Tag: social media

Over 300 social media handles being used for pushing hateful content, they say; First Information Report lodged against creators of a toolkit.

The weapon the BJP used so effectively in its rise to power is the same social media platform that it is now trying so hard to control, says Salil Tripathi, an award-winning writer based in New York in www.restofworld.org.

Indian technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad warned U.S. social media firms on Thursday to abide by the country’s laws, a day after a face-off between Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration and Twitter over content regulation.

Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford says he was subjected to "humanity and social media at its worst" after receiving racist abuse on Saturday night.

Research from the Education Policy Institute and The Prince's Trust said wellbeing and self-esteem were similar in all children of primary school age.

Feb 22, (AdaDerana) - SriLankan Airlines, the National Carrier of Sri Lanka and a member of the prestigious oneworld alliance, in the wake of its launch of the brand video ‘Serendipity Next Door’ appealing to its largest foreign market, India, set a record of five million views within 19 hours on social media platforms. This is the first time in ...

Washington, Feb 22 (AFP) - Thousands of Russian-linked social media accounts have launched a coordinated effort to spread alarm about the new coronavirus, disrupting global efforts to combat the epidemic, US officials told AFP. The disinformation campaign promotes unfounded conspiracy theories that the United States is behind the Covid-19 outbreak, in an apparent bid to damage the US image by seizing ...

Feb 21 (Reuters) - Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) said on Thursday that it was testing a new community moderation approach that would enable users to identify misleading information posted by politicians and public figures and add brightly colored labels under those tweets. NBC News earlier reported that Twitter company documents showing a mockup of the new approach were accessible on a ...

Srinagar, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Authorities in Indian Kashmir are cracking down on virtual private network (VPN) apps used to circumvent a months-long ban on social media, police said, as part of a broader effort to quell unrest over the withdrawal of the region’s autonomy. Social networks such as Facebook (FB.O), WhatsApp and Instagram are still blocked, even after the ...

Islamabad, Oct 18 (NIA) - An Islamabad chaiwala, or tea seller, has become Pakistan's blue-eyed boy, with people on social media calling him Pakistan's "nuclear weapon" and a reason why India should 'not go in for war with its neighboring country'. The picture of the blue-eyed hunk was taken by photographer Jiah Ali during a random photo walk in a market in Islamabad and it became ...