Twitter Ropes in Academic Partners to Curb Abuse, Harassment on the Platform

In line with its efforts to curb abuse and harassment of users on its platform, Twitter has now selected two research projects that aim to develop metrics to measure the "health" of…

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Facebook Slammed by News Publishers Over Ad Policy

Facebook faces more criticism for its decision to categorise the promotion of news articles as political content, with global publishers now urging Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg to change its policy. Seven trade…

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Twitter to Revive Accounts Suspended by Age Restriction

Twitter has announced to reinstate those accounts that were locked down owing to age restriction after the new European Union (EU) privacy law came into force on May 25. In a…

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Twitter Launches In-Stream Video Ads in India

After a pilot run with some users, Twitter on Wednesday rolled out its in-stream video ad service to all advertisers in India that will help marketers capture consumers' attention when they are…

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US Congress Spars Over Social Media Filtering; Companies Skip Hearing

Democrats and Republicans in the US House of Representatives on Thursday sparred over the role of social media platforms Facebook, Google and Twitter in filtering content after representatives of the tech companies skipped a hearing. Republicans…

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Facebook Bans Far-Right Group Britain First for Inciting Hatred

HIGHLIGHTS Ban placed for breaking rules against inciting hatred through Facebook US President Donald Trump had retweeted its anti-Islamic posts Facebook has taken down Britain First's page and those of…

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Facebook Expresses Concern Over Sri Lanka Ban

HIGHLIGHTS Concerns over incendiary material shared on Facebook Facebook hopes Internet restrictions would be lifted soon Government has refused to end an island-wide blackout on Facebook Facebook said Wednesday it was…

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Twitter Says Reports Claiming Indian Leaders Have Fake Followers Are Deeply Flawed

HIGHLIGHTS Reports had claimed PM Modi had over 60 percent fake followers Fake follower measurement tool is not our product: Twitter "The methodology used by 'Twitter Audit' is deeply flawed"…

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Facebook Says It Can’t Guarantee Social Media Is Good for Democracy

Facebook warned on Monday that it could offer no assurance that social media was on balance good for democracy, but the company said it was trying what it could to stop…

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Overuse Of Social Media Can Take A Toll On Your Child’s Sleep: Study

Excessive use of social media can take a severe toll on the sleeping hours among children. According to a recent study published in a journal named Acta Paediatrica, over-use of…

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