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Snapchat reaches more than 200 mn monthly active users in India: Report

Visual messaging app Snapchat has crossed 200 million monthly active users mark in India and 120 million of them watch content on the platform, parent firm Snap Inc said on Tuesday. The company on the occasion announced the launch of an experimental AI-powered chatbot customised for Snapchat, My AI, that can recommend birthday gift ideas, plan a trip for a long weekend or even suggest a recipe for dinner. "Snapchat reaches over 200 million monthly active users in India," Snap Inc said in a statement. The visual messaging app has over 750 million monthly active users globally comprising 90 per cent of users in the age bracket of 18-24 years. "I am thrilled to have joined Snap at a time where the momentum among our Indian community has never been stronger. We see incredible potential for partners, creators and brands to build communities and businesses on Snapchat, and we couldn't be more excited about our future. "Young India has particularly valued the healthy and private environm

70% parents believe image editing apps, filters affecting kid's body image

Parents must focus on overall health, not weight; model positive body image and recognise your child's positive traits or qualities that don't have to do with their appearance

K'taka CM orders 'ruthless action' against provocative social media posts

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday gave clear-cut instructions to the state police to initiate "ruthless action" against provocative posts on social media in the state

WhatsApp's new feature lets users edit messages with 15-minute time limit

Edited messages will display 'edited' alongside them, so those you're messaging are aware of the correction without showing edit history, said WhatsApp

NCPCR finalises guidelines for child artistes in entertainment industry

Apex child rights body NCPCR has finalised guidelines to regulate children's participation in the entertainment industry and widened its scope to cover social media and OTT platforms for the first time, its chairperson said here. The draft guidelines released last year sought suggestions from stakeholders in the matter. Now, these guidelines have been finalised and uploaded, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) chairperson Priyank Kanoongo said. According to the guidelines, a producer would need permission from the district magistrate concerned before a child participates in audio-visual media production or any commercial event. They also state that junk food, including chips, carbonated beverages and other snacks and drinks, shall not be advertised during a programme meant for children or on a channel meant exclusively for children, Kanoongo added. Any producer of an audio-visual media production or a commercial event involving the participation of a child wi

Instagram rolls out feature to let users comment with animated GIFs

Meta (formerly Facebook) is rolling out the ability to comment on Instagram posts with animated GIFs (Graphics Interchange Format)

Police deployed in UP's Tilhar after post on Prophet flares tempers

Security was stepped up in the Tilhar area of the district here after a large number of people gathered outside a police station demanding the arrest of a youth accused of sharing a social media post on Prophet Mohammad, police said on Wednesday. The accused has since been arrested and police have been deployed at his house to prevent any flare-ups. Police were deployed at all intersections of the Tilhar town as a precautionary measure, they said. Superintendent of Police S Anand told PTI that one Varun Dhawan, a resident of Dabhaura village under Tilhar Police Station, had on Tuesday shared a post related to the Prophet on his social media account. He had picked the post from another social media handle, the SP said. The accused later deleted the post, which was in Urdu, and also released a video saying he had shared the post by mistake, the officer said. The accused also said in the video that his intention was never to hurt the sentiments of any religion, but by then the post ha

It's the algorithms: Study finds YouTube sends gun videos to 9-year-olds

When researchers at a nonprofit that studies social media wanted to understand the connection between YouTube videos and gun violence, they set up accounts on the platform that mimicked the behavior of typical boys living in the U.S. They simulated two nine-year-olds who both liked video games, especially first-person shooter games. The accounts were identical, except that one clicked on the videos recommended by YouTube, and the other ignored the platform's suggestions. The account that clicked on YouTube's suggestions was soon flooded with graphic videos about school shootings, tactical gun training videos and how-to instructions on making firearms fully automatic. One video featured an elementary school-age girl wielding a handgun; another showed a shooter using a .50 caliber gun to fire on a dummy head filled with lifelike blood and brains. Many of the videos violate YouTube's own policies against violent or gory content. The findings show that despite YouTube's rules and conten

