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Tweet reading limits: 'Elon Musk needs to find a balance', say experts

They believe this may curtail civil rights and impact during disaster management scenarios

Musk puts temporary reading limits on Twitter to stop data scrapping

The move came amid reports of many users complaining of an outage. Many users said that they were receiving error messages on their timelines like 'cannot retrieve tweets' and 'rate limit exceeded'

Social media is being blamed for fuelling riots in France: Here's why

Social media companies are once again under scrutiny, this time in France as the country's president blames TikTok, Snapchat and other platforms for helping fuel widespread riots over the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old driver. On Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron accused social media of playing a considerable role in encouraging copycat acts of violence as the country tries to tamp down protests that surfaced long-simmering tensions between police and young people in the country. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said police made 917 arrests on Thursday alone. More than 300 police officers have also been injured attempting to quell the rioting over the death of the teenager, who is of north African descent and has only has been identified by his first name, Nahel. Macron, who in tandem castigated video games for the rioting, said the French government would work with social media sites to take down the most sensitive content and identify users who call for ...

Twitter blocks people from viewing tweets, profiles unless registered

In April, Musk temporarily disabled likes, replies and retweets if a tweet had a link to Substack, the newsletter platform. After complaints, Musk then reversed that change

Influencers hog limelight in poll season; Rajasthan govt notifies ad rates

Both govts and political parties woo them for campaigns; Rajasthan govt notifies ad rates

I-T dept launches tax-evasion probe against social media influencers

The income-tax department has launched a probe against certain social media influencers and content creators on platforms like YouTube and Instagram for allegedly not showing their income and profits commensurate with their earnings, official sources said on Thursday. The department initiated the action last week after it searched about 10 YouTubers and other social media influencers -- mostly young artistes and actors -- in Kerala. The sources said a "data analytics" investigation undertaken by the department found out that these social media influencers and online content creators are making "substantial" earnings but either not showing or under-reporting it in their income tax returns (ITRs) or filings, largely due to ignorance of tax laws. Social media influencers and online content creators are those who have the power to address online and affect their audiences' purchasing decisions or opinions about a product, service, brand or experience because of their authority, knowledg

I-T dept issues notices to 15 social media influencers over low tax payment

The social media influencers came under the radar of the I-T department after posting their travel to exotic locations and luxury shopping on social media platforms

Meta launches parental supervision tools to tackle impact on mental health

Instagram and Facebook's parent company Meta is adding some new parental supervision tools and privacy features to its platforms as social media companies face increasing scrutiny over their effects on teen mental health. But many of the features require minors and their parents to opt in, raising questions about how effective the measures are. Instagram, for instance, will now send a notice to teens after they have blocked someone, encouraging them to let their parents supervise their account. The idea is to grab kids' attention when they might be more open to parental guidance. If a teen opts in, the system will let parents set time limits, see who their kid follows or is followed by, and allows them to track how much time the minor spends on Instagram. It does not let parents see message content. Instagram launched parental supervision tools last year to help families navigate the platform and find resources and guidance. A sticking point in the process is that kids need to si

China bans negative finance writers from social media as stock market sinks

Wu Xiaobo and two other writers who weren't fully named 'attacked and undermined' Chinese policy and spread 'negative and harmful information,' according to a statement by Sina Corp.'s Weibo

Meta, CAIT to upskill 1 mn traders on use of WhatsApp Business application

Meta on Monday announced it has partnered with the Confederation of All India Traders to upskill 10 lakh traders on how to use the WhatsApp Business App over the next three years in a bid to reach more customers and scale up their businesses. The owner of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook also announced the launch of Meta Small Business Academy, a new programme to enable emerging entrepreneurs to learn digital marketing skills and earn a certification. "A certification by Meta Small Business Academy will especially help new entrepreneurs and marketers gain critical digital marketing skills to grow on the Meta apps. To enable the programme to reach MSMEs across India, the course module and the examination are available in seven languages - English, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu," a release stated. Secretary General of the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) Praveen Khandelwal said with businesses of all sizes using WhatsApp to communicate, coordinate, and .

Piyush Goyal holds interaction with 50 top-performing Youtubers in India

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has held an interaction with over 50 top-performing Youtubers in India on various issues like popularising handicrafts, benefits of millets and consumer awareness, an official said. The interaction was held on June 23. Youtubers who participated in the discussions include Vivek Bindra, Gaurav Chaudhary (Technical Guruji), Viraj Sheth (Co-founder Monk Entertainment), Ganesh Prasad (Think School), Shlok Srivastava (Tech burner), Prafull Billore (MBA Chai Wala), and Anushka Rathod (Anushka Rathod Finance), among others, the commerce and industry ministry official said. "Minister Piyush Goyal held a fruitful interaction 'SAMPARK SE SAMVAD' with an interesting group of top-performing Youtubers in India, from diverse genres who are experts at demystifying content of any nature," the official said. The issues discussed during the interaction included consumer awareness and protection (with a special focus on fake websites), cyber security, ways

TikTok expands its e-commerce presence to compete with Shein and Amazon

TikTok expands its e-commerce business with its new shopping feature called Trendy Beat. The feature is currently in testing mode in the UK.

Malaysia to take legal action against Meta over harmful content on Facebook

Malaysia's government said Friday it will take legal action against Facebook's parent company, Meta Platforms, for failing to remove undesirable and harmful content from its social media platform. The Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission said Facebook has recently been plagued by a a significant volume of undesirable content relating to sensitive issues on race, religion and royalty as well as defamation, impersonation, online gambling and scam advertisements. The commission said repeated efforts to reach out to Meta to remove harmful content were of no avail. Meta's response, which has been sluggish and unsatisfactory, has not met the urgency of the matter and has led to increasing public concern and scrutiny, it said in a statement. As there is no sufficient cooperation from Meta, MCMC has no option but to take definitive steps or legal action against Meta as a measure to ensure that people are secure and protected in the physical sphere. The commission said it will

Musk's Twitter must bolster resources ahead of elections, warns EU

There are a few critical areas that Twitter needs to focus on immediately, especially around child abuse and controlling disinformation around elections, Breton said

Instagram reels can now be downloaded on your device, says IG head

Instagram is finally rolling out a feature, beginning in the US, to allow users to download reels directly to their device

New verification features may add to social media platforms' woes

According to sources, the government is likely to propose provisions to make social media platforms liable for content posted by non-verified user accounts, as part of the upcoming Digital India Bill

Influencer indicted on human trafficking, rape charges in Romania

Controversial online influencer Andrew Tate, his brother Tristan and two Romanian citizens have been indicted in Romania on charges of rape, human trafficking

Users flock to Twitch's 'AI Jesus' chatbot for dating, gaming advice

Thousands of social media users are tuning in to the video live-streaming platform Twitch to chat with an AI chatbot that has been trained to imitate Jesus Christ.

Short video app Chingari lays off 20% of workforce amid restructuring

Homegrown short-video making platform Chingari has laid off 20 per cent of its workforce as part of organisational restructuring

The case of Kajol's 'missing' social media: Celeb brands & their gimmicks

Experts believe that guided by agents, celebrities often don't use discretion while promoting products