Social Network

New Whatsapp app allows group calls to up to 32 people from your desktop

The social media company aims to position WhatsApp as a platform with a fully end-to-end encrypted messaging experience that allows cross-platform communication

TikTok's moderators still review child abuse despite vow to exit business

The revelations highlight the challenges that social media companies and their content review teams face in protecting their users from extremely disturbing material

Instagram down for users for a few hours worldwide, cause unclear

Users complained about difficulties logging in, uploading photos, and accessing Instagram features

Reddit introduces feature to split text, video posts into separate feeds

In addition, the company has introduced a "decluttered interface", making it easier for people to find relevant content and contribute to communities faster

Twitter account suspended due to hacking: Kantara actor Kishore Kumar G

"Kantara" actor Kishore Kumar G has said Twitter suspended his account due to "hacking" and not because of his posts, and that the microblogging site has promised necessary action. The actor took to his unverified Instagram handle to clear "misconceptions" over why his Twitter page was suspended. "Account suspended. Twitter suspends accounts that violate the Twitter Rules," is the message displayed if a user were to search for his handle '@actorkishore'. The 48-year-old also attached a screenshot of an email from Twitter confirming they had received his request to change his email ID. According to Kishore, his Twitter account was hacked on December 20, 2022. "Just to avoid unnecessary misconceptions about the suspension of my Twitter account. My Twitter account was not suspended because of any of my posts. "I have come to know that it was because of hacking on December 20, 2022. Twitter has promised necessary action," he wrote on his Instagram page, which has almost 44,000 followe

Poll reveals 58% people want Elon Musk to step down as Twitter CEO

Poll by Musk revealed that 58% wants him to quit as CEO, with Twitter currently facing a myriad of issues ranging from banning journalists and other social media platforms amid Tesla stock nosediving

US Senate votes to ban TikTok app on govt-owned phones amid data concerns

The Biden administration has been attempting to forge an agreement with TikTok that would allow the video-sharing site to keep operating in the US by enacting additional safeguards on how US user data

Twitter suspends accounts tracking Elon Musk's jet and the man behind it

Musk said in a tweet that legal action was being taken against Sweeney and the "organizations who supported harm to my family"

Elon Musk's archaic management style prioritises profit over people

Musk adheres to a mechanistic style of management that treats employees like cogs in a machine, rather than human beings

Does Koo have it to emerge as an alternative to Elon Musk's Twitter?

The Brazil launch has shown the multilingual platform has potential

Elon Musk must preserve Twitter's most vital function - citizen journalism

For all the controversy surrounding his purchase of Twitter Inc, Elon Musk has at least one thing right: Twitter really is "like open-sourcing the news"

Explained: What is Post.news, the emerging easy-to-use Twitter alternative

Post.news is a microblogging platform set up by Noam Bardin, former CEO of Waze and an ex-Google employee

A banker turned tech maven: Meet Sandhya Devanathan, Meta India head

Devanathan takes over the India operations after the previous incumbent, Ajit Mohan, resigned to join social media company Snap Inc

LinkedIn CEO sees growth outside US, with India leading amid headwinds

India has become LinkedIn's fastest-growing market as more companies and advertisers come online, with sales in the country rising at a 50% year-on-year clip, Roslansky told Bloomberg TV

Elon Musk publicly punishes Twitter engineers who call him out online

Musk's changes have led to a lack of communication internally in terms of who is in charge and what the company's priorities are, current and former staffers say.

Twitter spending $13 million every year on meals at San Francisco HQ: Musk

Replying to former vice president of Work Transformation Tracy Hawkins' claim that the attendance at HQ was between 20-50 per cent, Elon Musk said that the average occupancy was below 10 per cent

Twitter turbulence puts focus on brand security in social media advertising

Focused approach to media targeting, using third-party verification tools among measures advertisers are adopting

Mastodon struggles to keep up with recent flood of Twitter defectors

Searches for Mastodon spiked on Google following the Twitter acquisition, especially in Europe where the social network is based.

Mastodon: Know everything about the platform hailed as Twitter alternative

Before Musk completed the Twitter acquisition on Oct. 27, Mastodon's growth averaged 60-80 new users an hour, according to the widely-cited Mastodon Users account

Twitter: Mastodon, Tumblr, other alternatives that users are turning to

Launched in 2016, Mastodon is an open source software for a decentralized social network, with several features that are similar to Twitter