Social Media: News

03 Aug 2018

Facebook

Delhi: Man makes fake social-media accounts, threatens women with morphed-images

A man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly setting up fake accounts of women and sending their morphed images to their friends.

03 Aug 2018

Indian Government

Government withdraws social media monitoring hub proposal after SC rebuke

The Centre is withdrawing its proposal of creating a social media monitoring hub, it told the SC, weeks after the apex court termed the move akin to "creating a surveillance state."

03 Aug 2018

Russia News

After US, Russia targeting Indian elections: Oxford University expert

After targeting elections in the US, Russia may turn its focus on other democracies like India and Brazil, an Oxford University Social Media expert has warned.

02 Aug 2018

Mumbai

Mumbai police advise people against taking up 'Kiki dance challenge'

Mumbai Police today advised people against taking up the "Kiki dance challenge" saying it poses a threat to their safety.

02 Aug 2018

Celebrity

Gul Panag has a six-month-old son and no one knew

Gul Panag and husband Rishi Attari had a baby, six months ago, and no one knew about it. This came as a surprise (and shock) to everyone as Gul managed to keep her pregnancy and childbirth away from social media.

WATCH: Dhoni does a bike stunt in Ranchi, impresses fans

Former Indian cricket skipper MS Dhoni has taken the social media by storm after doing a bike stunt at his hometown in Ranchi.

01 Aug 2018

Facebook

Facebook removes 32 fake accounts involved in political influence campaign

Facebook has removed 32 fake accounts and pages that it says were involved in "coordinated inauthentic behavior" and political influence campaign to manipulate voters ahead of 2016 US Presidential elections.

01 Aug 2018

Facebook

2,300 people watch as man hangs himself live on Facebook

A resident of Pataudi, 28km from Gurugram, hung himself in his house on Monday evening after a fight with his wife, and live-streamed the entire act.

29 Jul 2018

WhatsApp

Experts working on app to flag 'fake news' on WhatsApp

Seeking to scotch rumors and identify fake news on social media platform WhatsApp, a team of experts at a Delhi-based institution is working on developing an application that may be able to tell you whether a message is fake or not.

29 Jul 2018

Facebook

Bangladeshi photographer, Jibon Ahmed, sacked over viral kiss photo

A renowned Bangladeshi photographer, Jibon Ahmed, today said he has been the victim of "unwanted cruelty" after being sacked over an image of a couple kissing that raised a social media storm in the conservative Muslim-majority country.

27 Jul 2018

Facebook

#LandOfAbsurd: Zoo paints donkey to make it look like zebra

A zoo apparently painted a donkey like a zebra and assumed they would get away with it. But then they must have forgotten about the phenomenon of social media.

27 Jul 2018

Crime Against Women

Delhi: Man uploads woman's intimate photos to get wedding cancelled

A Delhi-based man decided to upload on the internet intimate photos of a woman he had promised to marry, in order to get the wedding cancelled.

27 Jul 2018

Narendra Modi

Alphons Kannanthanam hits out at trolls against Kerala-student selling fish

Union Minister Alphons Kannanthanam came out in support of 21-year-old Hanan Hamid, who became a victim of cyber-bullying after her video of selling fish after college went viral.

26 Jul 2018

India

After flak over sexism, 'Young Achievers Matrimony' founder apologizes

A matrimonial advertisement published in The Hindu on Wednesday has irked people on social media platforms.

25 Jul 2018

Facebook

Assam Police averts suicide by a girl, thanks to Facebook!

A girl in Assam, who had posted on Facebook that she was going to commit suicide, was saved by the Assam Police in the nick of time after the social media giant's US-based headquarters alerted them.

25 Jul 2018

Virat Kohli

Kohli charges Rs. 83 lakh for every sponsored Instagram post

Star Indian cricketer Virat Kohli gets $120,000 (Rs. 83 lakh) for every sponsored Instagram post, HopperHQ.com, a scheduling tool of the photo-sharing app revealed.

25 Jul 2018

India

Class v/s crass: Abhishek Bachchan taking on trolls is amusing

By now trolls should have understood messing with Abhishek Bachchan is only going to give them a taste of their own medicine (of course, with a dose of sanity).

25 Jul 2018

Facebook

8 useful features we want Facebook to introduce

Social media has become an integral part of our lives and Facebook with over 2 billion users dominates the space.

23 Jul 2018

X

BSP has no official Twitter, Facebook accounts or website: Mayawati

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Chief Mayawati today said that the party has given almost 50% representation to the youth in its committees at all levels and therefore it does not have the need to have a separate youth front in the party.

