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Twitter rolls out audio tweets, faces tough task of moderating hate content

One good thing is that audio can only be added to original tweets and the users can't include those in replies or retweets with a comment

Justice department to propose curbs on legal immunity for social media

The recommendations for legislation follow a feud between President Donald Trump and Twitter Inc., which last month slapped fact-checks on some of his tweets

CCI to review Facebook's purchase of 10% stake in Reliance Jio

The US social media giant's $5.7 billion investment in Reliance's digital unit is the biggest among a string of investments amounting to $13.7 billion into Jio Platforms, controlled by Mukesh Ambani

Vodafone Idea: In Google's playstore?

In this battle of ecoystems, Google desperately needs a telecom company for its plans for India

Facebook won't pay Australian media firms for using news on its platform

Facebook says it would not affect its revenue if news were not available on its service

Big tech's behind-the-scenes bets get bigger as Covid-19 slows economy

Many companies are retreating. But Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft are placing bets to get even bigger

Data protection Bill panel seeks FB, Microsoft, Assocham, Nasscom views

The JPC had sought suggestions on the Bill from people and organisations on the proposed legislation in January

A bottom-up approach to investing

Can you identify businesses which will weather this storm and come out stronger? If so, buy those companies

Jio fundraising tops Rs 1 trillion as TPG, L Catterton invest Rs 6,441 cr

The valuation of the deals is in line with recent transactions pegging Jio's equity value at Rs 4.91 trillion and enterprise value at Rs 5.16 trillion

TPG to invest Rs 4,547 cr; Jio Platforms fund raising crosses Rs 1 trillion

This is the eighth deal announced by RIL in the last two months

Deeply shaken, disgusted: Zuckerberg, Chan on Trump's 'divisive rhetoric'

The couple said this was an extraordinary painful inflexion time in history

Manoj Modi, the rainmaker behind Mukesh Ambani's $13-billion deal spree

Reserved and mostly invisible to the public, Modi is viewed by many insiders and others in India's business world as the right hand of billionaire Mukesh Ambani.

Jio-Facebook platform can open digital market worth $2 trn by 2025: Report

Customer behaviour will see permanent shifts to higher digital adoption in e-commerce/online grocery, digital payments, and digital content from Covid, the report stated

Phone numbers of many WhatsApp users available in Google search: Report

These related to WhatsApp 'click to chat' feature, where users can generate links to invite others

Facebook's Google Photos transfer tool now available globally

The tool allows users to create copies of all of the photos or videos on their Facebook account and transfer them to a linked Google Photos one

Rein in Donald Trump on Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg-funded scientists

The researchers, including 60 professors at leading US research institutions, wrote a letter to the Facebook CEO on Saturday

Three telecom players needed

Duopoly, with only Jio and Airtel, will be unhealthy and lead to job losses in the sector

Facebook should not give free hand to Trump: Zuckerberg-funded scientists

The letter calls the spread of deliberate misinformation and divisive language the researchers' goal of using technology to prevent and eradicate disease

The debate over Silicon Valley's embrace of content moderation

Many in tech cheered when Twitter added labels to President Trump's tweets. But civil libertarians caution that social media companies are moving into uncharted waters.

Backlash over Trump posts: Facebook blinks, assures content policy review

CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook would be more transparent about its decision-making