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Tag Archives: Social Media
Canadian bizman sues Twitter over ‘defamatory’ tweets
Toronto: A Canadian businessman has sued Twitter over publication of what he terms “false and …
Polls midway, social media still fighting fake news
New Delhi: The great Indian election season has hit midway – with three phases of voting now o…
Twitter users in US more likely to be Democrats: Study
San Francisco: Twitter users are younger, more highly educated, more likely to identify as Democrats…
Social media is the modern generation atomic bomb: Big B
Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says the social media is the modern generation atomic bomb as user…
Why Sri Lanka does not trust social media platforms
Colombo: Battling the spread of hate speech on social media platforms especially Facebook for long, …
‘Tabah ho gaye’: ‘Kalank’ memes take over social media
Mumbai: Karan Johar’s multi-starrer, mega-budget “Kalank” may have registered 2019…
Malaysia probes talk on Muslim women giving up headscarves
Kuala Lumpur: Islamic officials in Malaysia have launched an investigation into a public event that …
24/7 news, social media affecting attention span
LONDON: People are losing their collective attention span rapidly owing to the ‘fear of missin…
Gurugram: Muslim family withdraws complaint 20 days after attack
NEW DELHI: Gurgaon Muslim family withdraws complaint twenty two days after allegedly attacked by a m…
36 YO Intermediate BJP ‘IT Yodha’ admin to 1,114 WhatsApp groups, seamlessly handles BJP’s social media network
Cooch Behar: It must be surprisingly shocking that a 36-year old IT BJP worker is a group admin of a…
Sikh driver pulls out sword against UP cop for tugging beard, video goes viral
SHAMLI: A Sikh truck driver confronted the Uttar Pradesh cops with a sword after they tugged his bea…
LS polls: Facebook removing 1 million accounts a day
New Delhi: With the first phase of Lok Sabha polls just days away, Facebook on Monday said it is rem…
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev calls Muslim student ‘Proper Talibani’
NEW DLEHI: Sadhguru, whose real name is Jaggi Vasudev issues an apology after he referred to a Musli…
Under ‘world first’ Australian laws, social media bosses could face jail
SYDNEY: Social media executives risk jail for failing to take down violent extremist content quickly…
NZ mosque massacre accused to face 50 murder charges
CHRISTCHURCH: The man accused of attacking two mosques in Christchurch on 15 March last month will f…
Facebook bins 687 fake pages linked to Congress (2nd lead)
NEW DELHI: In a startling revelation how political parties are using fake accounts to push their age…
Gurugram: Cross FIR registered against Muslim family
Gurugram: Police in Gurugram on Friday filed a cross FIR against the Muslim family that was allegedl…
Social media main news source for young Indians
NEW DELHI: Online news generally and social media specifically have outpaced print as the main sourc…
Should social media live-streaming be banned?
NEW DELHI: Would you want your teenager to watch terrorists killing people in the real world or some…