Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other social media companies should act to blunt the effect of false information in this year’s US midterm congressional elections, requests rights groups. After the 2020 presidential race won by US Democratic President Joe Biden, several social media platforms backed away from designing policies to fight election disinformation.Read More
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Shares of Tesla and Twitter have tumbled this week as investors deal with the fallout and potential legal issues surrounding Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,40,100 crore) bid to buy the social media platform.Read More
WhatsApp is reportedly testing chat filters for all users. The feature, which provides an easy way to find certain chats, was previously exclusive to business accounts.Read More
Twitter has confirmed that two senior executives are heading for the exit and it has paused most hiring, as Elon Musk stands poised to become the global messaging platform’s new owner, according to a company spokesperson.Read More
Twitter deal is temporarily on hold, Elon Musk said in a tweet posted on Friday. While the exact reason is yet to be revealed, Musk said that the decision was on the amount of spam and fake accounts on the platform.Read More
Elon Musk said on Friday his $44-billion (roughly Rs. 3,40,710 crore) acquisition of Twitter was temporarily on hold, citing pending details on spam and fake accounts.Read More
Four Democratic US lawmakers have asked the CEOs of YouTube, TikTok, Twitter and Facebook owner Meta to archive content that can be produced as an evidence of suspected Russian war crimes in Ukraine.Read More
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal says that the deal with Elon Musk is expected to be closed, however, the deal does not become an excuse to avoid making important decisions for the health of the company, adding that Twitter needs to be prepared for all scenarios and always do what’s right for it.Read More
India’s homegrown microblogging platform Koo is aiming at overtaking Twitter in the country within a year in terms of user base, which has seen a rapid growth, according to a senior companyRead More
Researchers at the Open University of Catalonia in Spain have developed an algorithm that can identify people who are unhappy by screening the posts they share on social media. The researchers believe this tool could be useful in diagnosing possible communication problems and mental health.Read More