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  Odisha: ITI teacher among 2 others arrested for sharing SIM card OTPs with Pakistan operatives

  India | May 14, 2023 20:14 IST

  The OTPs were used to create various accounts on social media like Whatsapp, Facebook, and Instagram, and also for opening email accounts.

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  Jamshedpur violence: Police register FIR over 'objectionable' post on social media

  India | April 12, 2023 7:03 IST

  Jamshedpur violence: The violence broke out after an alleged desecration of a religious flag in the city. In the wake of the communal tension, police warned people not to publish any instigating posts on social media.

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  Putin’s Twitter, other Russian Officials accounts resurface after a year of restriction: Report

  World | April 08, 2023 21:03 IST

  Notably, all of the mentioned accounts had been placed in a restricted category after the hostile broke out earlier last year.

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  PIB row: 'Fact Check will not be done by PIB, Centre yet to decide', clarifies Chandrashekhar

  India | April 07, 2023 21:37 IST

  The clarification came as multiple media reported that the organisations have to remove their content from the platform if fact-checking agency declares the content as fake news

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  'Don't know English, Hindi well..': Assam's Himanta replies to trollers who call him 'copy-paste CM'

  India | April 04, 2023 18:44 IST

  In a reply to the post, the Chief Minister acknowledged he went to an Assamese medium school and has little knowledge of English as well as Hindu languages.

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  Railway's Facebook account hacked; 'hijackers share offensive posts' I DETAILS

  India | March 29, 2023 23:00 IST

  The page was hacked on Tuesday and "a few offensive posts were shared by the hacker," it said.

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  Bihar: Sec 144 imposed, internet suspended in Saran district after youth's murder

  Bihar | February 06, 2023 20:31 IST

  Bihar government has banned 23 social networking and messaging apps temporarily till February 8, 11 pm in Saran district to maintain law & order situation after a youth was murdered.

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  Delhi: Man arrested for cheating people by offering low-cost hotel booking on Instagram

  January 30, 2023 21:51 IST

  The victim fell to a discount tempted to post on Instagram that offered online hotel bookings at very cheap rates in Madurai.

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  Delhi: Man lures married woman for video call, later sends objectional video to her husband; nabbed

  January 28, 2023 17:30 IST

  Police said that the accused had extorted Rs 1.25 lakh from the victim and later demanded Rs 70,000. Also, he threatened to make it viral if she failed to pay him the money.

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  India introduces new guidelines to limit misleading promotions on social media | DETAILS

  Technology | January 21, 2023 15:25 IST

  India's Department of Consumer Affairs has introduced new guidelines to make it mandatory for social media influencers to disclose promotional content in accordance with the Consumer Protection Act, 2019.

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  Twitter introduces annual subscription plan for verified badge: How it works

  Technology | January 19, 2023 19:05 IST

  Twitter Blue was first introduced in December 2022, and at the time, it was only available for web and iOS-based users.

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  How social media platforms reward users for spreading misinformation

  Technology | January 18, 2023 18:14 IST

  According to the findings, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, just 15 per cent of the most habitual news sharers in the research were responsible for spreading about 30 per cent to 40 per cent of the fake news.

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  Twitter denies hacking and data theft of 200 million email IDs

  Technology | January 13, 2023 7:15 IST

  Twitter denies reports of a hack and data theft of 200 million email IDs, stating that the reported issues are likely the result of phishing attempts or the reuse of passwords from other sites.

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  ‘Will resign as Twitter CEO as soon as I…’: Elon Musk announces his next move

  World | December 21, 2022 8:28 IST

  ‘Will resign as Twitter CEO as soon as I…’: Elon Musk announces his next move

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  WhatsApp to bring 'view once' messages: All you need to know

  Technology | December 12, 2022 16:14 IST

  WhatsApp is reportedly working on bringing a new feature which will enable users to send a message which could only be 'viewed once' by the receiver. The feature is currently available for Android beta users and is expected to roll out by next year.

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  Twitter to charge more from iPhone users for Blue verification- Buy why?

  Technology | December 09, 2022 19:08 IST

  Twitter has been reportedly working and will be charging extra from iPhone users. As per the reports, iPhone users will have to pay $11 per month for using the micro-blogging platform.

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  Twitter rolls out update to identify 'low quality' Community Notes- Know more

  Technology | November 29, 2022 16:16 IST

  Twitter started rolling out an algorithm update to identify more low-quality Community Notes, resulting in the suspension of contributor status for those who write unhelpful annotations to provide further clarification and context on tweets.

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  BJP launches new social media campaign against AAP | WATCH

  Elections | November 22, 2022 14:42 IST

  MCD Election 2022: Through the campaign 'Jisne dia Mauka, usko dio Dhokha,' (bit the hands that fed) the saffron party has taken a dig at AAP convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for not fulfilling his promises in AAP-ruled Delhi and Punjab.

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  Elon Musk faces twin trials amid chaos at Twitter

  Technology | November 15, 2022 11:38 IST

  The trial will focus on whether the compensation package requires Musk to work full-time at Tesla.

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  Instagram fixes an outage that tells users their account is suspended

  Technology | November 01, 2022 12:47 IST

  The Instagram policy has stated to disable certain accounts that violate community guidelines like illegal, bullying, spam, hate speech or violating intellectual property rights. Thousands of Instagram users across the world reported the issues which locked them out of their official Insta page.