Topic: Facebook
Aung San Suu Kyi finally joins Facebook — ‘to communicate with people faster’ during pandemic
Myanmar, which shares a border with China, has reported 16 Covid-19 cases so far.
Facebook re-prioritises to adjust to changing user behavior during Covid-19 lockdowns
Facebook is building new features to help users and small businesses to make money despite the prevailing restrictions.
Facebook held talks for 10% stake in Reliance Jio, says Financial Times
Facebook was close to signing preliminary deal for 10% of Jio before Covid-19 travel bans stalled negotiations, Financial Times reported.
Facebook wrongly blocks coronavirus news as spam but it’s not the first time
After multiple users reported that articles on COVID-19 were taken down for violating community standards, Facebook said it was a bug.
‘Hate speech continues on social media’: Ex-RSS ideologue moves HC against Facebook, Twitter
A Delhi HC bench has issued notices to the Indian subsidiaries of Google, Facebook and Twitter on K.N. Govindacharya’s plea.
Facebook removes accounts linked to Delhi firm for sponsored anti-Saudi content
According to Facebook's findings, content was inauthentic and could have been backed by a government or foreign entity seeking to manipulate public opinion.
Not Twitter or Facebook, is Instagram the new safe space for political opinion in India?
While Facebook has over 26 crore users in India and Twitter has 77.5 lakh, Instagram is becoming the social media of choice for young Indians to express their views.
With ‘please unfriend me if you support BJP’, liberals have already lost the fight
No one is born woke, just like no one is born a bigot. And unfriending on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter is just virtue-signalling, it helps no one.
400 million social media users are set to lose their anonymity in India
New guidelines expected to be out this month will require Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and TikTok to reveal users' identities if govt agencies ask them to.
Twitter will label, remove ‘deepfake’ videos under new policy
In some cases, Twitter will label the video or photo so users know it has been doctored, but will let it remain on the social-media network.
How Spain tragically bungled its response to coronavirus
Spain ignored the health crisis unfolding in Italy & dithered before imposing draconian lockdown measures that could have saved thousands of lives.
How is Modi’s BJP different from the one founded by Advani-Vajpayee 40 years ago?
Forty years ago, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L.K. Advani founded BJP. Today it's led by Narendra Modi-Amit Shah duo, who have won two general elections with full majority.
Defence
In a first, Army deploys medical team at civil coronavirus quarantine camp in Delhi
The Indian Army has so far only been operating out of quarantine camps set up by the armed service for coronavirus patients.
Poke fun at taali, thaali, diya and mombatti all you want. Modi couldn’t care less
Modi knows who he needs to speak to, who he should toss, who he can address in kind. People accuse him of infantilising his voters, but it’s a winning strategy.