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Tech giants including Facebook, Google, Twitter and TikTok face stricter online content rules in the European Union due to their huge number of users. The new rules, known as the Digital Services Act (DSA), classify companies with more than 45 million users as very large online platforms (VLOPs) and require them to do risk management … Read more
Twitter CEO Elon Musk has revealed that he may leave his current role and appoint someone else to run the social media giant later this year. In a video call at the World Government Summit, Musk said that the end of 2023 will be “good timing” to pass on the baton.Musk said, “I think I … Read more
The government neither controls social media intermediaries nor casts any fetters on the freedom of expression of their users, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a written reply to the Lok Sabha said that the IT Rules, 2021, cast specific obligations on the intermediaries that no … Read more
It turns out that there are monetary benefits to having a Twitter Blue subscription. The social media giant will now pay subscribers a share of the ad revenue generated from their reply thread, revealed CEO Elon Musk.Musk tweeted, “Starting today, Twitter will share ad revenue with creators for ads that appear in their reply threads.” … Read more
India is among the top three nations contributing active users growth for Facebook as of December 31, 2022, social media major Meta said in a regulatory filing. The company has reported a 4 per cent increase in worldwide daily active users (DAUs) to 2 billion on average during December 2022 from 1.93 billion during December … Read more
There was a time when Facebook dominated social media and had little to no serious competition. However, over the years, competition from platforms like TikTok and others have hurt the Zuckerberg-led company. During the past quarter, the company saw its revenue fall by more than 30%. However, it’s not all gloom for the social network … Read more
Twitter CEO Elon Musk has been experimenting with the platform ever since taking over. From introducing differently coloured verification ticks to tinkering with the algorithm, he has actively engaged with bringing new changes to the social media giant.Musk’s latest experiment involves checking the impact of account privacy settings on tweet visibility. In a recent tweet, … Read more
Instant messaging platform WhatsApp on Wednesday said it banned 36.77 lakh accounts in India in December, marginally lower than the number of accounts it barred in the preceding month. The banned WhatsApp accounts in India include 13.89 lakh accounts which were barred proactively before being flagged by users. In November, WhatsApp banned 37.16 lakh accounts in … Read more
Instagram on Thursday rolled out its own version of ‘Do not disturb’ with a new feature called ‘quiet mode’ for users in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Although available to all users, Meta introduced it particularly for teens to take a break from the endless scrolling and focus on … Read more
As relations between China and the United States continue to be tense, Chinese companies are facing a tough time. The popular short video app TikTok is a case in point. TikTok troubles in the US seem refusing to end. Wisconsin and North Carolina are the latest US states to ban the app on state government … Read more