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Twitter looks into third-party apps to prevent harassment
Twitter plans to recommend third-party apps as it aims to battle harassment on the platform with built-in tools.
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Imran Khan's Twitter Space session breaks global records
Over 446,000 people globally tuned in to interact with the former premier ahead of the Lahore rally
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Govt asked to take action against ‘smear social media campaign’
Legal fraternity says the party now resorting to derogatory and contemptuous remarks against judges in public
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Buyout firm Thoma Bravo approaches Twitter with acquisition interest
Thomas Bravo LP has made an acquisition offer in a competitive bid against Elon Musk's $43 million offer.
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Twitter adopts 'poison pill' as challenger to Musk emerges
Twitter adopts 'poison pill' to limit Musk's ability to raise his stake in the social media platform.
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Musk makes $43 billion offer for Twitter to build 'arena for free speech'
Musk offered $43 billion in cash takeover offer of Twitter, believing the company should be made private for growth.
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YouTube back online after outage disrupts services
YouTube came back online after some of its service features were temporarily disrupted hindering users on the platform
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Twitter says billionaire Musk not joining its board, warns of 'distractions ahead'
Twitter said that Musk rejected the company's offer to be on the board of directors, warning of more 'distractions'.
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How Meta fumbled propaganda moderation during Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Facebook and Instagram has been used to spread propaganda against Ukraine, claiming Russian attacks as fake news.
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Social media ablaze after Supreme Court’s ruling
A battle of words ensued following SC reinstated National Assembly, orders voting on no-confidence motion against PM
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Twitter to start testing long-awaited edit feature in coming months
Twitter announces that it will be introducing the edit feature, the same day Elon Musk joins the company's board.
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Two key tech execs quit Truth Social after troubled app launch
Two Executives of Truth Social, who backed Trump's idea, have resigned from their position in less than a year.
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WATCH: French girl embraces Islam, marries Pakistani man
'Zoya' travelled to Pakistan after becoming friends with Ali Raza on social media and falling in love with him
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WATCH: Shahbaz Gill's bizarre justification for using expletives
PM aide’s justification for his abrasive language has been met with criticism once again on social media
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Meta rolls out parental supervision tools on Instagram
Meta will allow parents to track how much time their children spend on Instagram and supervise their activities.
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Meta narrows guidance to prohibit calls for death of a head of state
Meta Platforms narrows Facebook's content moderation policy to prohibit calls for the death of a head of state.
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Facebook owner defends policy on calls for violence that angered Russia
Meta owner said that a temporary change in content policy was required for Ukraine alone to let users voice opposition
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Twitter to stop spread of posts from Belarus to curb misinformation from Russia
Twitter will place labels and limit the spread of misinformation from Russia, coming from users in Belarus.
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Facebook allows Ukraine posts urging violence against invading Russia
Facebook and Instagram will allow users to post content promoting violence against Russians and calls to invade Russia
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Twitter begins testing 'Shops' feature to grow ecommerce
Twitter is experimenting with 'Shops', allowing companies to showcase up to 50 products for sale on their profiles.
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Russia blocks Facebook, accusing it of restricting access to Russian media
Russia blocks Facebook, after finding 26 cases of discrimination against Russian media by the company.
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Moscow battles big tech to control the narrative
While tech companies restrict content on Russian propaganda, Moscow fights to change the narrative of the war.
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Facebook, Twitter highlight security steps for users in Ukraine
Meta platforms set up special operations centers to monitor the conflict in Ukraine, ensuring security for users.
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Twitter says it mistakenly took down accounts posting on Russian military
Twitter said that it mistakenly suspended accounts tweeting on the Russian military movements.
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Trump's SPAC shares surge as Truth Social tops Apple downloads
Digital World Acquisition Corp's shares rose about 14% as Truth Social topped downloads on Apple's App store.
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Trump's Truth Social app launches on Apple App Store
Truth Social launched on Apple App Stores this Sunday, with Trump's first comeback to social media after being banned.
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Govt penalises defamation of institutions
Federal cabinet amends PECA; allows MPs to join election campaigns
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Trump app opens to hundreds of testers ahead of expected launch
Donald Trump's new social media app called 'Truth Social' is rolling out an early version to 500 beta testers.
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Pakistan unveils strategy to counter hate speech
Qureshi calls for concluding international instrument to prohibit acts of religious intolerance
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Twitter back online after software glitch disrupts services
Twitter said that many users were facing problems loading the site due to a glitch which since then, has been fixed.
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Twitter misses ad revenue and user growth estimates
Twitter had weak quarterly advertising revenue and user growth, failing Wall Street's forecast revenues target.
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Twitter-funded project Bluesky adds Jack Dorsey to board
Bluesky is seeking to rebuild how social media companies operate and has added Twitter chief exec, Jack Dorsey.
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Meta pauses new users from joining analytics tool CrowdTangle
Meta Platform has paused new users from joining CrowdTangle, its new social media tracking.
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Twitter sees record number of govt demands to remove content
Twitter says that they received requests to remove content from accounts on the site by governments around the world.
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Twitter debuts hexagon-shaped NFT profile pictures
Twitter said that now users can showcase their NFTs by displaying them as their profile pictures.
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Facebook critics call for release of India human rights review
Facebook critics called on the site to release a human rights impact assessment to investigate hate speech.
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Twitter expands feature allowing users to flag misleading tweets
Twitter will now allow users in specific countries to flag tweets with misleading or false content.
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‘Please leave us alone’: Minal Khan, Ahsan Mohsin call out social media trolls
The celebrity couple made their first TV appearance on 'Time Out With Ahsan Khan'
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These are the most downloaded apps of 2021
The top ten most downloaded and popular apps of 2021 as rated by Apptopia after research.
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YouTube TV reaches deal to restore access to Disney channels
YouTube is now restoring access to Disney Channel on its platform after it was briefly discontinued for two days.
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Reddit confidentially files to go public
Reddit, valued at $10 billion this year, announced yesterday, that it had confidentially filed for a proposed IPO.
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Twitter to introduce automatic captions for videos
Twitter now has auto-generated captions for video tweets uploaded on the platform.
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YouTube says services fixed after disruption affects thousands
YouTube fixes issues which had caused users to lose access to the platform or face slow services on Tuesday.
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Twitter Spaces filled with hate speech, extremism
Twitter Spaces is flooded by hate speech by Taliban supporters, white-nationalists, and anti-vaccine activists.
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Macron: EU will draw up regulation to fight hate on social media
Emmanuel Macron said that the EU will work to introduce regulations to stop hate on social media platforms.
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Meta's WhatsApp will allow crypto payments in US
Meta's cryptocurrency wallet, Novi, will now allow transactions through WhatsApp.
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Whistleblower says transparency needed to fix social media ills
Facebook Whistleblower says a much deeper investigation is needed to prevent misinformation and abuse in all languages
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Facebook, Instagram remove Chinese network over fake COVID claims
Meta platform announced that it had removed accounts that promoted claims of a fake "Swiss biologist" against Covid 19
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Trump's social media venture seeks $1 billion raise
Donald Trump's new social media venture is trying to raise up to $1 billion by selling shares to hedge funds.
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Instagram head to testify before Senate on 'protecting kids'
Adam Mosseri will testify before the US Senate hearing on 'protecting kids online'.