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Could Instagram rival YouTube in the video-sharing department?

Instagram goes down in major cities across the world

Users took to Twitter to complain about the outage and tweeted messages along with the #instagramdown hashtag.

3 Oct 2018 2:02 PM IST

Data mining and analysis firm Cambridge Analytica earlier faced allegations that it used personal information harvested from 87 million Facebook accounts to help Donald Trump win the 2016 US presidential election.

Lawsuit accuses Facebook of enabling human traffickers

The lawsuit was filed in Houston against Facebook, the shuttered classifieds site Backpage.com and the owners of two...

3 Oct 2018 8:56 AM IST

Facebook is allowing advertisers access to this hidden personal information for custom audience.

Facebook says hackers did not use stolen logins on third-party sites

The announcement comes after Facebook last week disclosed its worst-ever security breach.

3 Oct 2018 7:58 AM IST

A black box without empathy

A black box without empathy

It has become imperative to discuss how algorithms are dealing with sensitive issues like suicide.

2 Oct 2018 12:15 AM IST

Anyone following the Rajasthan Police on Facebook and Twitter can answer the simple questions. (Photo: Twitter | @PoliceRajasthan)

Rajasthan police starts own version of KBC' to raise awareness about...

Rajasthan police with 14,500 followers got 201 likes, 75 retweets for 6th question while 5th question had 67 retweets,...

1 Oct 2018 7:38 PM IST

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UK govt formulating guidelines to curb children's social media use

UK health secretary Matt Hancock said he has ordered the plans to be drawn up and attacked social media giants.

1 Oct 2018 10:06 AM IST

Union defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses the 90th annual general meeting of Ficci in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Nirmala Sitharaman stresses on making social media toxic-free'

Sitharaman said that there should be an intelligent and smart narrative on the social media platforms.

1 Oct 2018 6:11 AM IST

Quite often, fake news resurfaces and goes viral multiple times.

Fake news, the DNA of tech firms: Gearing up for the 2019 polls

Social media companies seem quite serious about removing false news and propaganda from their platforms.

1 Oct 2018 2:08 AM IST

Instagram will allow creators to upload 4K videos.

Instagram's new feature allows users to share stories with smaller...

The new feature enables users to create a smaller group of friends and share stories exclusively with the group.

30 Nov 2018 4:41 PM IST

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes the keynote speech at F8, Facebooks developer conference in San Jose, Calif. Facebook Inc. reports earnings Tuesday, Oct. 30. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Facebook mulled charging for access to user data

The company said it considered charging application makers to access data at the social network.

29 Nov 2018 5:11 PM IST

Racial discrimination at Facebook is real.

With an eye on past problems, Facebook expands local feature

Facebook launched the service in January with six cities and expanded that to 25, then more.

29 Nov 2018 4:56 PM IST

Six persons, including a BJYM office-bearer, were arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl.

22-yr-old Indian man arrested for luring, having sex with 11-yr-old...

Sachin Aji Bhaskar, resident of New York's Buffalo city, faces minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, maximum of life in...

22 Nov 2018 5:48 PM IST