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Social media giants step up vigil as India gears up for election season

Experts also underline the importance of platforms maintaining internal capabilities for fact-checking through human reviewers

Donald Trump fined $5,000 for derogatory post on campaign website

The post published by Trump mocked her as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) "girlfriend" and included personally identifying information about her

Elon Musk announces details of upcoming subscription plans for X: Know more

The more affordable subscription plan would be ads supported, but gets all premium features

X coming with two premium tiers, one ad-free, confirms Elon Musk in a post

The first of these subscription tiers will be priced lower, targeting users seeking a cheaper way to access all of X's premium features

Meta to roll out broadcast channels to Facebook, Messenger after WhatsApp

Social media firms are bringing in more features to shore up engagement across apps in a highly competitive online environment

Woman uses skipping rope while riding bicycle, video gets mixed reactions

The internet occasionally witnesses recordings of people trying unsafe stunts, driven either by natural capacity, the quest for adrenaline, or the desire for online fame

Musk's X to test charging users $1 a year to reduce spam, bot accounts

The test, called "Not a Bot," started Tuesday in New Zealand and the Philippines, X said in a blog post

LinkedIn lays off 668 employees in 2nd cut this year amid slow growth

The cuts, which affect more than 3% of the 20,000-strong staff, add to the tens of thousands of job losses this year in the technology sector in the face of an uncertain economic outlook

Social media platform X faces outage, users complain about posting issues

Many users stated that they are unable to use the microblogging site through the official app

Social media riddled with misinformation on Israel-Hamas war, say experts

While Twitter has always struggled with combatting misinformation about major news events, it was still the go-to place to find out what's happening in the world. But the Israel-Hamas war has underscored how the platform now transformed into X has become not only unreliable but is actively promoting falsehoods. Experts say that under Elon Musk the platform has deteriorated to the point that it's not just failing to clamp down on misinformation but is favouring posts by accounts that pay for its blue-check subscription service, regardless of who runs them. If such posts go viral, their blue-checked creators can be eligible for payments from X, creating a financial incentive to post whatever gets the most reaction including misinformation. Ian Bremmer, a prominent foreign policy expert, posted on X that the level of disinformation on the Israel-Hamas war being algorithmically promoted" on the platform "is unlike anything I've ever been exposed to in my career as a political ...

Addictive, lures kids to destructive social media habits: Utah sues TikTok

Utah became the latest US state Tuesday to file a lawsuit against TikTok, alleging the company is baiting children into addictive and unhealthy social media habits. TikTok lures children into hours of social media use, misrepresents the app's safety and deceptively portrays itself as independent of its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, Utah claims in the lawsuit. We will not stand by while these companies fail to take adequate, meaningful action to protect our children. We will prevail in holding social media companies accountable by any means necessary, Republican Gov Spencer Cox said at a news conference announcing the lawsuit, which was filed in state court in Salt Lake City. Arkansas and Indiana have filed similar lawsuits while the US Supreme Court prepares to decide whether state attempts to regulate social media platforms such as Facebook, X and TikTok violate the Constitution. Public health concerns are cited in the Utah lawsuit. Research has shown that children who spend

Israel thanks New Delhi after 'India is with Israel' trends on social media

On its official account on X, managed by Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Digital Diplomacy team, Israel stated, "Thank you India."

Telegram bans 2,114 groups, channels related to child abuse on Oct 6

Mobile messaging platform Telegram has banned 2,114 groups and channels related to child abuse content, according to a Telegram channel 'Stop Child Abuse'. The instant messaging platform is one of three entities to which the government on Friday issued notices to remove child sexual abuse material in India. "2,114 groups and channels related to child abuse banned on October 6. Total this month: 10,312," the update on the channel said. The company did not share the break up of banned groups linked or having an impact on Indian jurisdiction. Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajiv Chandrasekhar had warned that if social media intermediaries do not act swiftly, their 'safe harbour' under section 79 of the IT Act would be withdrawn, implying that the platforms can be directly prosecuted under the applicable laws and rules even though the content may have not been uploaded by them. Telegram in response to the notice said it is always committed to upholding legal and ethical ...

X to test three tiers of premium service in the latest Musk overhaul

The premium plan, which currently costs $7.99 a month, would be split into Basic, Standard and Plus variations as part of the effort, the company told debt holders during the briefing Thursday

MS Dhoni's new vintage look sets social media on fire, check it out here

Dhoni's new haircut is setting the internet on fire. Fans are loving the vintage look of MSD and comparing the former captain with Telugu actor Mahesh Babu

Social media platforms considering QR codes, tokens to ascertain user age

Social media platforms are worried about losing users which include children, since children may only be able to use these platforms if parents give their consent

Upping WhatsApp's payload: How Meta is monetising users in India

Its might in India is at the forefront of Meta's drive to monetise messaging with payments

X partners with Paris Hilton for video push in bid to revamp platform

X will work with Hilton to create original video content on fashion, beauty, travel and other topics, the company announced Monday

China's new anti-espionage law sending a chill through foreign corporations

The law also empowers authorities with new surveillance powers. These include the ability to access people's emails or social media accounts on electronic devices

Social media has become 'weapon of mass distraction', says Bombay HC judge

Social media or mass media have become weapons of mass distraction, but there are no concerted efforts yet to tackle them, Justice Mahesh Sonak of the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court said on Saturday. Addressing the students of G R Kare College of Law in Margao town during a lecture series 'GRK-Law Talks', Justice Sonak also said that he prefers to remain "uninformed" about several issues by not reading or seeing the news, which he thinks is "better than being misinformed". "Today, we live in an age where we adore and glorify machines like computers and smartphones that think. But we are extremely suspicious or even wary of the human beings that attempt to think," he said. "Artificial intelligence has its own merits, but it would be a sad day and sad world if we were to mortgage our ability to think, our ability to make intelligent and, moreover, sensitive choices, to a machine or an algorithm, however intelligent it may be," Justice Sonak said. "We should not want to atrophy ou