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Reddit announces decision to start charging for access to its API

Social discussion forum Reddit has announced that it'll begin charging for use of its API (Application Programming Interface).

Bold and cheeky truths

'Don't Forward That Text!' offers a fascinating and humorous takedown of the misinformation on WhatsApp and beyond, but with limitations

Govt plans to collaborate with influencers for better compliance

The industry representatives agreed on the importance of education for influencers and creators, as well as the role of influencer marketing in advertising, said the department

Instagram now lets you add up to 5 'links in bio'. Here's how to do it

The social media platform has long restricted users from adding external links to their accounts

Bournvita saga brings role of health and wellness influencers back in focus

Govt looks to rein them in with guidelines

Delhi HC grants MeitY time to frame rules for content on OTT platforms

The Delhi high court listed the matter for the next hearing on April 25

Top headlines: Sideloading apps in iOS 17, India Inc gears for Covid spike

Business Standard brings you top headlines at this hour

Safe harbour for social media companies likely to become narrower

Anonymity, non-traceability of users on online platforms will no longer exist after Digital India Bill becomes law and replaces Information Technology Act

Instagram Reels adds dedicated 'trends' section to empower creators

Meta-owned Instagram has announced new features on its short-video making app to empower creators

New IT fact-checking unit will not censor journalism: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

A proposed Indian government unit to fact-check news on social media is not about censoring journalism nor will it have any impact on media reportage, a federal minister said on Friday

Twitter increases character limits to 10,000 for Twitter blue users

Twitter extends its character limits to 10,000 per tweet. Twitter Blue users can also edit and undo tweets five times within 30 minutes

Musk renames Twitter's 'Super Follows' feature to 'Subscriptions'

The Subscriptions feature will let you charge users to get access to things like subscriber-only tweets, spaces, and badges

Twitter introduces 10K character long tweets amid fight with Substack

Twitter now supports tweets up to 10,000 characters in length, "with bold and italic text formatting"

Running Twitter 'quite painful', firing people 'not fun at all': Elon Musk

Musk said the legacy verified blue ticks on Twitter will be removed by next week

Parag Agrawal sues Elon Musk: everything about the Twitter story so far

Ex-CEO Parag Agrawal, Twitter's former general counsel Vijaya Gadde and Ned Segal, former chief financial officer were removed from their positions

Is Tesla coming to India? Users ask as Elon Musk follows PM Modi on Twitter

Musk is the most followed person on Twitter with 134.3 million followers. PM Modi is also among the most followed leaders on Twitter with 87.8 million followers

Ex-Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal reveals DOJ probe in pursuit of legal fees

Parag Agrawal, ousted last year by new owner Elon Musk, and other former executives said in a Delaware Chancery Court lawsuit

Twitter Verified account follows no one, removes 420,000 legacy accounts

Twitter had earlier warned of winding down all the legacy verified accounts from April 1 and even removing the checkmarks for those who still had them but were not paying for Twitter Blue subscription

TikTok fined $15.9 million by UK watchdog over misuse of kids' data

Britain's privacy watchdog hit TikTok with a multimillion-dollar penalty on Tuesday for a slew of data protection breaches, including misusing children's data. The Information Commissioner's Office said it issued a fine of 12.7 million pounds (USD 15.9 million) to the short-video sharing app, which is wildly popular with young people. It's the latest example of tighter scrutiny that TikTok and its parent, Chinese technology company ByteDance, are facing in the West, where governments are increasingly concerned about risks that the app poses to data privacy and cybersecurity. The British watchdog said TikTok allowed as many as 1.4 million children in the UK under 13 to use the app in 2020, despite the platform's own rules prohibiting children that young from setting up accounts. TikTok didn't adequately identify and remove children under 13 from the platform, the watchdog said. And even though it knew younger children were using its platform, TikTok failed to get consent from their

Twitter's publisher-focused alternative 'Post' now open for public

As Elon Musk plays around with Twitter which has frustrated its users, a Twitter alternative called Post that allows publishers to engage with people and monetise their readership