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Dangers of Social Media
US school sues YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat for intentionally delivering harmful & addictive content to youth
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A US-based school has filed a lawsuit against YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat, alleging they are purposefully designed to be addictive, having "carefully cultivated" a...
After Delhi HC order, Telegram discloses details of users sharing infringing material
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Pursuant to the Delhi High Court judgment of August 30 that courts in India can direct a messaging app to disclose the information of...
FB, Insta allow posts asking for Putin’s death in specific countries
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In a rare exception amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Meta is allowing posts with violent speech toward Russian soldiers on Facebook and Instagram...
US lawmakers blast FB over Instagram wrecking teens and weaponizing children’s vulnerability
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US lawmakers blasted Facebook for three hours over the tech giant's handling of internal research that showed how its Instagram photo sharing platform was...
YouTube algorithm pushing harmful videos, claims Mozilla
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Firefox browser developer Mozilla has claimed that Google-owned YouTube keeps pushing harmful videos and its algorithm is recommending videos with misinformation, violent content, hate...
Anupam Kher says his Twitter following shrunk by 80,000 in 36 hours
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Bollywood veteran Anupam Kher on Thursday alleged that his follower count on Twitter has reduced drastically in the last 36 hours.
The actor tweeted revealing...
France fines Google $267 million for abusing dominant position in online advertising
Government regulators all over the world are grappling with US-based Big Tech companies to make them conform to the law of the land. On...
Twitter bares its fangs, removes blue tick from VP handle, top RSS functionaries
The social media platform Twitter again demonstrated its arbitrary and unilateral decision-making on Friday by removing the ‘blue-tick’ verification from Vice President of Bharat...
Woman sues Reddit for allowing child sexual abuse content
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Popular online discussion platform Reddit has been sued by a woman for allegedly allowing her ex-boyfriend to repeatedly post obscene images of her when...
Instagram to stop adults messaging teens who don’t follow them
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Facebook-owned Instagram said on Tuesday that it is introducing a new feature that prevents adults from sending messages to people under 18 who don't...