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Twitter Now Lets You Mute Notifications From Accounts You Don’t Follow
Twitter, in its latest step to curb abusive behaviour on its platform, rolled out new features on Monday to help users disable notifications from accounts that they want to avoid. The micro-blogging...
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Snapchat Gets Snap Kit, Spreading Its Reach to Other Apps
Snapchat messaging service on Thursday set out to spread its reach, and panache, to other smartphone apps with a software kit that promised to share little data about users. Parent company Snap said...
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Facebook shielding far-right activists, under-age accounts: Report
Moderators at Facebook are protecting far-right activists, preventing their Pages from being deleted even after they violate the rules set up by the social media giant, the media reported. The process...
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Telegram Passport Will Allow You to Share IDs Easily Across Apps and Services
Popular messaging app Telegram on Thursday announced the launch of a new feature called Telegram Passport on its platform. This is essentially an end-to-end encrypted service where users can store...
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Facebook, Twitter Manipulated by Governments to Shape Opinion, Study Claims
Governments around the world are enlisting “cyber troops” who manipulate Facebook, Twitter and other social media outlets to steer public opinion, spread misinformation and undermine critics, according...
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Twitter Kills 90,000 Accounts Associated With SIREN Botnet Campaign
After a US-based digital security company alerted Twitter about a massive botnet campaign promising online sex to its users, the micro-blogging website has removed nearly 90,000 such fake accounts....
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France to Impose Digital Tax This Year Regardless of Any New International Levy
France will tax big digital businesses this year whether there is progress or not towards an international deal on a levy, its finance minister said on Thursday, adding such a tax had never been...
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Facebook Will Now Show Results from Wikipedia in Search Results
Facebook is adding Wikipedia-powered knowledge box on the platform that displays information about public figures, places and interests — like movies and TV shows. With this development, the social...
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Twitter Hides ‘Abusive’ Tweet by US President Donald Trump Targeting Protestors
Twitter on Tuesday hid a tweet from President Donald Trump in which he threatened to use “serious force” against protestors in the US capital, saying it broke rules over abusive content. The move...
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TikTok Under Scrutiny in Australia Over Security, Data Concerns
HIGHLIGHTS PM Scott Morrison said his government was “having a good look” at TikTok TikTok opened an office in Australia in recent weeks Offices of Home Affairs and Attorney-General are discussing...
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Turkey Passes Law to Regulate Social Media Content
HIGHLIGHTS The law requires social media sites to appoint Turkish representatives President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AK Party had backed the bill Turks are already heavily policed on social media...
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Facebook Has Not Shared ‘Evidence’ of Serious International Crimes in Myanmar
HIGHLIGHTS Facebook did not immediately respond to a request for comment Facebook is accused of not releasing evidence of “international crimes” Myanmar is facing genocide charges at the International...
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Facebook Confirms Zuckerberg Interviewed in US FTC Investigation
HIGHLIGHTS Zuckerberg was interviewed remotely by the FTC In July 2019, Facebook agreed to pay a record-breaking $5 billion fine It resolve a separate FTC probe into the company’s privacy practices...
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Facebook Says It Will No Longer Show Health Groups in Recommendations
Facebook will no longer show health groups in its recommendations, the social media giant announced on Thursday, saying it was crucial that people get health information from “authoritative...
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Twitter Restores ‘Mistakenly’ Locked, Limited Accounts
Twitter on Wednesday said it has restored accounts that were mistakenly locked or limited, hours after some users reported delay in tweets showing up on timelines as well as accounts being locked...
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Facebook Merges Messenger With Instagram’s Direct Messages
Photo-sharing platform Instagram on Wednesday started rolling out the option to connect Instagram direct messages with Messenger. It means that one can now send messages to Messenger people from...
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Facebook, Twitter Take Action Over Trump’s Misleading COVID-19 Posts
Facebook and Twitter took action on posts from US President Donald Trump on Tuesday for violating their rules against coronavirus misinformation by suggesting that COVID-19 was just like the flu....
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Facebook to Ban Content That Denies or Distorts the Holocaust
Facebook said on Monday it was updating its hate speech policy to ban any content that denies or distorts the Holocaust. The move comes two years after Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said...
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Facebook Moderators Pressured to Return to Hyderabad Office Despite COVID-19...
Facebook moderators were reportedly pressured by their employer Genpact to return to office despite safety concerns over the ongoing coronavirus-induced pandemic. Genpact, a third-party contracting...
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Facebook Provides Clarification on Why It Pulled ‘Kisan Ekta Morcha’ Page for...
Facebook said that the page was flagged as spam by its automated systems Facebook pulled the Kisan Ekta Morcha page on Sunday It went offline just amid livestream by a farmer leader Facebook faced...
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