Social Media
- India
FIR against Samajwadi Party social media handle
Lucknow: An FIR has been lodged against the social media handle of the Samajwadi Party (SP) for promoting enmity between different groups of people. The FIR was lodged by journalist Manish Pandey.…
- India
MP: Man who `killed’ girlfriend and posted videos with body held from Rajasthan
Jabalpur: The police has arrested a 29-year-old man who allegedly killed his girlfriend at a resort here and posted videos on social media with her dead body, a senior official said on…
- India
Teen held for forcing minor to eat earthworm, posting video
Kolkata: The police in Jalpaiguri district on Saturday arrested a teenager for forcing a nine-year-old boy to eat earthworm, filming the act and uploading the video on social media. The arrested youth,…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad man kills 2 puppies, shares video of act; arrested
Hyderabad: Police arrested a Hyderabad man on Friday, for allegedly killing two puppies and uploading videos of the act on social media.In this horrific incident, two puppies were brutally killed by an…
- India
Social media platforms being used to raise funds for terror activities: NIA DG
New Delhi: India has evidence social media platforms are being used to raise terror funds, NIA Director General Dinkar Gupta said Thursday, underlining that the issue will be deliberated during a two-day…
- Entertainment
Is Sana Khan quitting social media?
Mumbai: In 2020, Sana Khan, who was a well-known face in entertainment industry, left everyone shocked with her announcement of quitting showbiz. She left the glamorous world to follow the religious path.…
- India
Mehrauli Murder: ‘Dude, I’ve got news’, Shraddha texted her friend on May 18
New Delhi: A screenshot of a purported chat between Shraddha Walkar and her friend came out on Wednesday, showing that she was active on social media till early evening of the day…
- Technology
Koo becomes second largest microblog
New Delhi: Homegrown microblogging platform Koo on Wednesday announced that it has become the second largest microblog available to the world. Launched in March 2020, the platform recently clocked 50 million downloads…
- Technology
Elon Musk to remove device label from tweets
San Francisco: Twitter CEO Elon Musk has announced that the social media platform will stop adding labels that identify the type of device used for tweeting. He shared the information from his…
- Bangalore
Bengaluru: Woman ends life as lover threatens posting videos on social media
Bengaluru: A female therapist here committed suicide after her lover blackmailed her over their private videos, police said on Tuesday. Chamundeshwari, 35, had made a video where she narrated her ordeal. The…
- India
Activists, social groups, Twitterati express mix views on SC’s EWS verdict
New Delhi: The Supreme Court’s verdict upholding the EWS quota on Monday has garnered mixed opinions from prominent activists, including Shabnam Hashmi, and social media users with some describing it a “landmark…
- World
Elon Musk said to begin laying off employees at Twitter: Report
New York: Elon Musk has planned to begin laying off employees at Twitter, according to a media report, days after he completed the USD 44-billion acquisition of the social media company. The…
- India
Social media platforms turned into terrorist toolkit: EAM Jaishankar
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, on Saturday, at the Special Meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) underlined that the internet and social platforms have become potent instruments in the toolkit…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia reports divorce cases every 10 minutes in 2022
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia recorded an unprecedented increase in divorce rates during 2022 in the Kingdom, reaching 168 cases per day, with 7 divorce cases every hour, and at a…
- India
Govt to set up panels to hear appeals against social media platforms
New Delhi: Grievance redressal panels would soon be set up by government to hear users’ appeals against content moderation decisions taken by social media entities like Meta and Twitter. In a gazette…