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Trump walks back his incendiary Minneapolis ‘thugs’ post
“When the looting starts, the shooting starts,” Trump had written in a tweet that was quickly flagged by Twitter as “glorifying violence”
30 May 2020 10:03 AM
Trump signs order seeking to strip social media freedom
The move comes a day after Twitter labelled two of his tweets with fact-check notices, calling them misleading
29 May 2020 8:39 AM
Trump to exercise the might of his presidential powers on Twitter for daring to fact-check his tweets
He is working on signing an executive order to make the companies liable for content on their platforms but it may not pass Congress' muster
28 May 2020 10:43 PM
Trump threatens to 'close down' social media platforms
The spat began when Twitter labelled two of the US president's tweets as "unsubstantiated" and accused him of making false claims
27 May 2020 6:50 PM
Always-on-Twitter Trump threatens on Twitter to shut down Twitter!
The latest of the president's rants came after the platform flagged two of his tweets as unsubstantiated.
27 May 2020 6:06 PM
Algorithms now adhere to China censorship model? Critical comments removed in error, says YouTube
Streaming platform says it has been relying on automated systems during the coronavirus pandemic as its reviewers have been staying home.
26 May 2020 11:40 PM
Work from home being sold as the new culture by tech giants Facebook, Google and Twitter
It enables companies to cut the cost of rent, power and other charges from maintaining an office
22 May 2020 4:54 PM
Bois locker room: HC seeks response from Google, Facebook, Twitter on plea to remove content
The Bois Locker Room Instagram chat group of 17-18 year-old boys from affluent Delhi families was exposed discussing raping their classmates
19 May 2020 3:36 PM
Can't remain an Average Joe online, Biden's gotta go 'social' to beat Trump in the election
Strategists worry that Biden is dangerously behind Trump on key metrics across platforms including Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.
12 May 2020 3:23 PM
Get your facts right before you tweet about COVID-19, or else Twitter will label it disputed
The label will alert users that some or all of the content shared in the tweet conflict with guidance from public health experts.
12 May 2020 2:21 PM
Users added aplenty but Google, Facebook, and Twitter lose ad revenues amid covid lockdowns
As travel and shopping shut down, advertising on the three platforms plummeted, but now as lockdown curbs begin to ease, things may look up
01 May 2020 8:01 PM
PM Narendra Modi's 56 million Twitter following falls by one
The US White House unfollows the Indian PM and president
29 Apr 2020 10:41 PM
Searches for child sexual abuse material spike, NCPCR sends notice to Google, WhatsApp, Twitter
A recent report by India Child Protection Fund showed that there has been a surge in searches for child sexual abuse material amid lockdown
26 Apr 2020 10:51 PM
Hate speech on Twitter toward Chinese surges amid concerns Trump's coronavirus comments fuelling xenophobia
A lot of people are using racist hashtags such as #Kungflu, #chinesevirus and #communistvirus as they tweet about the pandemic
28 Mar 2020 3:20 PM
Fake news about coronavirus being spread by Russia to worsen crisis in US, Europe, says EU
An internal EU document warned that pro-Kremlin media outlets were promoting disinformation to undermine trust in healthcare systems
18 Mar 2020 10:09 PM
Facebook staff to get USD 1,000 bonus as they work from home amid corona outbreak
Employees will also get an automatic ‘exceeds expectations’ rating on their performance review
18 Mar 2020 4:41 PM
Beware of fake news, you can't self-test for coronavirus
Social media is filling up with fake news on COVID-19 despite steps taken by Facebook, Google, and Twitter to curb misleading information
13 Mar 2020 7:20 PM
Twitter puts ‘manipulated’ label on Trump’s retweet of clipped Biden video
It showed a clipped portion of the Democratic presidential candidate's speech to make it seem like he said, “We can only re-elect Trump.”
10 Mar 2020 4:55 PM
Meet the seven women who will tweet from PM Modi's Twitter handle today
PM Modi's social media handle with 7 women achievers on Women's Day
08 Mar 2020 12:05 PM
Twitter's new fleets feature, like Insta 'stories', sparks #RIPTwitter trend
The micro-blogging platform, in Brazil, is introducing the feature to post fleeting tweets that disappear in 24 hours but users are unhappy
05 Mar 2020 5:36 PM
Columns
One reason wheat prices have shot up has to do with the intense heatwave that struck parts of India from March
It was obvious long before and reconfirmed after political strategist Prashant Kishor’s firm but polite refusal of party’s membership offer
The recent appointment of Archana Goyal Gulati, former member of Niti Aayog and CCI, at Google, has revived the old debate
As recent events demonstrate, every party prefers having the law enforcers acting as a private militia