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Loknath Das - June 28, 2017
- Social Media
Facebook Video Creation App Launch Announced
With an aim to empower its creator community, Facebook has announced that it is planning to launch a new app just for them later this year. Essentially a video creation…
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Loknath Das
- June 24, 2017
- Social Media
WhatsApp Privacy Policy to Be Examined by Supreme Court
HIGHLIGHTS SC earlier asked WhatsApp about its latest privacy policy SC would examine the 2016 privacy policy of the online messaging app WhatsApp in 2016 released it new privacy policy…
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Loknath Das
- June 24, 2017
- Social Media
Facebook Updates News Feed to Curb Clickbait Stories
Facebook has announced three new updates so that people will see even fewer clickbait stories in their feeds, and more of the stories they find authentic. Clickbait describes web content…
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Loknath Das
- June 17, 2017
- Social Media
Facebook Is Using AI to Make the Social Network a ‘Hostile Place for Terrorists’
HIGHLIGHTS Facebook is ramping up its efforts to curb online extremist content It plans to use artificial intelligence to detect and remove such content An algorithm is being built by…
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Loknath Das
- June 17, 2017
- Social Media
Facebook Will Add Fundraising Option to ‘Safety Check’
HIGHLIGHTS Facebook to soon let US users to raise & donate money using Safety Check Safety Check will roll out in the coming weeks in the United States It was…
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Loknath Das
- June 17, 2017
- Social Media
Twitter Unveils Blue Umbrella Emoji for This Monsoon Season
HIGHLIGHTS The Umbrella emoji went live on June 16 and will be active till August 31 #Monsoon2017, #Monsoon, #IndiaRains, #Baarish hashtags will trigger emoji this is the first weather-related emoji…
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Loknath Das
- June 8, 2017
- Social Media
The Secret Social Media Lives of Teenagers
Earlier this week, Harvard University revealed that it had rescinded admissions offers to at least 10 students who shared offensive images within what they thought was a private Facebook group…
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Loknath Das
- June 8, 2017
- Social Media
Can Social Media Have An Impact On Your Personal Injury Claim?
Increasingly, social media is becoming more ingrained and playing a bigger role in our lives. From travel and shopping to healthcare, relationships and even education, social media is impacting decisions…
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Loknath Das
- June 6, 2017
- Social Media
No State Department Social Media Surveillance
EFF has joined a coalition effort, led by the Brennan Center for Justice, to oppose yet another federal program to scrutinize the social media accounts of foreign visitors to the…
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Loknath Das
- June 3, 2017
- Social Media
Social media: a waste of time or a place for friendships?
Twenty-five percent of the 12-18-old students surveyed by the Tata Consultancy Services’ Gen Z Survey find social media a waste of time. This was their response to the question “Have…
