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US President Donald Trump will be subject to the same Twitter rules as any other user when President-elect Joe Biden takes office on January 20, the social media company confirmed this week. Twitter places “public interest” notices on some rule-breaking tweets from “world leaders” that would otherwise be removed. Such tweets from political candidates and elected

WhatsApp is now letting users in India make payments through the app. This makes it easier for users to safely send money to friends, family, and merchants. Making Payments Through WhatsApp In an About Facebook blog post, Facebook (WhatsApp’s parent company) announced that payments in WhatsApp finally gained approval by the National Payments Council of India

WhatsApp has finally launched its payments feature in India. WhatsApp Pay is slowly being rolled out to people across the country, so if the feature hasn’t shown up for you yet, do not worry as it should show up soon. WhatsApp Payments has been designed in partnership with the National Payments Corporation of India or

Instagram is a great platform to use to bolster your professional success or pass your free time. But if you’re looking to boost your reach and engagement, what is the best time to post on Instagram? Whether you are using Instagram for work or play, there are certain times of the day or days of the week when you

Before Facebook shut down a rapidly growing “Stop the Steal” Facebook Group on Thursday, the forum featured calls for members to ready their weapons should President Donald Trump lose his bid to remain in the White House. In disabling the group after coverage by Reuters and other news organizations, Facebook cited the forum’s efforts to

Discord is one of the best ways to connect with friends and like-minded people to chat over voice, video, and text. With Discord, you can create a server around any topic you like. But did you know that to help manage a server and keep it organized, or to just inject some fun and games, you

Facebook on Friday said it has dismantled seven separate networks of fake accounts and pages on its platform that were active in Iran, Afghanistan, Egypt, Turkey, Morocco, Myanmar, Georgia, and Ukraine due to “coordinated inauthentic behaviour”. The social media platform announced it had taken down the new networks as part of its monthly report into

If you have an anonymous Facebook account and you want to keep it that way, you have to be mindful of what you’re doing online. Facebook is always monitoring your actions so that it can suggest pages we may like or friends we may know. Keeping your Facebook profile incognito can be tricky, but these tips

Snapchat has come out with a new feature where creators will now be able to publicise the number of subscribers they have, marking a first for the social media platform. If the user chooses not to make their metrics visible, the feature can be toggled on and off as well. According to a report by

Twitter and Facebook are taking steps to limit the spread of a potentially misleading post by US President Donald Trump. While both platforms have since placed warning labels on the post, Twitter also made his post harder to share. Twitter and Facebook Restrict Trump’s Post On the night of the 2020 US presidential election, President

Twitter and Facebook early Wednesday flagged President Donald Trump’s comments on the US presidential election, that remained too close to call. Twitter said a Trump tweet alleging an effort to steal the election was potentially misleading. “We placed a warning on a Tweet from @realDonaldTrump for making a potentially misleading claim about an election,” Twitter

TikTok and Sony Music have reached a new licensing agreement. The deal allows TikTok users to continue using songs from Sony artists. Sony Music Stays On TikTok TikTok announced its new deal with Sony Music in a press release on the TikTok Newsroom. The licensing agreement between TikTok and Sony won’t change much about your experience

WhatsApp is rolling out a redesigned storage management tool to remove junk messages. This tool was spotted online earlier this year. The new storage management tool helps WhatsApp users easily identify, review, and bulk delete content to free up storage capacity on their phones. The tool also makes it easier to spot and delete unnecessary

From a variety of online jobs to keeping in contact with loved ones, Facebook’s presence in our digital lives continues to grow. But what if you don’t want the privacy risks that a personal Facebook profile brings? Read on to find out why you might want to make an anonymous Facebook profile and how to set one up… Why

WhatsApp disappearing messages are going to roll out to users soon, judging by a newly published FAQ page. The new feature, which was initially spotted in October last year, will let users make their messages disappear from chats after seven days. WhatsApp will bring disappearing messages to both individual chats and group conversations. However, the

