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Friday, April 26, 2024
TopicSocial media

Topic: Social media

Twitter services down globally, users complain of issues accessing micro-blogging platform

When attempting to see or post a tweet, Twitter users complained that they received the 'Cannot retrieve tweets' error message.

How do you spot a fake ‘finfluencer’? Red flags include penny stocks, get-rich-quick schemes

Admitting to rise of fake influencers indulging in practices that lead to followers losing money, finfluencers say consumers must be 'alert' but also feel govt needs to regulate the space.

Modi govt right to dismiss Jack Dorsey. Social media must learn to respect national sovereignty

Merits or demerits of any law aside, a nation should never be forced to amend its legislation due to social media tactics and its power to generate 'collective opinion'.

SubscriberWrites: A perspective on what makes generative AIs dangerous

The inability to grasp the problem in an effective manner & build consensus to regulate it at the individual & societal level is what makes generative AIs dangerous.

Meta tests in Canada to limit news access on Facebook, Instagram

Meta had, in March, warned it would end availability of news content for Canadians on its platforms if proposed bill ‘Online News Act’ was passed in its current form.

A new beauty standard for women is emerging in China. And it’s not about being thin, fair

Western beauty ideals – thinness, light skin, large eyes, small nose, high cheekbones – seeped into countries around the world. But now, cracks are starting to emerge.

‘Centre judge & prosecutor in its own cause’ — why Kunal Kamra has challenged amended IT rules in HC

Notified on 6 April, the new rules restrain social media intermediaries from publishing content about the government which its own fact-check unit has identified as fake.

Prince Dixits of social media are a nuisance on Indian roads. Modi govt must put a brake

The videos with people misusing ADAS, pretending that the car is driving itself, is truly shocking.

SubscriberWrites: Schools used to be the foundation for youngsters tackling adulthood. Now, social media has disrupted life

If two of our friends went out after school, without telling the others, we didn’t really mind. There was too many other things to think about, writes Sangita S.

TikTok “mascara” trend is latest in long line of secretive ways young people talk about sex

Sexual trauma professionals have celebrated the trend for how it has encouraged some people to seek support in the wake of assault.

On Camera

Every time the Congress thinks it has a ‘revolutionary’ idea, it shoots its own foot

From Sam Pitroda talking about inheritance tax to Goan candidate saying the Indian Constitution was 'forced' on Goa, Congress has been having its own foot-in-the-mouth moments.

JP Morgan CEO praises ‘tough leader’ Modi — ‘has taken 400 million people out of poverty’

Jamie Dimon also lauded India's Aadhaar recognition system, broad availability of banking services & country's 'unbelievable' education system & infrastructure.

Rafale to Exercise Garuda, a look at Indo-French defence ties as Chief of Defence Staff visits France

Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.