Google opposes, Fb & Twitter support self-regs in India

Google opposes, Fb & Twitter support self-regs in India

Google has grave reservations about developing a self-regulatory body for the social media sector in India to hear user complaints, though the proposal has support from Facebook and Twitter, sources with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters.

India in June proposed appointing a g...


Snapchat to pay $50k to sound creators in India

Snap rolls out parental control; plans to lay off people

Snap Inc, owner of the popular messaging app Snapchat, rolled out its first parental control tools on Tuesday, which will allow parents to see who their teens are talking to, but not the substance of their conversations.

The new feature called Family Center is launching at a time whe...


WhatsApp rolls out new catalog feature

WhatsApp rolls out new catalog feature

Popular instant messaging app WhatsApp may soon allow users to WhatsApp’s toolkit. As per ANI, the site also debuted Communities, a brand-new way to connect with individuals who share your interests, and raised the maximum number of participants in group talks from 100 to 512. Administrators and users reportedly want to keep track of those...


Musk: Twitter deal can progress if more bot details shared

Musk: Twitter deal can progress if more bot details shared

Elon Musk has said his planned $44 billion takeover of Twitter should move forward if the company can confirm some details about how it measures whether user accounts are ‘spam bots’ or real people.

The billionaire and Tesla CEO has been trying to back out of his April agreement to b...