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Govt notifies 5-mn-user threshold for significant social media intermediary

Facebook and Twitter said they are studying the rules; Experts question compliance with PDP Bill

Twitter plans new tool to let users block, mute abusive accounts

Twitter is planning a new tool to let users automatically block and mute abusive accounts.

Top headlines: Adani Group may bid via MIAL, new rules for FB, Twitter

The Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021 (Crypto Bill), which is included in the agenda of the Lower House of Parliament, could be introduced in the monsoon session

Twitter aims to double revenue by 2023, teases new 'super follow' feature

The "super follow" feature, which lets users charge followers for access to exclusive content, will launch this year, a spokesman said

FB, Google, Twitter must remove content within 36 hours of govt order

Content depicting nudity or morphed pictures of women need to be removed within 24 hours; rules to embrace OTT players like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar

Twitter plans to double revenue in 2023 to $7.5 bn, shares hit record high

In a regulatory filing, Twitter estimated reaching at least 315 million monetizable daily active users (mDAU), or those who see ads, by the fourth quarter of 2023

Social Media Intermediary Guidelines: Full load of what the govt announced

No safe harbour if due diligence not followed; platforms to remove or disable sexual content within 24 hours of complaint; Chief Compliance Officer post, monthly compliance report mandatory

Govt announces new guidelines to curb abuse of social media platforms

Social media is empowered and welcome to do business in India, said Prasad, adding that it is also very important that users must be given a forum against abuse of social media

Govt to announce social media guidelines for Facebook, Twitter and others

Apart from a grievance officer whose details should be prominently displayed on the platform, rules also ask for appointment of a Chief Compliance Officer responsible for ensuring adherence to the Act

Twitter files: Politicians, journalists and farmer news handles banned

The internal list comprises 62 accounts that stand rescinded as of publishing of this report

WhatsApp hits top slot again; rivals Signal, Telegram and BiP fall back

It seems users were only being coquettish in looking for an alternative; they never actually dumped the app

'Scanty and sketchy evidence': Delhi court grants bail to Disha Ravi

The judge termed the evidence produced by police as scanty and sketchy

Unfriending big tech

The drama playing out between news publishers, Google/Facebook and the Australian government hit all kinds of high points last week

Twitter removes hundreds of accounts, says are linked to Iran, Russia

The company said it had taken down 238 accounts operating from Iran for various violations of its policies

Twitter considered acquiring homegrown platform ShareChat: Report

ShareChat is a Bengaluru-based social networking platform

If Big Tech has the will, research can show the way to self-regulation

Research shows three key ways social media self-regulation can work: deprioritize engagement, label misinformation and crowdsource accuracy verification

Zuckerberg, Pichai, Dorsey due back for new grilling in US Congress

House antitrust panel to consider legislation that may curb the companies' dominance; hearings slated for next week

FB, Google, Twitter CEOs to testify about misinformation before US Congress

This will be the seventh time Zuckerberg has testified before Congress since 2018

Twitter-rival Koo surpasses 4 mn users in a jiffy; 1 mn added in a week

The app surpassed the milestone in nearly 10 months of its arrival

Toolkit case: Delhi Police to probe role of UK-based woman, say officials

The police claimed that the woman, who is a member of the UK chapter of Extinction Rebellion (XR), along with Jacob and Muluk drafted the content between February 1 and 2