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Facebook says resolving issues faced by users on WhatsApp, Instagram

The website's live outage map showed that the issues mainly cropped up in parts of Europe and the United States

Did Trump violate Twitter policies? Notice on leaders' harmful tweets soon

A light gray box will appear before the tweet, notifying users that it's in violation, but it will remain available to them

From filing complaint to giving judgment, social media needs more humans

Actual human beings must decide whether to proceed with the suspension or banning process

Influencing the influencer

The game is played better in the developed countries

UK privacy regulator proposes banning social media 'likes' for children

The code of practice includes 16 standards that online services must meet

Facebook and Twitter are getting sucked into India-Pak information battle

With a combined population of 1.5 billion, India and Pakistan are hot growth markets for Facebook and Twitter

Countries want to ban 'weaponised' social media. what would that look like?

If the two countries move ahead, it could be a watershed moment for the era of global social media

No penal action against social media executives over traceability

Statement follows report on Saturday that penalties and jail terms for executives were being considered, especially on traceability and user consent before being added to groups

Absence of law on social media an issue: Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa

'So far, nobody has been able to prove tampering of EVMs', said Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa

We the hatemongers

Social media or news television simply reflects the hate and abuse inside society. Controlling that is our job, not some tech company's

Our misplaced FOMO

How far we have come from those days when we engaged with, or were even conscious of, the world around us - the real world, the tangible world

Parliamentary panel summons top bosses of Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram

The agenda of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on IT for the March 6 meeting is to hear these companies' views on safeguarding citizens' rights on social/online news media platforms

Social media reverberates with the roar of greasepaint marketers

Actors blur the personal and professional to drive the online chatter for a string of newly released movies

Asian internet lobby to fight India's plans to police social media content

The proposal drafted by India's technology ministry in December would compel Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter to remove within 24 hours content deemed to be unlawful

Saving our elections from manipulation: Regulatory agenda for social media

Many in India are experiencing the Internet for the very first time without being immunised through previous exposure, which makes it harder for them to determine the truth value of online content

Ever been victim of a 'Reply All' storm? 5 ways to avoid the 'humailiation'

If you and your recipients are all using Microsoft Outlook, you can, weirdly enough, disable their Reply All buttons on messages you send

Facebook, Twitter plan push-back on India's new regulations, say sources

The proposal, which caught many holidaying industry executives off guard, is open for public comment until January 31

Girls twice more likely to be depressed than boys due to social media use

The study also showed that 40 per cent of girls compared to 28 per cent of boys had their sleep was often disrupted

The wheel of change

All the science tells us that we are headed for disaster but because to us climate change is not visible, there is no danger

From fake news to mob violence: Social media to face more scrutiny in 2019

Earlier this year, Facebook came under regulatory glare after a global data leak scandal hit about 87 million users