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Trumps campaign denounced the move, claiming that Snapchat is trying to rig the 2020 election, illegally using their corporate funding to promote Joe Biden and suppress President Trump.

Won't promote those who support racism, violence, injustice: Snapchat...

It could hit the President's election campaign among Gen Z on the platform where within eight months he had gained 1.5...

4 Jun 2020 5:00 PM IST

In its suit, the Center for Democracy and Technology said that Trumps executive order violates the First Amendment because it attacks Twitter for putting the fact checks on the presidents tweets, which CDT said is Twitters right as a private company. (Photo | AP)

Trump gets sued for trying to clamp down on social media

President's order to regulate social media is against US Constitution's First Amendment that guarantees free speech,...

3 Jun 2020 5:27 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (PTI Photo)

Moody's rated Modi's handling of economy a step above junk, says Rahul...

He said lack of support to the poor and small and medium industry indicates that the worst is yet to come

2 Jun 2020 3:33 PM IST

Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is not a fan of social media despite a large following on various platforms. According to the new law, a social media company must designate a local representative, who will be tasked with responding to individual requests to take down content violating privacy and personal rights within 48 hours or to provide grounds for rejection. The company would be held liable for damages if the content is not removed or blocked within 24 hours. (Photo | AP)

Turkey's new social media law will erode freedom of expression, says...

Over 408,000 websites are blocked in Turkey, and it also leads the world in Twitter removal requests, with 6,000 demands...

29 July 2020 5:08 PM IST

The video, which shows a group of doctors claiming masks and lockdowns were not required to halt the disease, had been watched by 14 million people on Facebook before it was removed, according to The Washington Post. (Photo | AP)

Twitter removes virus misinformation video retweeted by Trump after...

The footage shared false information about cures and treatments for COVID-19 .

28 July 2020 9:04 PM IST

Jair Bolsonaro allies' Twitter, Facebook accounts blocked on court's...

Members of Bolsonaro's inner circle are alleged to have run a social media campaign to discredit the Supreme Court and...

25 July 2020 5:46 PM IST

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gestures as he speaks to supporters in the garden of the Alvorada Palace. (AFP)

Bolsonaro supporters blocked out of Twitter, Facebook after court rule

Brazil's Supreme Court ordered them blocked as part of a probe into an alleged disinformation campaign by the...

25 July 2020 11:21 AM IST

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak (C) speaks during a press conference as attorney Joe Cotchett (L) and Janet Wozniak look on July 23, 2020 in Burlingame, California. Steve Wozniak and 17 other victims are filing a lawsuit against YouTube and Google over their lack of action to address a fraudulent Bitcoin giveaway that used an image of Wozniak to to defraud innocent people out of their cryptocurrency. (Photo | AFP)

Bitcoin scams misusing big names plague YouTube, Steve Wozniak sues...

Similar to the Twitter hacking, YouTube videos using Wozniak's, Bill Gates' and Elon Musk's photos tricked people out of...

24 July 2020 4:19 PM IST

Chief executive Jack Dorsey said the user gains showed the highest quarterly year-over-year growth rate weve delivered using this measure. (Photo | Twitter - Jack Dorsey)

Revenue loss hurts Twitter amid pandemic despite surge in users

Twitter's revenue slumped 19 percent from a year ago to $683 million.

23 July 2020 6:38 PM IST

QAnon became a force this year in protests against confinement and masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, in both the United States and Europe. Some claim the virus is a hoax and others that it is Chinas contribution to the plot against Trump. The movement has followers in the military and police as well and more than a dozen Republican candidates for Congress in November openly support the group. (Photo | AFP)

Conspiracy theorist group QAnon has hundreds of thousands of...

More than 7,000 accounts linked with QAnon, which supports Trump and believes the deep state is trying to overthrow him,...

23 July 2020 4:52 PM IST

Prashant Bhushan

Supreme Court initiates contempt of court proceedings against lawyer...

The matter is scheduled to be heard on Wednesday by a bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra.

21 July 2020 10:48 PM IST

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has greatly concentrated powers into his own hands during 17 years in office, vowed this month to bring social media platforms under control following a series of tweets that allegedly insulted his daughter and son-in-law. (Photo | AP)

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube could be forced to toe Turkey government...

An official said a draft legislation would make social media companies accountable in Turkey legally and for tax...

21 July 2020 6:40 PM IST