Tag: Social Media
Facebook says not sharing users’ data with researchers, academics
Facebook has stressed it is not collecting or sharing personal or location data of its users with partners like academics, researchers and humanitarian professionals...
Facebook to verify users whose posts go viral rapidly
Facebook has said it will now verify the identity of people who have a pattern of inauthentic behaviour on its platform and whose posts...
SC declines to entertain plea to link Aadhaar, social media accounts
The Supreme Court has declined to entertain a plea by BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay seeking to link Aadhaar with social media accounts as...
Facebook Workplace adds 2 million more paid users since October
With the Covid-19 pandemic dramatically accelerating the shift to remote work, Facebook’s collaboration tool for businesses, Workplace, has amassed five million paid users —...
First EU GDPR decision soon on Twitter, Facebook data practices
Irish watchdog has submitted a preliminary decision in a probe into Twitter whether it complied with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to other...
Facebook Shops now open for small businesses, coming on Instagram soon
In a bid to help struggling small businesses in Covid-19 times, Facebook has introduced Shops to help set up a single online store for...
New French law asks social media firms to delete criminal content in 1 hour
In a strict stand, the French government has passed a law that will force social media companies like Facebook and Twitter just an hour...
Automated tools helping Facebook remove more hate speech, bullying
Facebook has revealed in detail how its automated tools and technologies are curbing hate speech, adult nudity and sexual activity, violent and graphic content,...
Posting edited selfies on Insta ups eating disorders risk
Editing and uploading the selfies on the social media platforms like Instagram, in the hopes of getting more likes, may increase the risk of...
4 in 5 users removing private information from social media apps globally: Kaspersky
The Internet consumers are becoming more aware of their personal data and 82 per cent users have tried to remove private information from websites...