Social Media
- Health
Your social media post on mental health can affect job prospects: Study
New York: While it may be healthy to discuss mental health challenges on social media platforms, it can affect the way potential employers view job applicants, according to a study. Researchers from…
- Technology
Users getting banned on Telegram despite no usage
New Delhi: A number of users have taken to X (formerly Twitter) to complain their phone numbers have been banned from the encrypted messaging app Telegram, despite never using it. According to…
- Lifestyle
Social media use may actually not cause depression in kids, young adults
New Delhi: Parents, please take note. Increased use of Instagram, YouTube and Facebook may not lead to symptoms of anxiety and depression in kids in the precarious 10-16 year age group, new…
- Technology
New EU law lets social media users opt out of AI-driven personalised feeds
London: Social media users in the European Union (EU) can now opt out of AI-driven personalised content feeds on mainstream social networks. The change is the result of the EU’s Digital Services…
- Technology
Instagram begins to roll out web version of Threads amid usage fall
San Francisco: Meta-owned Instagram on Tuesday started to roll out the web version of its Threads platform, which is struggling to stay afloat amid decreasing usage day by day. Threads users will…
- India
Social media users should be more careful about its impact, reach: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said social media users should be careful about its impact and reach as it dismissed a petition filed by actor and former Tamil Nadu MLA S…
- India
How much time do Indians spend on social media, playing games?
New Delhi: Indian users on average spend more than three hours on social media and about 46 minutes on online gaming per day, a new report said on Thursday. According to the…
- India
Bihar BJP MLA’s ‘objectionable’ photos go viral on social media
Patna: Female BJP MLA from Narkatiaganj in Bihar’s Champaran district, Rashmi Verma, was ‘shocked’ after her ‘objectionable’ photographs went viral on social media on Wednesday. In the purported photographs, she was seen…
- Pakistan
PCB ignores former PM Imran Khan from I-Day video; draws ire on social media
Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) omitted former prime minister Imran Khan from a video it released on Independence Day to pay homage to the country’s cricket legends and milestones despite the…
- Telangana
‘100 Lies of BJP’: KTR releases CD, booklet at Pragathi Bhavan
Hyderabad: Ahead of the Telangana Assembly elections, the working president and minister of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), KT Rama Rao, released a CD and Booklet titled “100 Lies of BJP” on Monday,…
- India
Virat Kohli refutes reports of his earnings from social media
Star batter Virat Kohli on Saturday refuted reports that floated in social media, claiming that he earned a mindboggling Rs 11.4 crore per single sponsored post through Instagram. A report by Instagram scheduling tool Hopper…
- India
Anti-Islam social media post creates tension in MP’s Ratlam
Members of the Muslim community protested on Thursday, August 10 in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam and gheraoed a police chowki over an alleged anti-Islam social media. The protesters demanded strict action against an…
- World
22% consumers bought fake influencer-endorsed goods: Study
New Delhi: About 22 per cent of consumers aged 16-60, who are active on social media, have purchased counterfeit goods endorsed by influencers, a new study said on Thursday. In the study,…
- India
Bittu Bajrangi booked for inciting communal violence ahead of Nuh violence
Following the fatal communal clashes in the Nuh district and other areas of Haryana in which at least five people were killed, Dauba police in Haryana’s Faridabad district have booked cow vigilante…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: 2 college students die by suicide after intimate video surfaces
Bengaluru: Two students of a private college in Karnataka’s Davangare committed suicide after a video depicting them in an intimate moment surfaced on social media. The scene of the boy and girl…