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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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