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Around the same time that Instagram rolled out Live Rooms, another change to the platform was noticed by its users. That said, there wasn’t any official announcement of such, which left many people on Instagram confused. Instagram Apologizes for a Feed Bug On Tuesday, Instagram’s PR team tweeted that they have been “testing a new experience

A US agency investigating Facebook Inc for racial bias in hiring and promotions has designated the probe as “systemic,” attorneys for three job applicants and a manager who claim the company discriminated against them told Reuters on Friday. A “systemic” probe means the agency, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, suspects company policies may be contributing to

Tesla, the most valuable automaker in the world (according to data from Statista), appears to have had an official forum for people to discuss the company’s ventures since around 2015. Well, that forum won’t be around for much longer. Get Social With Tesla Tesla is shutting down its forums on March 15, and in its place, the company has

Twitter is reportedly working on an ‘Undo Send’ timer for tweets. This feature was spotted by Jane Manchun Wong, who has found many features in Twitter and other platforms through reverse engineering. The feature will give users a chance to cancel a tweet even after hitting the send button, in case you’ve spotted a typo

Donald Trump used to be in many social media spaces, but that changed last January when he got banned from just about every major platform. Some bans are permanent, while others may still be lifted. YouTube, for instance, may allow Trump to upload videos again for his audience of 2.79 million subscribers. Will Donald Trump Soon Be Back

TikTok owner ByteDance is working on a Clubhouse-like app for China, sources familiar with the matter said, as the global success of the US-based audio chat service inspires a rush of copycats in the country. At least a dozen similar apps have been launched in the past month, with momentum picking up after Clubhouse was

Growing and maintaining a loyal following on TikTok often comes at a great expense. With time being one of the major trade-offs. However, using a TikTok scheduler app can give you some of your precious free time back by letting you schedule TikTok videos ahead. TikTok currently doesn’t have a built-in post scheduler. But third-party

In the age of a pandemic, digital platforms and social media are fast growing phenomena. The Internet connects over 2.5 billion users worldwide, offering opportunities to young people to connect, communicate, educate, and ultimately expand their horizons. In India, however, several socio-economic disparities along with other divisions, based on gender or race, affect equal access

Bitmoji was created by a company called Bitstrips, which was founded in 2007 by Jacob Blackstock, David Kennedy, Shahan Panth, Dorian Baldwin, and Jesse Brown. Soon after Bitstrips launched Bitmoji, the company was acquired by Snapchat in 2016. Bitmoji has since become more widely known and used than it ever was. Nowadays, Bitmoji has been focusing

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that an invitation from Tesla boss Elon Musk for President Vladimir Putin to join him for a chat on social network Clubhouse had come to nothing and that Moscow had not received a response after seeking further details. Musk last month invited Putin to join him for a chat on

As COVID-19 vaccines are getting administered across the globe, Twitter is enforcing a five-strike policy for accounts that repeatedly spew misinformation about the vaccines. To supplement this policy, the platform is also debuting warning labels specifically for vaccine-related misinformation. New Labels for COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation In a post on the Twitter blog, the platform announced that it

India’s conglomerate Reliance Industries has partnered with Facebook, Google, and fintech player Infibeam to set up a national digital payment network, said a report that came out on Saturday, citing unnamed sources. Last year, India’s central bank invited companies to forge new umbrella entities (NUEs) to create a payments network that would rival the system operated

TikTok has settled multiple privacy lawsuits for the eyewatering sum of $92 million. The lawsuits focused on the video-sharing social media platform’s misuse of user data and applies to 89 million TikTok users in the US whose details were allegedly sold to third-party advertisers. TikTok Settles Privacy Lawsuits According to NPR, 21 federal lawsuits were

Twitter announced new features at its annual Analyst Day event, the most notable being a new tool called Super Follows subscriptions. This new subscription service will allow creators and publishers monetise through Twitter for exclusive tweets and content. Followers who pay for the Super Follows subscription will gain access to exclusive content, deals and discounts,

