San Francisco: After the European Union’s new data privacy regulations came into effect on May 25, Twitter started suspending users who, it believes, joined the platform before turning 13, the media reported. But the process has become messy as this latest wave of suspension has affected many adults, including journalists, technology website Motherboard reported on […]
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the parent company of Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Bing to file a response after they disclosed the identity of an eight-year-old girl who was raped and murdered in Jammu and Kashmir. The direction from acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar came […]
Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he has has no time to attend to abuses or trolls as he would rather spend time for work and his fans, whom he refers to as his “extended family (Ef)”. The cine-icon, 75, shares his thoughts on trolling and abuses on his blog. “A concerned Ef warns me of […]
New Delhi: Facebook on Tuesday said nearly 10,000 people have marked themselves safe till now, using the social network’s “Safety Check” feature that was activated on Monday following storms across India. Dust storms, hail and lightning claimed 53 lives in Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Delhi, according to a Ministry of Home Affairs […]
San Francisco/New Delhi: Twitter has urged its 336 million users to change their passwords after the company discovered a bug that stored passwords in plain text in an internal system. “As a precaution”, Twitter on Thursday recommended its users to consider changing their password on all services where they have used the same password. The […]
San Francisco: Facebook-owned Instagram on Wednesday introduced a new update to make uploading photos and videos on its “Stories” feature faster and easier. The update will allow users to upload up to 10 multiple photos and videos as a story at once, along with a “preview” option, Instagram said in an official blog post on […]
San Francisco: For the second time this week, Twitter users around world faced difficulties in sharing their thoughts on the microblogging platform, the media reported. Twitter confirmed the problem on Friday and said it had resolved the issue. “Earlier today, people were unable to send Tweets for about 30 minutes. We’ve resolved the internal issue […]
San Francisco: In a bid to fight the prevailing gun culture, Twitter has changed its “pistol” emoji to a bright green “water gun”, following Apple, which launched a similar one in its iOS 10 update. The change is part of Twitter’s emoji update “Twemoji 2.6,” Tech Crunch reported late on Wednesday. “In doing so, the […]
Shillong: Actor-TV host Rannvijay Singha says he has never been trolled much on social media platforms. Rannvijay is hosting a show on MTV titled “Troll Police”, which deals with cyber bullying. Asked if social media trolls have ever affected him, Rannvijay told IANS here: “Sometimes when something is said about my brother, wife, daughter I […]
Los Angeles: Actress Jessica Chastain has donated $2,000 to a womans fertility fund after she criticised the actress on social media. Chastain shared a photo of herself on Instagram wearing a white t-shirt that read, “We Should All Be Feminists”. It was captioned: “Feminism: The theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes.” […]
New York: When people post photos of their fitness pursuits on social media they may be influencing, for better or worse, the health of their pals too, a new study suggests. The more exercise-related posts a person sees on social media, the more concerned they feel about their own weight, the researchers said. “Our results […]
Toronto: Even as effects of social media use on mental well-being is hotly debated, a new study says that spending too much time online can create problems in real life relationships of teenagers and vice versa. Results of a survey conducted by Professor Candice Odgers of University of California, Irvine and her colleagues showed teenagers […]
San Francisco: Passively scrolling through posts in Facebook or on the social media platform can make people feel worse — while active engagement on the platform may have the opposite effect. Citing scientific research on well-being and social media, Facebook on Friday highlighted the two sides of using social media — the good and the […]
Chandigarh: Actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh, who is a self-admitted fan of Kylie Jenner and often comments on her posts over various social media platforms, says he feels good after seeing photographs of the American reality TV star. Asked about Kylie’s pregnancy news, Diljit said here on Friday: “I am a fan of Kylie Jenner. It’s her […]
Mumbai: Actress Taapsee Pannu, a keen supporter of women’s empowerment, on Saturday poked fun at a few social media users, who trolled her for wearing a short dress. Taapsee shared a photograph of herself on Twitter in which she can be seen wearing a black-and-white strapless one piece dress with minimal make-up. “Sometimes the best moments […]
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