Twitter competition to find biases in image-cropping algorithm

Twitter India gets interim relief from high court

An Indian court on Thursday said Twitter Inc.’s India head Manish Maheshwari should face no "coercive action" in a case where police summoned him for failing to stop the spread of a video that allegedly incited religious discord, media reports indicated.

"If the police desire to exam...


Zoom acquires broadcast tools for pro virtual events

Zoom adds new pronoun feature

American video teleconferencing software company Zoom has added a new feature that caters to pronouns, along with some options to manage when they’re displayed. According to an ANI report, the feature pronouns will appear in parentheses next to people’s names in calls, essentially the same as how they have looked ...


Delhi HC adjourns till Aug 27 WhatsApp-IT Rules case

HC refuses to stay anti-trust notice to FB, WhatsApp

The Delhi High Court has refused to stay the Competition Commission of India (CCI) notice asking Facebook and WhatsApp 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 Bha...


FB’s ‘Neighbourhood’ feature plays catchup in the US

FB’s ‘Neighbourhood’ feature plays catchup in the US

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 neighbors, shared banana bread ingredients, helped locate missi...


Twitter troubles mount as Indian MPs question its motives

Twitter troubles mount as Indian MPs question its motives

With Twitter refusing to blink, the Indian government is letting law take its own course, which, according to a school of thought, could complicate things further for the US company as a parliamentary panel yesterday made it clear that the law of the land was supreme and needed to be followed.


Indian Govt’s Twitter war continues

Indian Govt’s Twitter war continues

New Delhi went on the offensive on Wednesday after morning media reports quoted unnamed official sources hinting that as Twitter has not fully complied with the new digital regulations, its intermediary status stood null and void with IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad later weighing in by tweeting “there are numerous q...