From the addition of newsletters and voice direct messages (DMs) to the announcement of the incoming “Super Follow,” Twitter is a much different platform today than it was a mere two months ago in 2020. The platform is still expanding, and this time with a handful of new visual tools for you to use to add to

Internet freedom advocates on Friday warned new Indian social media regulations could pose a threat to freedom of expression, after New Delhi announced plans for tough new rules that could force platforms to remove content it deems objectionable. Under the new regulations — unveiled on Thursday and due to come into force in three months

Online spaces for short-form videos like TikTok and Instagram Reels house all kinds of content. As long as it doesn’t break the platform’s community guidelines, there’s probably someone out there on the app of your choice that’s creating video content you’d enjoy—you just have to find them. In December, Facebook joined the competition with its launch

 TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance has agreed to pay $92 million (roughly Rs. 670 crore) in a settlement to US users who are part of a class-action lawsuit alleging that the video-sharing app failed to get their consent to collect data in violation of a strict Illinois privacy law. The federal lawsuit alleged that TikTok

Facebook is responding to the Oversight Board’s first-ever set of recommendations. The social network agrees with all of the Oversight Board’s suggestions except one: its request to relax COVID-19 misinformation takedowns. Facebook Won’t Back Down on COVID-19 Misinformation Facebook shared its response to the Oversight Board’s recommendations in a post on the About Facebook blog. The

TikTok received over 100 legal requests for information from Indian law enforcement in the second half of 2020, despite being banned in India since June 30, 2020. In fact, it was the second highest number of requests TikTok got from any country, after only the US, despite not being accessible in the country during this

Over the course of the next three years, Facebook promises to invest $1 billion into the news industry. This comes after Facebook nearly banned news in Australia over new laws that would require the platform to pay media outlets. Facebook Changes Its Tune on News in Australia In an About Facebook blog post titled, “The Real Story

Instagram Lite has been updated in India with the ability to view Reels. The latest addition makes the lightweight version of Instagram a bit more useful for those who don’t have adequate space or hardware to have the regular app on their Android devices. Instagram Lite was originally launched in November for testing back in

During the second week of January, TikTok opened applications for its incubator program meant to elevate and amplify the voices of Black creators. Today, TikTok revealed which users are been selected to join. The Inaugural Class of TikTok’s Black Creatives Program TikTok has announced that after processing over 5000 applications, it has selected the lucky 100 artists

Gab instead of Twitter, MeWe over Facebook, Telegram for messaging and Discord for insiders – banned from mainstream platforms, US conspiracy and supremacist movements, many of which support Donald Trump, have shifted to networks that are more confidential, and harder to regulate. “The most extreme Trump supporters were already on alternative platforms,” said Nick Backovic,

TikTok and Instagram are trying to do more for users who are suffering from body image issues. Both apps are partnering with the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA) to provide resources for users who may be in need of support. TikTok and Instagram Tackle Body Image Poor body image is one of the many negative side effects of

WhatsApp is updating its privacy policy, and that change has landed the world’s leading instant messaging app in controversy. The update – earlier planned for February 8 and was later delayed to May 15 – has already brought enough criticism for WhatsApp as it is changing the way it shares user data through its platform.

Facebook News was a very popular news source for a lot of Australians, but it can no longer be accessed in Australia. So the people have turned to another source to keep themselves informed. Australians Search for Facebook News Alternative Last Friday, the news app of Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) ranked #1 on the iOS download

WhatsApp is perhaps the most popular app in India, but there’s one useful feature that’s a little hard to find – the ability to make notes to yourself. Other messaging apps like Signal come with this feature, which is helpful for making lists, saving links, and more. WhatsApp is used to share text messages, photos, videos,

Last week, TikTok was named the Global Sponsor of the upcoming Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Euro 2020 tournament. It would appear that the social media platform is looking to add to its list of sports partnerships. TikTok Gets More Involved With Sports The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has announced a multi-year partnership with video-sharing app TikTok, which calls

Facebook has started blocking sensitive health information that third-party apps had been sharing with the social network in violation of its own rules, said New York officials who investigated the situation. Data fed into a Facebook analytics tool by app makers included medical diagnoses and whether users were pregnant, according to a report shared by