebook, Twitter

One study that looked at Twitter activity during the 2016 election concluded that 80% of fake news was shared by just 0.1% of users

Cops turn to social media and humour to get their word across

The Mumbai Traffic Police department is among the oldest hands on social media

Inside the toxic world of online trolls and the devastation they cause

A Molotov cocktail of lies, abuse and bigotry is blowing up social media