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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

Delhi to host influencers' meet to raise awareness on using public spaces

The Delhi Public Works Department (PWD) will host an 'Influencers' Meet' on Saturday to raise awareness among people about using and protecting public spaces of the newly streetscaped areas, officials said. The Delhi government has 1400 km of road under its jurisdiction, while other roads are under the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the Delhi Development Authority. The government has carried out beautification of roads that includes well-designed pedestrian-friendly footpaths for walkers, development of green stretch through plantations, creation of open air sitting areas, cycle tracks, selfie points, public facilities like water ATMs, toilets and street furniture, the officials said. The PWD's Streetscaping division has connected with various social media influencers across Delhi. The agency has invited the influencers and their followers to witness the streetscaped areas at Sri Aurobindo Marg and understand the need to preserve the same, they said. "Different stretches of Del

WhatsApp working on feature that will allow access to multiple accounts

Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on a multi-account feature on Android which will allow users to access multiple accounts from the same device

Another US state bans kids from social media without parental consent

The US state of Texas has banned kids under age 18 from joining social media platforms without parental consent

Hong Kong protest song disappears from music streaming sites, social media

A popular Hong Kong protest song was no longer available on Wednesday on several major music streaming sites and social media platforms, after the government sought an injunction to ban the tune. Glory to Hong Kong rose to popularity during the 2019 pro-democracy protests, and became an unofficial protest anthem. In 2020, the government outlawed the protest slogan Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times over secessionist and subversive connotations, and the song was widely considered to be banned in the city as its lyrics contained parts of the slogan. Hong Kong, once a bastion of free speech and expression, has come under tighter scrutiny by Beijing after the unrest in 2019. Since then, its political system has undergone a major overhaul to ensure that only patriots loyal to Beijing can hold office. More than 250 people have been arrested under a sweeping national security law passed in 2020 that critics say is aimed at suppressing dissent. The song rose to the top of Apple .

Users can now add 30-sec song clips to Notes on Instagram: Report

Notes are short posts of up to 60 characters using just text and emojis

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath's Twitter following tops 25 mn mark

Yogi has achieved this figure in a span of eight years. He started his official handle on Twitter in September 2015

Twitter may soon limit number of DMs non-Blue users can send per day

Micro-blogging platform Twitter is reportedly working to limit the number of direct messages (DMs) non-Blue users can send per day

Kids under 12 chose YouTube's video content over TikTok: Report

Despite the incredible popularity of TikTok, about 9 out of 10 kids under 12 in the US access content on YouTube versus 4 in 10 for TikTok, a new report has shown.