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Facebook has faced intense scrutiny around the Cambridge scandal. (Photo: AP)

How Facebook is keeping the social media safe

Facebook is doubling the number of people working on in safety and security teams this year to 20,000.

18 July 2018 10:58 AM IST

Conference workers speak in front of a demo booth at Facebooks annual F8 developer conference, in San Jose, Calif. The chairman of the U.K. Parliaments media committee says the government office that investigated the Cambridge Analytica scandal has fined Facebook 500,000 pounds ($663,000) for failing to safeguard users data. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Social media companies defend filtering practices before Congress

Our purpose is to serve the conversation, not to make value judgments on personal beliefs: Twitter

18 July 2018 10:30 AM IST

Social media and the sharing economy have created opportunities by leveraging online networks to build trust and remove market barriers. (Photo: Pixabay)

Egypt targets social media with new law

Egypt's parliament passed a law giving the state powers to block social media accounts and penalize journalists held...

18 July 2018 10:27 AM IST

Twitters senior strategist Nick Pickles said the company does not discriminate against conservatives and works to make neutral decisions.(Iimage:Pixabay)

Social media companies defend filtering practices before Congress

Tech Giants told a US House panel that the social media companies are not discriminating against content for political...

18 July 2018 8:12 AM IST

Gaya MP Hari Manjhis son Rahul Manjhi, along with his friend, was arrested by the police in a drunken state on Sunday and was sent to Gaya central jail for violating prohibition law. (Representational image)

Odisha boy forwards sex clip, held

Acting on a complaint lodged by the family of the victim, Dhamnagar Police arrested the youth from his house at...

18 July 2018 1:05 AM IST

WhatsApps end-to-end encryption relies on the generation of unique security keys, using the Signal protocol that are traded and verified between users to guarantee communications are secure.

WhatsApp to bring something more than emojis

Although WhatsApp didn't introduce it yet, many other messengers offer it.

17 July 2018 4:13 PM IST

In the video, Dong Yaoqiong splashes ink on a poster bearing President Xis image at a location in Shanghais financial district, saying defiantly: Xi Jinping, Im right here waiting for you to arrest me. (Photo: Screengrab from Twitter/Huayong798)

Chinese woman detained after tossing ink on Xi Jinping poster:...

Chinese Human Rights Defenders said Dong is believed to have been held later and her Twitter account was deleted hours...

17 July 2018 1:49 PM IST

Louis was wearing a replica of the royal christening robe, made of fine Honiton lace lined with white satin, which was created in 1841 for Queen Victorias eldest daughter, Victoria, the Princess Royal. (Twitter Screengrab/ Kensington Palace)

Cuteness overload: This photo of Kate Middleton and Prince Louis is...

Clicked by Matt Porteous, picture was released on social media nearly 12 hours after Kensington Palace put out another 4...

17 July 2018 10:26 AM IST

Twitter users are likely to see a reduction in their follower counts in the coming days. (Photo: AP)

Twitter suspends two accounts linked to 12 Russians indicted by...

A federal grand jury charged the 12 Russian intelligence officers with hacking Democratic computer networks in 2016.

15 July 2018 11:25 AM IST

Social media and the sharing economy have created opportunities by leveraging online networks to build trust and remove market barriers. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mass surveillance not for democracies

No one denies India the right to pull up people misusing the social media to spread rumours instilling the urge to...

15 July 2018 12:02 AM IST

The Facebook bug was active between May 29 and June 5.

Users assist in improving Facebook, here's how

The user research team of Facebook gave detailed insights on the matter.

14 July 2018 2:17 PM IST

Supreme Court of India. (Photo: PTI)

Supreme Court : Social media hub like state surveillance

The ministry has proposed a mechanism at the district-level for collecting and analysing digital and social media...

14 July 2018 1:34 AM IST