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The Twitter co-founder has for years elected to not receive any salary from Twitter. (Photo:Twitter)

Twitter launches emoji for elections

Together with Facebook and Google, Twitter has come under pressure to do more to combat disinformation about the...

11 April 2019 11:27 AM IST

Facebook dodged their questions on the issue, posed to Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg in a letter last month after the documents were unsealed.

Facebook removes 687 pages, accounts linked to Congress for...

These account owners used a combination of authentic and fake accounts to share their content like local news and...

1 April 2019 4:42 PM IST

The Housing Department claims Facebook mines data about its users and then employs machine learning to predict their responses to ads in ways that may recreate groupings defined by characteristics such as race.

Facebook says removed pages linked to India's Congress party ahead of...

The announcement marks a rare action from Facebook against a political party in a country where it has 300 million...

1 April 2019 2:41 PM IST

Facebook is rolling out what could be called an aspirational redesign known as FB5 a move meant to focus on what the company actually wants the app to be and not just polishing what it already is. CEO of the company Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement at Facebooks F8 conference.

Refusal to remove video shows Facebook enabled Russian election...

Attacks like those on Facebook also made it more difficult to recruit candidates for public office.

31 May 2019 7:10 AM IST

Rival digital payments services have pointed out exceptions that have been applied to WhatsApps service.

In India election, a USD 14 software tool helps overcome WhatsApp...

WhatsApp clones and software tools that could help Indian digital marketers and political activists bypass anti-spam...

15 May 2019 5:22 PM IST

Two of the three top US elections vendors have expressed interest in potentially incorporating the open-source software into their voting systems. (Photo: AP)

Microsoft offers software tools to secure elections

The software is being developed with Galois, an Oregon-based company.

7 May 2019 9:34 AM IST

BSP supremo Mayawati and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav during a joint press conference in Lucknow. (Photo: PTI)

Mayawati's decision to go solo will weaken fight for social justice:...

Mayawati's announcement came a day after she held a meeting with party workers to review the BSP's performance in the...

24 Jun 2019 4:24 PM IST

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Turkish President Erdogan's party loses Istanbul mayoral elections

After being stripped of victory over disputed claims of fraud, Imamoglu vowed 'battle for democracy' that turned him...

24 Jun 2019 9:38 AM IST

Kicking-off the high stakes presidential elections, polling opened at 7 am across Kazakhstan on Sunday. (Photo: ANI)

Polling for Presidential elections underway in Kazakhstan

Former President Nursultan Nazarbayev cast his vote in the morning and interacted with the locals present at the polling...

9 Jun 2019 12:42 PM IST

Similar banners featuring US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin were also spotted on the same building. (Photo: Twitter | @AmichaiStein1)

Election advertisement banner featuring Netanyahu, Modi spotted in...

Israeli journalist Amichai Stein on Sunday shared the image of the banner attached to the building exterior.

28 July 2019 8:21 PM IST

The rally came a week after the capitals biggest protest in years, when some 22,000 marchers called on officials to reverse rulings and allow opposition activists to stand for the city council in September. (Photo: AP)

We want free elections': Russians chant on street, hundreds arrested

The protest was the latest in a wave of demonstrations calling for fair local elections in the capital.

28 July 2019 9:25 AM IST

I have clearly said that without taking Siddaramaiah, who was Chief Minister for five years, into confidence Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi all of a sudden came and said Kumaraswamy is the next Chief Minister, it was their wrong decision, Gowda told reporters on Thursday. (Photo: ANI)

'Deve Gowda never allowed others to grow': Congress leader...

'He blamed me for his and his grandson's loss in elections, then he should tell me why our candidates lost,'...

23 Aug 2019 2:43 PM IST