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Social MediaAudience must get rid of fake news, misinformation: BIPSS
Fake news and misinformation are a severe deterrence to the progress of any nation and it is of paramount importance for individuals to know how to discern fake news from authentic ones.
WhatsApp to move ahead with privacy update despite backlash
Facebook Inc's WhatsApp said on Thursday it will go ahead with its controversial privacy policy update but will allow users to read it at "their own pace" and will also display a banner providing ...
Facebook blocks Australia users, publishers from sharing news
Several emergency services were also caught in the blackout -- with government pages alerting the public to Covid-19 outbreaks, bushfires and cyclones rendered blank, as well as the pages of domestic ...
Social media app Parler crawls back online on 'independent technology'
Parler, a social media service popular with American right-wing users that virtually vanished after the US Capitol riot, re-launched on Monday and said its new platform was built on "sustainable, ...
Shashi Tharoor talks to Mahfuz Anam
'I wish you the courage to wage the battle'
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Daily Star, renowned Indian writer, novelist, politician and parliamentarian, Shashi Tharoor, speaks to editor Mahfuz Anam on press freedom in South Asia
Facebook’s Head of Safety shares tips to keep kids safe online
Over the last 12 months most of us have spent more time online than ever before. In particular, young people have moved beyond using the internet just to connect with friends or research a school ...
Twitter ends 2020 with record 192M daily users
Twitter ended 2020 with 192 million daily users, up 27 per cent (year-over-year) with growth from product improvements reaching an all-time high in 2020, the company has announced
Daisy Ridley is terrified of social media
Actress Daisy Ridley says the amount of anxiety that is linked to social media is terrifying
Myanmar junta blocks Facebook to shut down dissent
Inside Myanmar, the opposition to the junta had emerged very strongly on Facebook, which is the main internet platform for much of the country and underpins communications for business and the ...
Myanmar coup
Offline message app downloaded over million times
After the country’s democratically elected leaders were arrested, phone and internet connections were disrupted in the main city Yangon and the capital Naypyitaw and some other parts of the country
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