New Delhi: Social media platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok may have to scramble for developing account identity-verification option to check “fake news, malicious content, misinformation, racial slurs, gender abuse that may have an impact on the individual and society as a whole”. This may form part of […]
Data, privacy and Facebook never really bodes well together in a single sentence for the users. The social media company is notorious for being callous with users’ data as it has been proved multiple times in the last 24 months. However, a new report now suggests that privacy remains elusive on Facebook and it […]
BENGALURU: Social media giant Facebook has revamped a programme that checks for fake news on its platform, with users now being alerted to such posts as soon as they view it. Facebook started a pilot factchecking program in Karnataka last year through a partnership with fact-checking portal Boom, followed by one […]
Facebook has decided to pay more bounty for bugs or flaws discovered by hackers on its platform with a view to making its apps and services more secure for users. As per a blog post by Facebook, it stated that now it would allow participants in the bug bounty program […]
After numerous unsuccessful attempts at getting WhatsApp to make the messages shared on its platform accessible to the Government, TRAI is now making attempts to regulate the content on WhatsApp, Facebook, and other such OTT channels. As per reports, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has already passed on […]
There has been plenty of news that revealed the Government’s intention to have us link our social media accounts, such as Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp with our Aadhaar number. However, UIDAI has expressed their resentment towards such actions and has said that the Government will have to put a separate […]
You may have been using Facebook for quite sometime now and think there is nothing that can surprise you. But how deep have you investigated to be absolutely sure that Facebook has nothing to offer you? Since Facebook has a lot to offer when it comes to features, it’s easy […]
Facebook is all set to change the name of its two most popular apps i.e. Instagram and WhatsApp. Yes, you read it right. Soon, Instagram will be known as “Instagram from Facebook” while WhatsApp will become “WhatsApp from Facebook”, reported techradar.com. The new named will appear in the title for […]
