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Indiana sues TikTok for misleading users, breaching information security

Indiana's attorney general on Wednesday sued Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, claiming the video-sharing platform misleads its users, particularly children, about the level of inappropriate content and security of consumer information. Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita claimed in a complaint filed Wednesday that while the social video app says it is safe for users 13 years and older, the app contains salacious and inappropriate content" available to young users for unlimited periods of time, day and night, in an effort to line TikTok's pockets with billions of dollars from US consumers. A separate complaint from Rokita argues the app has users' sensitive and personal information but deceives consumers into believing that information is secure. At the very least, the company owes consumers the truth about the age-appropriateness of its content and the insecurity of the data it collects on users," Rokita said in a press release Wednesday. TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a .

Meta to verify user age on Facebook Dating through AI face scanning

Social media giant Facebook is experimenting with methods, such as using an AI face scanner, to allow users of the platform's dating service to verify their age

Twitter faces new legal fallout over employee layoffs under Elon Musk

The latest legal actions follow a class-action lawsuit filed when the layoffs first began in early November which accused the company of failing to give enough notice to hundreds of employees

YouTube removed 1.7 mn videos in India in July-Sept, most in world

Around 5.6 million videos were removed globally for violating platform's community guidelines

What does ARPU mean?

Your telecom operator and your favourite media platforms mention their average revenue per user, or ARPU, to analysing performance and flaunt their business health. Let's understand what ARPU is

India's requests to Meta for user data up slightly at 55,497 in H1 of 2022

Requests from governments across the globe for user data were up 10.5% to 237,414

Flex spaces in demand as 35-40% of firms prefer hybrid working: Awfis study

Survey finds that 45% of companies are looking for new office spaces including conventional and flexible ones, 35% have adopted a multi-office approach by collaborating with co-working spaces

'What if I'm next?' Fear grips Amazon India employees amid global layoffs

Those in the know say the full force of the impact of global layoffs in India will be felt in the retail division

Amazon plans to make changes to Alexa and unprofitable businesses

Cost-cutting measures: Tells workers at unprofitable arms to look for jobs elsewhere

Facebook parent Meta slashes workforce by 11,000, Zuckerberg takes blame

Meta CEO Zuckerberg says post-Covid scenario didn't meet expectations

India's 'first' Twitter user undecided on whether to pay for blue tick

Naina Redhu says she joined social media platform in 2006 after getting an invitation email

Empowering Gati Shakti

Done the right way, the smart platform for infrastructure planning and execution could lead to tremendous productivity benefits

S&P to include hacking risks in credit rating of Asia-Pacific banks

Negative ratings momentum could result in jurisdictions where the entire industry suffers serious data breaches repeatedly, or where regulators are particularly lax, the agency said

BHARAT: An Indian font that integrates elements from 12 languages

India's top typographers at Rediffusion Design Studios have been working hard for the past six months to create a font that would be intrinsically and eternally Indian

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's biggest bet on WhatsApp might not pay off

Analysts have curbed their estimates for Meta Platforms Inc's , and Zuckerberg's own foreboding comments to staff suggest the numbers won't be good

Elon Musk's alarm over Twitter bots takes the lid off advertising frauds

Twitter claimed that less than 5 per cent of its accounts are fake, but global research agencies say it is at least 3x the quoted number

Indian gig economy to have 23.5 mn workers by 2029-30: Niti Aayog report

Think-tank recommends social security for gig workers

Piyush Goyal asks for ONDC pilot focused on non-digital traders, artisans

ONDC promotes open networks for exchange of goods and services over digital or electronic networks.

Vodafone Idea set to roll out digital platforms in the next 12 months

VIL plans to integrate the various digital platforms under Vi, its flagship app, which is used by subscribers to make payments and buy new connections

Tatas upping consumer-facing business with super app

Tata Group's much-awaited super-app will finally be launched tomorrow. Tata Neu is bringing all the company's digital services in one place, while also doubling down on its consumer-facing businesses