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WhatsApp has been adding a lot of useful features recently, and one of these allows you to remove the audio from videos before sending them in chats or adding them to WhatsApp Status. The feature is currently being rolled out on Android. The mute video feature can come in handy if you wish to share

As the line between social media platforms and news outlets slowly begins to blur, the risk of misinformation becomes more and more real. It’s far too easy to put something up on the internet, and not enough netizens fact-check as they read. Instagram isn’t the first place that most people go to for their news, but

Russian authorities are suing five social media platforms for allegedly failing to delete posts urging children to take part in illegal protests, the Interfax news agency cited a Moscow court as saying on Tuesday. Twitter, Google, Facebook each have three cases against them, with each violation punishable by a fine of up to RUB 4

Last January, Mike Lindell was banned from Twitter for “repeated violations” of its civic integrity policy—insisting that former US president Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election. What has he been up to since? Making his social media platform, apparently. Lindell’s Making Something That’s “Not Just Like a Little Twitter Platform” MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell appeared

Russia accused Facebook on Monday of violating citizens’ rights by blocking some media outlets’ content in the latest standoff between a government and Big Tech. Communications watchdog Roskomnadzor at the weekend threatened Facebook with a minimum RUB 1 million (roughly Rs. 10 lakhs) fine and demanded it restore access to content posted by TASS news agency,

WhatsApp has provided support even for really old versions of various operating systems so far. That seems to be changing now, as the app plans to ditch support for iOS 9. This means various iPhone models will not run WhatsApp anymore. WhatsApp Stops Supporting Old iOS Versions While WhatsApp is yet to update its FAQ

“just setting up my twttr” – the first ever tweet on the platform is up for sale after Twitter boss Jack Dorsey listed his famous post as a unique digital signature on a website for selling tweets as non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The post, sent from Dorsey’s account in March of 2006, received offers on Friday

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