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Social media may not be polarising society in ways public thinks: Study

Algorithms controlling a social media user's feed, while largely opaque, may not be polarising the society in the same ways as the public tends to think, social scientists say. They have published studies examining social media's impact on individuals' political attitudes and behaviours during the US presidential election in 2020 in the journals Nature and Science. "The notion that such algorithms create political 'filter bubbles', foster polarisation, exacerbate existing social inequalities, and enable the spread of disinformation has become rooted in the public consciousness," write Andrew M. Guess, lead author of one of these newly published studies, and colleagues about the opaque-to-users algorithms used by social media companies. The Nature study found that exposing a Facebook user to content from sources having the same political persuasions as them, or "like-minded" sources, did not measurably impact the user's political beliefs or attitudes during the 2020 US presidential .

Barbie's Giant 3D ad in front of Burj Khalifa has social media awestruck

A huge Barbie doll standing close to the Burj Khalifa has turned into a web sensation via social media. The video has gone viral with 3.5 million views on Instagram

One should behave responsibly while uploading WhatsApp status: Bombay HC

One should behave with a sense of responsibility while communicating something to others via their WhatsApp status, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has said while refusing to quash a case against a man for posting content allegedly spreading hatred against a religious group. A division bench of Justices Vinay Joshi and Valmiki SA Menezes in its order on July 12 said the purpose of WhatsApp status nowadays is to convey something to your contacts. People keep checking the WhatsApp status of their contacts often, it noted. The bench dismissed the petition filed by 27-year-old Kishor Landkar, seeking to quash the FIR lodged against him for offences under the Indian Penal Code for intentionally hurting or offending religious sentiment or faith, as well as provisions of the Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and the Information Technology Act. WhatsApp status can be a picture or video of what you are doing, thinking or something you have seen, .

Food Pharmer takes on big bread brands, says brown, multigrain unhealthy

Revant Himatsingka, known as Food Pharmer, has also attacked Bournvita for having high sugar content in the past, prompting a legal notice from Cadbury

'Soon we shall bid adieu to Twitter brand,' Musk plans to rebrand platform

Musk's remark on Twitter rebranding comes just days after he announced a new artificial intelligence company, xAI

CJI cautions against misusing tech, social media, AI for harmful purposes

Technology, especially one fostering quicker communication to a larger spectrum of audiences such as social media, and artificial intelligence (AI) which has permeated all sectors, should create affordances against misuse because human values and individual privacy are of paramount importance, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud said here on Saturday. Contending that "new technology cannot exist in a vacuum" and hence has to be made benign with safeguards for affable use, the CJI said technology should facilitate reliable use without causing any trepidation among the people about the possible breach of their personal liberty. "Social media has allowed us to connect with people, removing barriers of age and nationality. But this new communication tool has led to new behaviour like online abuse and trolling. Likewise, AI contains the potential for misuse, mislead, threaten, or even bully individuals. Curbing its misuse for harmful purposes will be among the key challenges for you,"

Centre asks Twitter to take down Manipur video under Section 69A

Social media platforms have been asked to take down the video as it could further disrupt the law and order situation in the state

Certification in Web 3.0, Social Media and Metaverse program at IIT Delhi

The program is uniquely intended for graduates from any background looking for a lifelong career in the Web 3.0, social media, or Metaverse domains, as well as experts in the software and IT industry

Centre to act against Twitter on video of Manipur women being paraded naked

In the horrific video, two women are seen being paraded naked and molested by a group of men, who then drags them to a field. The women were allegedly gang-raped later

China man kept 7 cows in apartment, asked to remove animals by neighbours

The animals were present in the flat only for a day before neighbours annoyed by their mooing and smell apprised officials

Threads shows Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg is just another faddist

There's a good chance both Threads and ChatGPT will become irrelevant over time, thanks to the erratic approach of its CEOs

15 websites selling e-cigarettes under scanner health ministry's scanner

The Union Health Ministry has sent notices to 15 websites selling e-cigarettes, which is banned in India, directing them to stop advertisement and sale of the products, official sources said. Six more websites are on the radar, they said, adding the ministry is also closely monitoring the advertisement and sale of e-cigarettes on social media and might issue notices to them soon. Of the 15 websites which have been issued the "takedown notice", four have stopped operations while the rest have not responded yet, an official source told PTI. "If they don't respond and comply with the law, the health ministry will write to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology for taking down these websites. Legal action will also be taken against these websites accordingly," the source said. The Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Act came into force in 2019. The health ministry's not

Twitter cash flow remains negative, rate limit to be changed, says Musk

Separately, the billionaire announced late Saturday the platform will increase the number of tweets verified accounts can see each day by 50%, following complaints from users

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US lawmakers wary of Zuckerberg's Threads but about half have signed up

Members of Congress for now appear to be largely putting those concerns aside rather than risk missing out of a popular new communications tool

Musk still owes us $1.6 mn for legal bills: Ex-Twitter executives

The group - led by ex-Twitter Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal - says the legal bills accrued in connection with lawsuits and government probes of the company's activities while they ran it

Meta's Twitter challenger 'Threads' to raise stakes for Snap, Pinterest

Amid gains in megacap tech stocks, Meta has soared 161% this year, second only to Nvidia Corp. among components of the Nasdaq 100 Index

Meta Platforms Inc to fight EU charges over Facebook marketplace abuse

EU watchdogs alleged that Meta imposed unfair trading terms that enable it to use data on competing online classified ad services for its Marketplace platform

Threads breaches the 100 million signups-mark in just 5 days of its launch

It means that Meta's Threads has become the fastest-growing app in history outpacing ChatGPT and TikTok

Order on limiting Biden govt's contact with social media companies refused

A federal judge in Louisiana refused Monday to put a temporary hold on his own order limiting Biden administration officials contacts with social media companies. Biden administration attorneys had asked U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty in Monroe to stay his own order, which was issued last Tuesday, while they pursue an appeal. That order came in a lawsuit filed by Republican attorneys general in Louisiana and Missouri, as well as a conservative website owner and four individual critics of government COVID-19 policies. The lawsuit claimed the administration, in effect, censored free speech by using threats of regulatory action or protection while pressuring companies to remove what it deemed misinformation. COVID-19 vaccines, legal issues involving President Joe Biden's son Hunter and election fraud allegations were among the topics spotlighted in the lawsuit. Doughty was nominated to the federal bench by former President Donald Trump. His injunction blocked the Department of Healt