TikTok is trying to contain the spread of misinformation about the 2020 US presidential election. The short-form video app is now partnering with fact-checkers to prevent claims of a premature victory from going viral. TikTok Gets Ready for Election Day TikTok is taking action on any content that falsely claims a candidate has won their

Twitter said on Friday it had changed its policy and lifted a freeze it placed on the account of the New York Post after the newspaper published articles about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s son. The New York Post can now send tweets again, the social media platform said. On October 14, Twitter had said the

Facebook has stopped displaying recommendations for groups centered around political or social topics. This temporary measure has been put in place to prevent possible civil unrest ahead of the 2020 US election. Facebook Ramps Up Restrictions Ahead of Election As the 2020 US presidential election edges closer, Facebook has rolled out another roadblock in an attempt to

Google Meet has started rolling out a new feature that allows desktop users to change their backgrounds during a video call. The platform has introduced a set of default images that video callers can use to change the background. It includes office spaces, landscapes, and abstract backdrops. Google also offer the option to upload your

Instagram is temporarily removing the Recent tab from hashtag searches for users in the US. With this measure in place, the platform aims to slow the spread of misinformation ahead of the 2020 US presidential election. Instagram Does Away With Recent Posts Instagram has made the Recent tab vanish from the apps of users across the US.

Twitter on Thursday added fewer users than Wall Street had expected and said a rise in expenses would accelerate in the fourth quarter, sending its shares tumbling 16 percent. The San Francisco-based social media company said it expected expenses to increase by close to 20 percent in the fourth quarter compared with a year ago due to

Twitter’s popularity means that you’ll find everyone from business executives to entertainers on the platform. And while it’s great for following your favorite personalities or catching up on news, not everyone wants to make a Twitter account. Thankfully, Twitter’s open nature lets anyone check out the micro-blogging social network without having to sign up. Whether

Twitter representatives on Thursday verbally apologised for geo-tagging Leh, the capital city of the Union Territory of Ladakh, as part of China while appearing before the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019. The committee, however, has asked the microblogging site to follow it up with a written apology and also submit an

Tinder has made virtual dates possible for everyone across the globe. The dating app will now let you turn on video calls whenever you want to meet someone face-to-face. Face to Face Goes Global Tinder began testing video calls in July 2020, a feature that it calls Face to Face. While Face to Face was initially

Instagram has introduced three new features to encourage more users to live stream on its platform. This social media platform has extended the Live Video limit to up to four hours from the earlier one hour cap. There is also a new Live Archive option that has been enabled to keep all your live videos

Twitter is taking yet another step to curtail the spread of misinformation surrounding the 2020 US presidential election. The platform will now post messages at the top of users’ timelines to preemptively debunk false information about the election. Twitter Wants You to Know the Truth In a Tweet, Twitter Support debuted the new notifications that

As Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg prepares to be grilled by a Senate committee about the handling of politically-charged posts, content moderators are insisting that properly valuing their work is key. Two former content moderators contracted in the US to make judgment calls on posts, and one other currently tackling the same challenge took part in

If your video ever gets removed on TikTok, the platform will now provide a reason behind the takedown. TikTok hopes that this change will make content removals more transparent. TikTok Makes Takedowns More Transparent In a post on the TikTok Newsroom, the platform announced that it’s been testing a new notification system that will provide more clarity

Facebook may introduce emergency measures to regulate viral content in case of election-related conflicts and unrest in the US, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing sources. According to the report, Facebook intends to calm the possible violence with tools that were specially developed for so-called countries at-risk. The tools that have already been used

TikTok isn’t everyone’s favorite social network. After all, it’s been heavily criticized for potential privacy issues and has even faced bans in several different countries. If you love using TikTok, but want to avoid all of the drama and controversy that surrounds the app, you might want to try an alternative. The following TikTok alternatives are short-form