Social Media
- Technology
Social media trust or distrust buttons may help curb spread of fake news
London: The addition of ‘trust’ and ‘distrust’ buttons on social media, alongside standard ‘like’ buttons, could help to reduce the spread of misinformation, finds a new experimental study. Incentivising accuracy cut in…
- Pakistan
Pak using social media, local influencers, narcotics to radicalise Kashmiris: Army
Srinagar: Pakistan is using a mix of social media, local influencers and narcotics to radicalise the Kashmir youth to pick up the gun but Army has launched various people-friendly initiatives to counter…
- World
China shuts 67K social media accounts; deletes 1.4M posts
China’s Cyberspace regulator disclosed that it deleted 1.4 million social media posts after a two-month probe into supposed misinformation, profiteering, and impersonation of state officials and other issues. The CAC in a…
- India
UP: Objectionable video of professor goes viral on social media
Jaunpur: Students created a ruckus on Friday after an objectionable video of a professor of a college affiliated to the Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University went viral on social media, police in…
- Lifestyle
70 per cent parents believe image editing apps, filters affecting kid’s body image
New York: Nearly 7 in 10 parents believe that the wave of new image editing apps and filters along with trends related to appearance are affecting their children’s body image, according to…
- India
UP: Police deployed in Tilhar after social media post on Prophet flares tempers
Shahjahanpur: Security was stepped up in the Tilhar area of the district here after a large number of people gathered outside a police station demanding the arrest of a youth accused of…
- India
NHRC notice to Centre, states over ‘rise’ in circulation of child sexual abuse material on social media
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Centre and states over a report that the circulation of child sexual abuse material on social media in India…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad cops raided social media war room, alleges Congress
Hyderabad: Telangana Youth Congress on Monday stated that its social media war room was raided by the Cyberabad police on Monday. It further said that state chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao got…
- News
Hyderabad: Experts blame social media, drugs, as boys’ pass percentage declines
Hyderabad: In the past few years, girls have outperformed boys in the SSC and intermediate examinations. Academics have attempted to identify the reasons for the decline in boys’ interest in education. After…
- Middle East
UAE named social media capital of the world; India holds 19th rank
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been named as the social media capital of the world, according to a new study by Proxyrack. The study analyzed the average number of social platforms…
- Entertainment
Hasbulla under house arrest, know why
Mumbai: Social media sensation Hasbulla Magomedov, who was earlier arrested for his alleged involvement in traffic felony along with his friends, has been granted bail but has been placed under house arrest.…
- India
Sarpanch’s husband held for posting obscene pics of ex-girlfriend
New Delhi: The husband of a village sarpanch was apprehended for allegedly posting obscene pictures of his ex-girlfriend on social media after she broke up with him, police said on Saturday. The…
- India
Despite being jailed, Atiq murder accused active on social media
Pratapgarh: Lovelesh Tiwari, one of the accused in the murders of gangster Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf, is active on the social media despite being lodged in the Pratapgarh jail. The…
- India
JK: National Conference dissolves media, social media cells
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Thursday dissolved its media and social media cells, and said it is in the process of restructuring its communication wing. In an order, the party’s…
- Technology
Twitter rival Koo lets go 30% of staff over course of the year amid global slowdown
New Delhi: Homegrown Twitter rival Koo on Thursday said that it has let go 30 per cent of its workforce over the course of the year amid the current global meltdown. The…
