Social Media
- Offbeat
Pak’s Tik Toker Humaira Asghar poses by forest fire, sparks outrage
Islamabad: A Pakistani social media star, Humaira Asghar is receiving severe backlash from netizens after she posed for a video with forest fire in the background. Humaira, who goes by user name…
- Entertainment
Alia celebrates one-month anniversary with unseen pictures from wedding
Mumbai: On her one month wedding anniversary with actor Ranbir Kapoor, actress Alia Bhatt shared a string of unseen pictures on social media to celebrate the occasion. On May 14, the couple…
- Bollywood
Shilpa Shetty takes break from social media
Mumbai: Actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra, on Thursday, announced she would be taking a break from social media for a while. Taking to Instagram, Shilpa stated that is going off social media for…
- World
EU directs chat apps to scan private messages for child abuse
Brussels: The European Commission on Wednesday proposed a new legislation to prevent and combat child sexual abuse on social media platforms. The proposed rules will oblige providers to detect, report and remove…
- Telangana
KTR advises youth to stay away from social media for next six months
Mahabubnagar: Minister for IT and Industries KT Rama Rao advised the youth to stay away from social media for next six months and to focus on the job notification for securing a…
- Technology
China bans minors from live streaming on social media
Beijing: Chinese regulators have moved to ban minors from live-streaming on various social media platforms to protect their physical and mental health, the media reported on Monday. The new rules completely prohibit…
- India
Social media platforms fail to control anti-Muslim posts: Report
On March 15, 2019, a 28-year-old gunman named Brenton Harrison Tarrant, stormed into two mosques – Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre – situated in New Zealand and started firing indiscriminately…
- Television News
Khatron Ke Khiladi 12: Social media star Faisal Shaikh enters
Mumbai: Social media sensation Faisal Shaikh, popularly known as Mr Faisu, will be seen as a contestant in the stunt-based reality show ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi 12’. Talking about the show, Faisal said:…
- Technology
Staying away from Twitter, FB for a week may improve wellbeing, anxiety
London: Taking a break from social media sites, including Twitter, Facebook or Instagram, for at least a week may lead to significant improvements in wellbeing, depression and anxiety, finds a new study.…
- Technology
Elon Musk’s plans for Twitter could make its misinformation problems worse
Michigan: Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, acquired Twitter in a US 44 billion deal on April 25, 2022, 11 days after announcing his bid for the company. Twitter announced that the…
- Entertainment
Anupam Kher meets PM Modi, shares social media post in his praise
New Delhi: Veteran Bollywood actor Anupam Kher, on Saturday, met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and following their meeting, shared a social media post praising the PM’s work for the country. ‘The…
- Technology
At 332 mn users, Snapchat growing faster than Facebook, Twitter
San Francisco: Social media platform Snapchat is growing faster than Facebook and Twitter and in its latest quarterly report, the platform said it grew its daily active users (DAUs) 18 per cent…
- World
Social media ‘designed’ to weaken democracies: Obama
Washington: Former US President Barack Obama has broken his silence after a long time, saying that social media platforms are well-designed to destroy democracies. Speaking at a Stanford University event late on…
- Bollywood
Akshay Kumar no more a tobacco brand ambassador
Mumbai: Faced with a huge backlash, actor Akshay Kumar on Thursday announced that he is stepping down as the brand ambassador of a tobacco company with whom he had recently signed a…
- Mumbai
‘Social Media Lab’ launched in Maharashtra to curb communal tensions
Mumbai: Mumbai Police announced that a ‘Social Media Lab’ has been established to monitor posts that may incite communal tensions in Maharashtra, on Monday. According to Mumbai Police, approximately 3,000 such posts…
