Meta-owned platform Instagram has announced that they are rolling out a feature that defaults accounts for new users under 16 years old to 'less', the most restrictive setting for Sensitive Content Control. According to ANI, teenagers already on Instagram will get push notifications "encouraging" them to opt-in to the heavier filtering on wha...
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Zuckerberg admits censoring ‘Hunter Biden Laptop’ story
Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that Facebook algorithmically censored the 'Hunter Biden laptop' story for a week. Zuckerberg admitted it on 'The Joe Rogan Experience' podcast. Mark said that he did so because of a general request from the FBI to restrict election misinformation. During the podcast, Joe asked Zuckerberg how Facebook handles c...
Twitter merges misinformation, spam prevention teams
Amid the ongoing legal battle with Elon Musk, Twitter is merging its team for fighting misinformation and harmful content with the team that looks after removing spam accounts. As per ANI, the social media firm will call this new group “Health Products and Services (HPS).” Twitter confirmed the development and said the company’s VP of Prod...
WhatsApp rolls out admin delete feature on iOS beta
Meta-owned WhatsApp is now releasing a feature that lets group admins delete any message in the group. The feature has only been rolled out to some lucky beta testers, so it will take some time before reaching all other accounts. "If you are a group admin and you cannot delete messages sent from other participa...
Bharti Telecom to buy 3.33% Airtel stake from Singtel
Bharti Airtel promoter, Bharti Telecom will buy a 3.33 percent stake from Singtel for S$2.25 billion or about Rs. 12,895 crore in 90 days. Bharti Group chairman, Sunil Bharti Mittal's family, and Singtel own Bharti Telecom (BTL). "Singtel and its affiliates have agreed to transfer 3.33 percent shares to BTL for an aggregate amount of S$2.2...
Delhi HC dismisses FB, Whatsapp appeal on CCI probe
The Delhi high court dismissed the appeals of WhatsApp and Facebook on Wednesday against an order rejecting their challenge to a probe ordered by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) into the instant messaging platform’s updated privacy policy of 2021. A bench of Chief Justices Satish Chandra Sharma and Subra...