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Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube may face criminal action in India as they are yet to comply with the norms of the new Intermediary Rules. The new rules by the government were passed in February, though special provisions for “significant social media intermediaries” that have more than 50 lakh registered users are set to come into

Most people are aware of the difference between deleting and deactivating a Facebook account. If you deactivate Facebook you’re temporarily deleting your account and can reactivate it at any time. If you delete Facebook you’re permanently removing your data. However, you might not realize that deactivating your Facebook account does not deactivate Facebook Messenger. People

WhatsApp is working on a way to let users transfer their chat history when migrating to a new phone that is using a different phone number, according to a report. The new development seems to be an extension of the ability to transfer WhatsApp chat history from one platform to another — from Android to

Twitter’s fairly new manipulated media policy is already it’s being put to the test. Once again, the Indian government is asking the company to reverse some of the actions it’s taken to ensure that only accurate info is found on the platform. Indian news outlet The News Minute reports that the Government of India is

Tinder’s latest safety feature “Are You Sure?” prompts users to stop and think twice before sending a potentially offensive message. The feature aims to reduce harassment on the online dating platform by using artificial intelligence (AI) to detect harmful language and intervenes to prevent an instance of abuse. Tinder had earlier introduced “Does This Bother

After launching exclusively on iOS, the popular audio-only social media app Clubhouse released an Android app earlier in May 2021. The release was only for the US, but Clubhouse has now made the Android app available worldwide. Clubhouse Releases Its Android App Worldwide When Clubhouse first launched, the app was only available on iOS. The company

The information technology (IT) ministry has written to all social media companies asking them to take down any content that refers to an “Indian variant” of the coronavirus, according to a letter issued on Friday which was seen by Reuters. The World Health Organization said on May 11 that the coronavirus variant B.1.617, first identified

Snap is working on a new video-editing app for the iPhone, dubbed Story Studio, that will help you create vertical mobile videos for Spotlight, Snapchat’s TikTok competitor. Snap’s New Story Studio App Is Coming Rather than bake in this functionality into the existing Snapchat app, like TikTok and Instagram, Snap will be releasing Story Studio

Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent reported a forecast-beating 65 percent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, while management reiterated the company’s focus on compliance as China steps up scrutiny on tech giants. Tencent, the world’s largest gaming firm by revenue, booked profit of CNY 47.77 billion (roughly Rs. 54,180 crores) for the three months

Facebook isn’t necessarily known for being the most transparent of brands, but it seems that it wants to change this. The company has launched a new online Transparency Center to provide more insight on its policies. Facebook Launches a Transparency Center to Explain Policies Facebook has launched an online Transparency Center to explain a little more about

Twitter’s image-cropping algorithm has a problematic bias toward excluding Black people and men, the company said in new research on Wednesday, adding that “how to crop an image is a decision best made by people.” The study by three of its machine learning researchers was conducted after user criticism last year about image previews in

Over the past few months, WhatsApp has been getting into some trouble over its new privacy policy. The Indian government has previously asked Facebook to withdraw WhatsApp’s new policy and has now done so again. The Indian Government Asks For the Withdrawal of WhatsApp’s Privacy Policy Again India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has instructed Facebook to withdraw WhatsApp’s new privacy

Clubhouse announced its Android app beta rollout timeline for several countries including India. The app, that has been available on iOS for over a year, has been in beta testing on Android since early May but in the US only. The developers had shared it will roll out to Brazil, Japan, and Russia by today

Have you ever tried to zoom in on a photo you uploaded on Twitter only to find it gets blurry really quick? There’s a reason for that. When uploading photos to Twitter using the mobile app, it defaults to standard quality. Images in standard quality aren’t bad, especially for people who use their mobile data

Snap on Monday announced a climate strategy to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, purchase 100 percent renewable energy and remain carbon neutral after offsetting emissions dating back to its launch. The plan, which the owner of photo messaging app Snapchat detailed in its annual “CitizenSnap” report on social and environmental initiatives, comes as climate change debates are

