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Former US President Donald Trump joined video platform Rumble on Saturday, the same day he will take the stage at a campaign-style rally in Ohio, his first such event since the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. Trump lost his social media megaphone earlier this year when he was blocked by a slew of platforms

Facebook-owned WhatsApp messenger said on Monday it was appointing a former Amazon executive as the head of payments in India as it looks to scale the service in its biggest market by users. Manesh Mahatme, officially director WhatsApp payments – India, will help improve users’ payments experience and grow the business, WhatsApp said in a

Parliament Standing Committee on Information Technology is scheduled to hold a meeting on June 29 to hear the views of Facebook India and Google India on safeguarding citizens’ rights and prevention of misuse of social online news media platforms. The Committee has called the representatives of the two IT giants to register their views on

Instagram will now allow users to post photos and videos directly from its desktop website on Mac and PC. The ability to create and publish a post is still not available on iPad. The new functionality on Instagram’s desktop website lets users use filters and edit photos and videos in a similar fashion to the

Twitter on Friday temporarily blocked IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad’s account for alleged violation of the US Copyright Act, a move that the minister slammed as being arbitrary and gross violation of IT rules. Hitting out at Twitter, Prasad in a series of posts on another social media platform Koo said that Twitter’s action is

Australia’s competition watchdog is looking into a claim that Facebook refused a publisher’s request to negotiate a licensing deal, the regulator told Reuters, setting the stage for the first test of the world’s toughest online content law. The Conversation, which publishes current affairs commentary by academics, said it asked Facebook to begin talks as required

US lawmakers debated into the night Wednesday over details of legislation aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech firms with a sweeping reform of antitrust laws. House Judiciary Committee clashed over a series of bills with potentially massive implications for large online platforms and consumers who use them. The legislation could force an overhaul

Instagram is reportedly testing a new suggested posts feature for its app. In the tests, the suggested posts will be mixed with the regular feed. Additionally, Instagram is also testing new controls for suggested posts where users can add specific topics or hide the suggested posts from the feed for up to 30 days. Only

New Yorkers were pleasantly surprised when they spotted a man flying though the air on a hoverboard through Times Square on June 21. While a flying man may still not be the most usual sight, such hoverboards are fast becoming popular, especially among the younger generation. Remember French Franky Zapata, who, in 2019, flew over

Twitter for iOS now allows you to share your tweets directly on Instagram Stories. The new experience, that was initially a part of a pilot last year, is aimed to help people who regularly share tweets on Facebook’s Instagram. Up until now, users were able to share tweets on Instagram — or any other social

Tinder is getting new features like videos in profiles, an Explore section, and a Hot Takes section. As per the dating platform, the new features for Tinder “lay the foundation for a deeper, richer next-generation of Tinder.” The dating platform will let users add videos to their profiles. Additionally, Tinder is also adding Hot Takes,

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to stay the notice dated June 4, 2021, to WhatsApp by the Director-General of Competition Commission of India (CCI). The Division Bench Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani and Justice Jasmeet Singh said that “we would only urge the DG, CCI to bear in mind that investigation against the appellant is under

The popular social media company Facebook has now revealed that it will be soon updating its community standards to be clearer about how it handles satirical content. The company said in a blog post, “We’ll add information to the Community Standards that makes it clear where we consider satire as part of our assessment of

Clubhouse seemingly rolled out a new Backchannel feature briefly, which would allow users to chat via text messages. Clubhouse is known for its audio chat rooms and this text feature looks to be an addition to the core functionality. This was revealed via a notification that users took screenshots of, but has not been made

The US Commerce Department said Monday it was rescinding a list of prohibited transactions with TikTok and WeChat that were issued in September as the Trump administration sought to block new US downloads of both Chinese-owned apps. The withdrawals came after President Joe Biden earlier this month withdrew a series of Trump-era executive orders that

