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India
Sikkim CM’s Facebook page hacked
Gangtok: Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Tuesday said his Facebook page was recently hacked but was restored within a few hours. A few inadvertent posts were written by unidentified…
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Technology
Twitter announces new features, allows users to charge for tweets with Super Follows
Washington: American micro-blogging and social networking service Twitter recently announced a couple of huge upcoming updates, which include the ability to create and join groups based around specific interests and…
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Technology
US court approves $650M FB privacy lawsuit
San Francisco: As Facebook and its family of apps face scrutiny over privacy and security issues globally including in India, a court in the US has approved a $650 million class…
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Technology
FB says will carefully study new India social media guidelines
New Delhi: Under political pressure to sanitise its family of apps including WhatsApp in India, Facebook on Thursday cautiously welcomed the new social media regulations on intermediaries, saying the company will…
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Technology
Right to silence is virtue in present noisy times: Facebook VP tells SC
New Delhi: Right to silence is a virtue in present noisy times, Facebook India Vice President and MD Ajit Mohan Wednesday told the Supreme Court while contending that the Delhi assembly…
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Technology
Facebook to restore news services in Australia
Melbourne: Social media giant Facebook on Tuesday said it will restore news services in Australia after it reached a revised agreement with the government on the proposed media bargaining laws, which…
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Technology
Facebook removes Myanmar military’s main news page
Nay Pyi Taw: Facebook on Sunday removed the main news page run by Myanmar’s military, citing violation of its rules prohibiting the incitement of violence. The move comes a day after…
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Technology
ABC News tops App Store charts following Facebook’s ban
Sydney : The Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s ABC News app shot to the top of Apple’s App Store charts in Australia over the course of the last few days, just after…
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Technology
Here’s when Facebook’s smartwatch will release
Washington: American technology company Facebook is developing a smartwatch. The rumoured wearable, which the company is developing, might get its release in 2022. According to Mashable, the rumoured device will…
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News
We have to protect people’s privacy: SC to WhatsApp, Facebook
New Delhi: People have grave apprehensions on loss of privacy, the Supreme Court said on Monday and made it clear that it is the court’s duty to protect people’s privacy…
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India
Respect Indian laws if you want to do business: Govt tells Twitter, FB
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday categorically said in the Rajya Sabha that action will be taken against Social Media platforms if fake news and violence is spread through it. “There…
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Technology
Oculus Quest headsets will now support Facebook Messenger
Washington: American technology giant Facebook-owned VR company, Oculus has announced that in its latest developer update, Facebook Messenger will now start rolling out to Quest headsets this week. According to…
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India
SC notice to Centre on plea seeking law to regulate social media to curb fake news, hate speech
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and others on a plea seeking framing of law to regulate social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter and…
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Technology
WhatsApp now using status messages in attempt to reassure users about privacy
Washington: American messaging application WhatsApp has now started posting status messages about its “commitment to your privacy,” due to misperceptions about the upcoming changes to its privacy policy. While these…
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Crime in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: 23-year-old woman raped by Facebook friend on pretext of marriage
Hyderabad: A 23-year-old woman lodged a complaint against youth by name Aslam Khan, 24, saying that he had raped her several times in hotel rooms after making a promise to…
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Technology
Facebook usage and revenue soared during pandemic
Washington: American technology company Facebook ended 2020 on a high note. Its fourth-quarter earnings reached more than twenty-eight million dollars thanks to the skyrocketing screen time in the past year.…
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World
Facebook Oversight Board overturns 4 cases in first ruling
San Francisco: The independent Oversight Board on Thursday announced to overturn four of Facebooks decisions to remove posts for violating policies on hate speech, violence and other issues. Facebook said that…
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Technology
Facebook users forced to log out unexpectedly due to ‘configuration change’
Washington: After an unexpected log out activity observed by users on Friday, the American social networking service Facebook explained that a ‘configuration change’ led to the issue which was fixed…
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Technology
Google-Australia tussle over new media code deepens
Sydney: The News Media Bargaining Code has started a bitter war between Google/Facebook and the Australian government, with Google threatening to pull its Search engine from the country. Rod Sims, chair…
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India
Parliamentary panel summons Facebook, Twitter officials on Jan 21
New Delhi: The Parliamentary Committee on Information Technology has issued summons to officials of Facebook and Twitter for January 21, to question them over misuse of the social media/online news…
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World
Facebook blocks live events around US Capitol on Jan 20
San Francisco: As President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris prepare to be sworn into office during the 59th presidential inauguration on January 20, Facebook has announced to block the…
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Technology
Facebook appoints Roy Austin as new VP of civil rights
San Francisco: Facebook has appointed renowned civil rights attorney and advocate Roy L Austin to establish the company’s new civil rights organisation. Austin will take on the role of VP…
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India
Change.org petition urges FB, Twitter to act against alleged hate in India
New Delhi: A petition on change.org urged both Facebook and Twitter to act against alleged hate in India. Thanking both the social media giants for suspending the outgoing US President…
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Technology
WhatsApp says latest update does not change data-sharing practices with Facebook
New Delhi: Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Saturday said its latest update – which has received criticism from a multitude of users globally – describes business communication and does not change its data-sharing…
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Top Stories
Mark Zuckerberg extends ban on Donald Trump’s Facebook & Instagram account ‘Indefinitely’ with conditions
Washington: In an unprecedented move, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday that President Donald Trump’s accounts on its popular social media platforms Facebook and Instagram would remain suspended until the…
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Technology
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube must ‘kick off’ Trump now
San Francisco/New Delhi: As Big Tech miserably failed to spot, act and tackle the US Capitol chaos going viral and being live-streamed, voices grew louder on Thursday to remove President Donald…
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Crime and Accident
Maha: Man trying to die by slitting throat on Facebook Live rescued by police
Mumbai: With the help of Facebook Ireland Headquarters, Mumbai Police Cyber Cell and Dhule Police saved the life of a 23-year-old man who was allegedly trying to die by suicide…
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Technology
On New Year’s Eve 2020, WhatsApp sets record with over 1.4 billion voice, video calls
Washington: Social media giant Facebook recently revealed that over 1.4 billion voice and video calls were made on New Year’s Eve 2020 globally, the most ever in a single day…
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Technology
It’s game over for FarmVille game in New Year
New Delhi: It was curtains for FarmVille, one of the original addictive Facebook Flash games, on Friday as its developer shut it down along with Adobe bidding goodbye to its Flash…
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Hyderabad News
Virtual Du-Ba-Du program to be organized by Siasat Urdu Daily
Hyderabad: Siasat Urdu Daily, in collaboration with Millat Fund, will organize a virtual Du-Ba-Du program on January 3 from 1:30 pm- 2:30 pm, for people to find prospective matches. This…
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