Instagram may soon address one of the longest-standing complaints, with newly discovered evidence suggesting the service could be testing browser-based posting internally. Instagram Is Testing Browser-Based Posting Primarily a smartphone app, Instagram has resisted calls to release native apps optimized for tablets and computers. Instead, the Facebook-owned app has been recommending for years that people use

Jackson Palmer, one of the co-creators of Dogecoin, slammed Elon Musk, who has often supported the meme currency on Twitter, leading to a massive surge in its value over the past few months. Palmer tweeted that the Tesla CEO was a “self-absorbed grifter”, and also lashed out at Musk’s Saturday Night Live (SNL) appearance as

There aren’t any major social media platforms right now that are completely free of misinformation. All of them, unfortunately, are currently struggling with regulating posts with misleading or false info—and Facebook seems have it the worst by far. There’s a heated debate online as to whether that’s the result of the platform’s negligence or just

WhatsApp’s most controversial privacy update deadline is here, and you will either have to accept it or risk losing all the key WhatsApp features, as the company will stop you from calling or messaging contacts. The company had earlier given an ultimatum that to use the app, you will have to accept the new policy on

In light of a lawsuit that was filed earlier, two Snapchat apps, Yolo and LMK have been suspended by Snap. The apps allowed users to send anonymous messages on the platform. According to a LA Times report, the lawsuit was filed on behalf of Kristin Bride, the mother of a teen who committed suicide in

After COVID-19 vaccinations opened up for the 18-44 age group in India, appointments via CoWIN portal were made mandatory. Getting appointments has been difficult from the beginning because slots get booked up in short order. So, people turned to scripts to check the site automatically, and to bots on Telegram to send alerts when appointments

According to a serial Twitter researcher, Twitter might relaunch its tool to request verification in the week beginning May 16. The new tool will allow users to request a blue tick on the platform. Twitter Might Relaunch Verification Requests Soon After being closed for a long time, in December 2020, Twitter announced that it would bring back the

Twitter is reportedly testing a new font family called Chirp. It was first introduced in January 2021 and according to user reports, Twitter has started rolling out the font to its Web versions as well. There is no information on when the font would be widely released or when it will be released for Twitter’s

Whether you move to a new town, start a hobby, enter a new phase of life, or just want to make new friends, the web makes it easy to connect with people who share similar passions. Connecting with new people can help you get more out of life. You’ll have a larger support network that

TikTok downloads on US government devices may soon be not allowed. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee unanimously passed a bill that would ban US federal workers from downloading the popular app TikTok onto US government devices, Senator Josh Hawley, a bill sponsor, said in a press statement on Wednesday. The US Senate unanimously

A regulator in Germany has ordered Facebook to stop collecting data from WhatsApp users in the country for three months. This decision was made following the rollout of WhatsApp’s new privacy policy. Germany Bans Facebook From Collecting WhatsApp Data Johannes Caspar, the head of the Hamburg privacy authority, led the new action against Facebook. The body

WhatsApp has said in its response to a petition filed against its privacy policy update in the Delhi High Court that many Internet-based applications and websites have similar policies and that some even collect more data, according to a report. The instant messaging app owned by Facebook reportedly cited privacy policies of companies including Big

For a little while, Facebook has been planning to launch a version of Instagram targeted at kids under the age of 13. However, Facebook has now been encouraged to cancel these plans by US officials. State Officials Ask Facebook to Ditch Instagram for Kids 44 attorneys general in the US have asked Facebook to ditch

Instagram and Twitter have blamed technical errors for deleting posts mentioning the possible eviction of Palestinians from East Jerusalem, but data rights groups fear “discriminatory” algorithms are at work and want greater transparency. Palestinians living in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood claimed by Jewish settlers have taken to social media to protest as they face eviction,

The COVID-19 pandemic has made the power of social media a lot more obvious. Almost everyone that can be on the internet is on the internet, because it’s the safest gateway to get your social fix. Social media may have more cons than pros though, and folks are still using it despite that possibility. A