The antitrust overhaul package unveiled in Congress targeting Big Tech, if enacted, could have far-reaching effects on how people use the Internet and on America’s biggest and most successful companies.  The five bills, due for a committee vote on Wednesday, could pave the way for a reorganisation or breakup of giants such as Google, Facebook,

Facebook and WhatsApp on Monday urged the Delhi High Court to stay the Competition Commission of India (CCI) notice asking them to furnish certain information in relation to a probe ordered by it into the instant messaging app’s new privacy policy. A vacation bench of Justices Anup Jairam Bhambhani and Jasmeet Singh said it will

WhatsApp’s anticipated multi-device support will first arrive in beta on the WhatsApp Web, desktop, and Portal clients ahead of its debut for users on Android and iPhone, according to a report. It would allow the instant messaging app to test the new development on a small group of users before bringing it to the masses.

The Delhi Police has received a complaint against actress Swara Bhaskar, Twitter India MD Manish Maheshwari and others in connection with social media posts about an attack on an elderly Muslim man in Ghaziabad on June 5, officials said Thursday. Police said the complaint was received at Tilak Marg police station. “We have received a complaint against

The Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday sent a legal notice to the Managing Director of Twitter India Manish Maheshwari regarding the viral video of the assault on an elderly man in Loni. The MD has been asked to record his statement after the microblogging site “let the anti-social messages go viral”. According to the legal notice, the managing

Facebook is reportedly planning to introduce a new podcast product on June 22. Once the feature is rolled out, the social media platform will also allow its users to access their favourite podcasts on Facebook and also create sound clips from their favourite shows and share them on Facebook pages. The episodes of their selected

Google Meet is getting an improved hand raising feature with an update. With the update, it will become easier for users to view and acknowledge raised hands with an improved visual icon and animation on the video tile. Alongside, the video conferencing app will now move people with their hands raised to a more visible

When Facebook began testing its new “Neighborhoods” feature in Canada last October amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the tech giant described it as a dedicated place for people to connect with their local communities. Here, in a corner of the world’s largest social network, people met neighbours, shared banana bread ingredients, helped locate missing cats and

Facebook is launching advertisements globally on its TikTok clone Instagram Reels, the company said on Thursday. The social media company, aiming to make money from its short-form video feature, began testing Instagram Reels advertisements in India, Australia, Brazil, and Germany in April. The tests ran with brands such as BMW, Louis Vuitton, Netflix, and Uber.

All is fair in love and baby names. Or so we were led to believe, especially after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and musician Grimes named their son, X Æ A-Xii Musk. Yes, we don’t know how to pronounce that either, but Elon says “Æ” is pronounced Ash. And now, another baby has been

Slack, the popular workspace messaging app, has a new feature that allows users to schedule a message to be sent at a later time and date. The update is being rolled out for Slack’s desktop, Android, and iOS apps. The new feature will let users schedule messages for up to 120 days in advance and

Twitter India MD Manish Maheshwari was questioned by the Delhi Police last month in connection with its probe into the ‘COVID toolkit’ case, officials said Thursday. They did not divulge further details, but said he was also questioned about the company’s policy behind flagging tweets by users as “manipulated media”. This came after Twitter labelled as

Micro-blogging platform Koo launched the app in Assamese with Assam Chief Minister HimantaBiswa Sarma on Wednesday releasing the first message in Koo in the language. The Chief Minister in his message in Assamese said, “I am delighted that Koo App has launched it in Assamese language with me joining the platform. The app is enabling

Twitter may be working on a tweet reaction picker that will allow users to respond with a selection of emojis. Tweet reactions have been under testing for some time now and will work similar to Facebook’s emoji responses. As of now, it is unclear when this feature will be rolled out to the public. Additionally,

Lina Khan, an antitrust researcher focused on Big Tech’s immense market power, was sworn in on Tuesday as chair of the US Federal Trade Commission, a victory for progressives seeking a clampdown on tech firms who hold a hefty share of a growing sector of the economy. Hours earlier, the US Senate had confirmed Khan,