TikTok is simplifying the way users share TikTok videos with their contacts on WhatsApp, thereby expanding the video app’s reach TikTok is one of the fastest growing social media apps in India. Despite the initial ban and controversies surrounding it,… Read More ›
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TikTok Could Be Banned In India After July 22
The Indian government is not very happy with TikTok right now. It has asked 24 questions from the company managing the app and if no satisfactory answers come, India may ban TikTok. HIGHLIGHTS Meity has asked 24 questions from TikTok… Read More ›
Fake: WhatsApp was down in India last night but not due to any policy change or ban
WhatsApp, along with Facebook, Instagram and Facebook Messenger suffered a glitch for several hours on Wednesday night. Now there are WhatsApp messages doing rounds that this is because India is banning WhatsApp use between 11.30pm and 6am. The message is… Read More ›
‘Game of Thrones’ Leak: Season 8, Episode 4 Videos
Let the leaks continue! As consistent with each of the previous episodes, scenes apparently from episode four of “Game of Thrones’” final season have leaked online, with a roughly 30-second video appearing on Twitter and YouTube hours ahead of the… Read More ›
TikTok may no longer ban in India
TikTok has set up a committee for regulating content on the app but denied the age limit. Three weeks after the Madras High Court ordered a ban on downloads of TikTok app, in an interim order on 24 April, the… Read More ›
Beware: Hackers are eyeing your connected devices
The report advises that users should use complex and unique passwords for each service, and use a password manager too for simplicity The increasing complexity with each additional device and automation rule also means an expanding attack surface As our… Read More ›
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: How BJP, Congress and AAP are planning for India’s biggest social media campaign
Facebook might have tightened the virality of political content, but still has a large number of users who political parties can’t afford to ignore. But parties are now clearly looking beyond third-party platforms. Twitter is flooded with political hashtags, some… Read More ›
Kaila Colbin: How To Use Social Media In Times Of Crisis — And How Not To
By Kaila Colbin Christchurch, New Zealand — my home — was attacked yesterday. Multiple gunmen opened fire on two mosques, with shots reported at the hospital and elsewhere. As of this writing, 40 people have been confirmed dead. Prime Minister Jacinda… Read More ›
Social Media Fuels Our “Techxistential Crisis”
AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov-On social media, who we are in the absence of everything we could have been. David Schwartz Our modern world is a funhouse mirror that distorts our sense of self through our perception of others. Think of how… Read More ›
Social Media Fights To Remove Videos Of New Zealand Christchurch Mosque Shooting
Kristin Lam Source: USA TODAY Police in New Zealand says multiple people have been killed in shootings at two mosques in the city of Christchurch. Facebook said it quickly removed videos of a gunman opening fire inside a New Zealand mosque… Read More ›