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Govt proposes to amend social media rules; to set up grievance committee

The Centre plans to set up a grievance appellate committee to look into appeals filed by individuals against decisions of grievance officers of social media platforms. Besides, the panel has to dispose of the appeals within 30 days of receiving them and its decision will be binding on the intermediaries or the large social media companies concerned, according to a notification to amend the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. The proposed move assumes significance against the backdrop of instances of accounts, including that of celebrities, being blocked by social media platforms such as Twitter for alleged violation of respective community guidelines. "The central government shall constitute one or more Grievance Appellate Committees, which shall consist of a Chairperson and such other Members, as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette," the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity)

Twitter enters restructuring mode, focuses on user growth, says report

As Twitter pauses hiring, the micro-blogging platform is reportedly shifting employees away from audio Spaces, Communities and newsletters verticals for areas that "will have the greatest positive impact to the public conversation".

82% jump in hate speech on Facebook; violent content up 86% on Insta in Apr

According to the report released on May 31, Facebook detected 53,200 hate speech in April, which is 82 per cent higher compared to 38,600 detected in March, on which the platform took action.

Two years on, not one Indian app within reach of TikTok's popularity

A BS analysis shows no Indian app has been able to garner as many unique visitors as TikTok did before it was banned

Twitter has very 'bot-friendly' rules, says Elon Musk amid hold on takeover

While Twitter said in its SEC filing that less than 5 per cent of its monetisable daily active users (mDAUs) are fake, Musk believes the number of bots is four times higher

WhatsApp improves Reactions feature in new iOS update with six emojis

The messaging platform is also preparing a 2.0 iteration of Reactions by bringing the ability to react with any emoji available

Twitter to pay $150 million penalty over protecting privacy of users' data

The regulators allege Twitter violated a 2011 FTC order by deceiving users about how well it maintained and protected the privacy and security of their nonpublic contact information

Snap shares fall after cutting forecast, shock spreads to rivals

Social media stocks were on course to shed more than $100 billion in market value following Snap's announcement

Meta Cloud hosting services now available for businesses on WhatsApp

Now, a business can easily access the service, build directly on top of WhatsApp to customise their experience and speed up their response time to customers by using the secure WhatsApp Cloud API

Musk hints at paying less than $44 bn for Twitter amid row over spam bots

On Friday Musk tweeted that his plan to buy Twitter was placed on temporary hold as he tried to pinpoint the number of fake accounts on the social media platform

Parag Agrawal expects Twitter deal to close, but prepping for all scenarios

Agrawal said that regardless of the company's future ownership, Twitter will be improved as a product and business for customers, partners, shareholders, and all of the users

WhatsApp rolls out Facebook-like message reactions feature with 6 emojis

In addition to reacting to messages with emojis, WhatsApp users can also share larger files now since WhatsApp has increased the file transfer size from 100MB to 2GB

Meta to pay creators up to $4,000 for original content on Facebook Reels

Facebook's 'Challenges' is a new way to go through a series of bonuses to reach a maximum payout

TikTok Pulse to explore ways for sharing ad revenue with some creators

The company said that, with TikTok Pulse, it will also begin to explore its advertising revenue share programme with creators, public figures and media publishers

Amid takeover, Twitter woos worried advertisers with premium video content

At the premier digital content event called 'NewFronts', Twitter's Chief Customer Officer Sarah Personette said that the investments in video and ads business would continue, reports TechCrunch

Musk says Twitter may charge slight fee for commercial, government users

"Twitter will always be free for casual users, but maybe a slight cost for commercial/government users," Musk said in a tweet

Twitter bans two right-wing accounts as Musk promotes free speech

Twitter permanently suspended accounts of Mike Lindell and Dr Vladimir "Zev" Zelenko shortly after the duo rejoined with creating new Twitter handles, for violating platform rules against evading bans

WhatsApp working on multi-device linking feature for phones and tablets

This is a significant advance from the past when multi-devices could only be run via a desktop client or web browser

Will continue to change Twitter 'despite the noise', says CEO Parag Agrawal

Agrawal has earlier said that "Twitter has a purpose and relevance that impacts the entire world"

Musk takes a U-turn, says Twitter must remain 'politically neutral'

"For Twitter to deserve public trust, it must be politically neutral, which effectively means upsetting the far right and the far left equally," he posted to his more than 87 million followers