NHRC notice to govt over rise in child sexual abuse content on social media

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Centre and states over a report that the circulation of child sexual abuse material on social media in India has increased by 250-300 per cent, officials said on Tuesday. Reportedly, such contents are from foreign countries and the Indian investigation agencies have not come across any Indian-made material so far, the rights panel said. The commission, in a statement, has observed that the content of the media report, if true, amount to a violation of human rights relating to the life, liberty, and dignity of citizens, and protection of the young children from the danger of their sexual abuse on social media. The NHRC said it has taken suo motu cognisance of the media report that the circulation of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) has increased by 250-300 per cent on social media in India. Accordingly, it has issued notices to the commissioner of police, Delhi; the director generals of the police of all states

Fed, social media contributed to bank's collapse, says SVB's former CEO

Becker said comparisons by the media between SVB and Silvergate Capital Corp., which announced plans to wind down just days before his bank's seizure, contributed to SVB's failure

Meta patches Facebook bug that sent unwanted friend requests to users

According to some users, Facebook sent a request to a person they were attempting to block, the report mentioned

WhatsApp working on broadcast channel conversation with 12 new features

The company is working on implementing numerous channel features in order to provide users with the best possible experience once channels are released

Appointing new Twitter CEO will allow me to focus on Tesla: Elon Musk

Tesla ended the March quarter with free cash flow of $441 million, down 80 per cent from the same period last year

Elon Musk appointing NBC's Linda as new Twitter CEO won't change much

In about six weeks, Musk will move to executive chairman and chief technology officer, overseeing product, software and sysops, he wrote on Twitter

Twitter gets a new CEO: Elon Musk confirms Linda Yaccarino's appointment

Luring advertisers is critical for Musk and Twitter after many fled in the early months after his takeover of the social media platform, fearing harm to their brands in the ensuing chaos

Elon Musk asks federal appeals court to end 'Twitter Sitter' Deal

In his decision, Liman ruled that Musk willingly waived his First Amendment right to tweet without restraint, a finding Musk denied in his appeal brief

SC verdict on Centre-Delhi services triggers meme fest on social media

The Supreme Court's verdict on the contentious Centre-Delhi services matter has triggered a flood of memes on social media with several netizens sharing posters, video clips, and images from popular films like 'Lagaan' and 'Nayak' along with humour-laced captions eliciting mirth and chuckles. In a major win for the AAP government, the apex court on Thursday, in a unanimous verdict, ruled that the Delhi government has legislative and executive powers over services except for public order, police, and land. An hour after the verdict, the AAP's Twitter handle shared a video clip of a scene from the climax of the 2001 Aamir Khan-starrer film 'Lagaan' wherein the main protagonist 'Bhuvan' takes a ragtag team of natives to victory in a cricket match against British players. "Finally, 'hum jeet gaye'," the Kejriwal-led party tweeted along with the clip, echoing the line from the movie. The party also ran a hashtag '#KejriwalJeetGaya' and shared video snippets of his old speeches. In one

Twitter rolls out new encrypted DMs feature exclusive to verified users

Twitter has started to roll out its long-promised encrypted direct messaging (DM) feature, but it comes with a few significant limitations that may not appeal to privacy-conscious users

Social media appeal to voters outside polling area not under law: EC

With the Congress accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of violating the law by issuing appeals to Karnataka voters through social media during the "silence period", sources in the Election Commission on Tuesday said such appeals made outside the polling area do not come under the ambit of the existing law. The law, as exists, prohibits the act "in any polling area" only, they said. They also said the parties alleging violation of Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act through the use of social media have themselves put up a number of such posts even on their official social media handles. Section 126 specifically does not cover the use of social media or intermediaries during the silence period. It also does not cover violations outside the poll area, the sources said. Section 126 of the Act restricts the public display of election matter in the polling area during the "silence period" thereby limiting its application only to the display of election matter in the poll

Twitter to remove accounts with 'no activity for several years': Elon Musk

"We're purging accounts that have had no activity at all for several years, so you will probably see followers count drop," he said