Social Media
- India
How Mumbai man was hired to sway US Senate primary on Instagram
Mumbai/New York: A Mumbai resident who runs a comedy page on Instagram was among dozens of people paid to circulate street-interview videos promoting Democrat Haley Stevens in the run-up to Michigan’s US Senate…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad man posing as Kolkata woman dupes men, extorts Rs 38L
Hyderabad: The Saidabad Police arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly honey-trapping people by posing as a woman and extorting money, threatening to circulate their private photographs and videos. Kondabhattula Pavan Kumar, a…
- World
Advice around children’s screen use can be overwhelming
Melbourne: When should your child start engaging with screens? How long should they use them for? Can they watch or play alone? Should there be a gap before bed? There is lots…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad airport’s X account hacked, recovered quickly
Hyderabad: The official X account of the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) here was hacked on Monday and subsequently recovered. The IT team immediately detected the compromise, initiated measures and recovered the…
- Technology
Supreme Court bars paywalled child sexual abuse content
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has taken serious note of lapses by social media platforms in curbing sexually explicit visual content depicting minors and directed that every intermediary must ensure that no…
- India
SC seeks Centre, NCPCR replies on PIL to protect children online
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, October 16, sought replies from the Centre and the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights on a PIL filed by an Indore-based school seeking…
- World
Florida wins ruling to enforce law targeting kids’ social media use
Tallahassee: The state of Florida won a key court decision Wednesday, October 14, that allows it to enforce a ban on social media accounts for kids under 14 and other restrictions. The…
- Pakistan
1.5 million children in Pakistan face online sexual abuse: Study
Islamabad: About 1.5 million internet-using children in Pakistan experienced at least one form of technology-facilitated sexual exploitation or abuse in a single year, according to a new study. The study published jointly…
- Hyderabad
Cyber fraudsters cheat Hyderabad residents of Rs 17.34 crore
Hyderabad: Cyber fraudsters cheated residents within Hyderabad Police Commissionerate limits of Rs 17.34 crore in September 2026. During the month, police registered 464 cases. In 23 cybercrime cases, police arrested 35 people…
- Middle East
Meta closes Gaza journalist Anas Al-Sharif’s Instagram account
Gaza Strip: Meta has shut down the Instagram account of slain Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif, which reportedly contained an extensive archive documenting Israel’s war on Gaza. A statement shared on X on…
- India
Delhi Police seeks removal of ‘misleading’ protest posts
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has asked a social media platform to remove or restrict access to 11 posts and videos allegedly presenting a misleading account of police action during a recent…
- Hyderabad
Social media handle booked for linking Telangana CM with actress
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cybercrime Police have registered a case against an X handle for allegedly posting obscene content against Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and actress Surekha Vani. The Telangana Pradesh…
- Opinions
How algorithms are capturing young Indian minds, and how to break free
The philosopher-poet lamented, ek pinjray se parinday ko nikaal laayaa hoon… Ab uss parinday ke dil se voh pinjraa nikaalna hai. Bondage is of many types. But bondage, even of the mind,…
- Telangana
Made in Pakistan? BJP flags MeeSeva electricity meter tweet
Hyderabad: The Telangana unit of the BJP on Friday, October 2, sought to corner the government over allegedly Pakistan-made electricity meters being offered for installation. Taking to X, the BJP wrote: “Congress’s…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad court bars defamatory posts against AIMIM
Hyderabad: A city civil court in Hyderabad on Thursday, October 1, issued an interim order barring several people/social media handles from posting defamatory content against All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM). The respondents…