20 Jul 2018

India

12 'much-needed' features we want to see in WhatsApp

WhatsApp is undoubtedly the most popular instant messaging app with over 1.5bn users worldwide.

19 Jul 2018

India

Facebook to start taking down fake news and misinformation

Accused of helping to spur violence in Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and India, Facebook said it will start removing misinformation that leads to physical harm and violence.

18 Jul 2018

Facebook

#CareerBytes: 5 online digital marketing courses for aspiring professionals

With customers steadily becoming more receptive to online transactions and businesses putting in a considerable amount of effort into building their online presence, digital marketing is gaining momentum as a promising arena to explore for both entrepreneurs and students.

18 Jul 2018

X

Smell the coffee: The trend #TalkToAMuslim will hardly solve problems

The Indian political discourse has been reduced to Hindu-Muslim debate, quite, unfortunately. Whatever happened to development, a united opposition and other pressing issues is a question for science fiction writers.

18 Jul 2018

Odisha

Odisha: Four arrested for looting money using fake Facebook account

Four persons were arrested for allegedly looting Rs. 6L from businessman Bikash Agrawal (32) of Odisha's Naupada district.

17 Jul 2018

Instagram

Here are the 5 apps that every entrepreneur should use

Are you a self-starter, energetic, creative and determined individual? Simply, in one word are you an entrepreneur?

15 Jul 2018

FIFA World Cup

World Cup: Why did these incidents go viral on social-media?

Social media has opened new doors of communication, unimaginable, even a couple of decades back.

15 Jul 2018

Facebook

Before Pakistan elections, Facebook removes accounts of Hafiz Saeed's political-party

Facebook, on the backfoot after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, claims to be actively taking steps to ensure fair elections in Pakistan.

Plea in SC against Centre's planned social media monitoring hub

Supreme Court today took a strong note of IB Ministry's decision to set up a social-media hub for monitoring online data, observing that it will be "like creating a surveillance state".

12 Jul 2018

Facebook

Facebook is testing a Messenger feature to identify suspicious accounts

In a bid to cut down on the nuisance of fake news and spam, Facebook is reportedly testing a new feature for Messenger to identify suspicious accounts sending unwarranted direct messages.

12 Jul 2018

Kerala

Jinsha Basheer: The woman biker fighting for social causes

This Kerala woman rides a Royal Enfield. So what, women have been bike riding since ages, you'd argue?

11 Jul 2018

Narendra Modi

Can government officers criticize rapes? Not without receiving a notice

What would you choose between a prestigious career and freedom of speech? For J&K IAS officer Shah Faesal, the decision is clear.

10 Jul 2018

India

Twitter blocks accounts, one claims to work with PMO

Last week, Twitter blocked a total of 28 accounts to crack down abusive behavior and make the micro-blogging website safe for users.

10 Jul 2018

Android

Snapchat working on a camera-assisted shopping feature on Android

An app researcher named Ishan Agarwal has spotted a code in Snapchat for Android that hints at the photo-sharing app working on turning its camera into a visual search engine.

08 Jul 2018

X

Modi, RaGa, Kohli to lose their Twitter followers: Here's why

In a bid to combat misinformation and fake news, Twitter has been suspending more than a million accounts a day in the recent months.

08 Jul 2018

X

What will happen to your digital personality when you die?

It's important to think about what happens to our digital selves after we die.

07 Jul 2018

Paris

Aishwarya, daughter Aaradhya pose on a Paris carousel. See pics

If Aishwarya Rai's Instagram feed is to be believed, she is having a gala time with her daughter, Aaradhya in Paris.

06 Jul 2018

Bhopal

Watch: Dancing Uncle pays an epic tribute to Hrithik Roshan

Dancing Uncle Sanjeev Shrivastava left us wanting for more after the video of his performance on Govinda's popular track 'Aap Ke Aa Jaane Se' went viral on the Internet.

05 Jul 2018

Facebook

Have you seen viral pictures of father breastfeeding baby yet?

Women breastfeeding babies is a common sight, but not men stepping up for this job.

04 Jul 2018

Facebook

5 times Facebook shamelessly copied from Snapchat

If imitation is a form of flattery, then Facebook must be Snapchat's biggest fan. Over the years, it has unapologetically ripped off features from Snapchat.

04 Jul 2018

Facebook

What'll happen to your Facebook account after you pass away?

A deceased user's account on Facebook can be processed in three ways: it can be memorialized, it can be deleted, and someone can request downloading the contents of the account and then have it deleted.