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2 Suspected Shooters Of Haryanvi Singer Ankit Balyan Killed In UP Encounter

A video of the attack on Ankit Balyan had surfaced on social media

Create social media content against drug menace: PM to youth

Watch: Parandur airport scrapped: What do the youth say? | The Hindu Ground Report

Following Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s announcement to officially drop the proposed greenfield airport at Parandur, social media and political corridors have been consumed by debates over Chennai’s aviation capacity, economic growth, and ecological preservation. This ground report focuses on the voices living with the immediate consequences:...

Social media influencers don entrepreneurial hat; launch VC-backed consumer brands

The rise of social media influencers has given birth to a new wave of consumer brands, garnering tremendous venture capital interest.

BJP Turns Up Meme Heat On Congress, Deploys Satire In Social Media Battle

BJP accounts have been dishing out memes to counter the Congress' narrative.

BJP Turns Up Meme Heat On Congress, Deploys Satire In Social Media Battle

BJP Turns Up Meme Heat On Congress, Deploys Satire In Social Media Battle NDTV Dimagi Naxals? The sages of the Vedas and the Upanishads would qualify today Scroll.in From Reds to NGOs: RSS weekly expands ‘dimagi Naxal’ label The Times of India Ram Madhav writes | Do we really need a definition for ‘dimagi Naxal’? The Indian Express From 'Jailer'...

Sandhya Devanathan exits Meta after a decade; to join OpenAI as VP South East Asia, Australia

Sandhya Devanathan, is leaving the social media giant and is all set to join OpenAI as Vice President for South East Asia and Australia

From viral reels to traditional meals: The social media effect on food culture in Keralam

Dining choices are increasingly shaped by a restaurant’s digital presence, captivating food visualisations, and social media popularity

Gen Z vs the khap panchayats: Old rules, new rebels

Haryana’s khap panchayats have issued diktats against love marriages within a village cluster or clan, and live-in and same-sex relationships. If people do not abide by these, they will be barred from entering their villages, the khaps say. This has drawn strong opposition from Gen Z on social media. A section of the youth, both women and men, say...

AIMIM expels MLC Mirza Rahmat Baig from party

The party's social media handles, including X, posted the sudden development

Trump's 'Lake America' name change sparks 'Donald Ducks' memes on social media | Hindustan Times

Trump's 'Lake America' name change sparks 'Donald Ducks' memes on social media | Hindustan Times Hindustan Times Canada installs large Lake Ontario sign in latest jab at US BBC How GNIS' Lake Ontario/Lake America name change in the U.S. will appear in Maps blog.google The rebranding of ‘Lake America’ is Trump’s desperate attempt to distract us |...

Hours Before His Murder, Haryanvi Singer Ankit Balyan Sang About Killing

Police are examining the activity and timeline of his social media accounts.

Child abuse victim sues Elon Musk's xAI over AI-generated images

The complaint, lodged Wednesday in the Northern District of California by an anonymous plaintiff identified as Jane Doe 1, alleges that xAI designed Grok to alter real photographs of identifiable people into sexual content and then published the results directly to the X social media platform (formerly Twitter).

Meta agrees to $17bn child safety settlement: What changes for teens on Instagram and Facebook?

Meta agrees to $17bn child safety settlement: What changes for teens on Instagram and Facebook? The Indian Express Meta's $18bn settlement may hasten reckoning for social media on child safety BBC Buried in Meta’s $18B settlement is a legal pass on kids’ data TechCrunch Rebecca Hendin on Mark Zuckerberg and the Meta court settlement – cartoon The...

South Korea media commission says Meta's youth protection changes should apply globally

The ​Korea ⁠Media and Communications Commission (KMCC) said ​in a statement to ​Reuters that social media providers needed to take greater ‌responsibility to protect minors ​and noted ​that seven ⁠bills aimed at strengthening youth protection on ​social networking platforms were pending in South Korea's parliament.

Meta settlement opens new front in global fight over social media harm

Meta's up to $18 billion settlement with nearly 50 US ​states over social media harm to teenagers has opened a new front in a global government fight to protect children and curb addiction to platforms such as Facebook and Instagram.

Meta settlement puts social media industry on notice: 'There will be more'

Wednesday's historic settlement between Meta and dozens of US states could be just the start of a wave that will ripple across the social media industry, putting TikTok, YouTube and Snap under pressure to make similar changes to their apps for teens. "I hope that Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube will read the writing on the wall and enter into similar...

Meta reaches $16.68 billion settlement over social media harms to children

Meta reaches $16.68 billion settlement over social media harms to children The Hindu Meta to pay up to $18bn to settle claims its platforms harm children BBC Meta agrees to pay $18 billion to settle US lawsuits over children's social media addiction Reuters Meta settlement pays Mass. $516M, bolsters teen restrictions Axios Meta to pay Texas $1...

Meta reaches $16.68 billion settlement over social media harms to children

The deal was reached during a California ​federal court trial over claims brought by 29 states, averting one of the highest-profile tests yet of allegations that social media companies harmed young users. Just days before jury selection began on August 12, a federal appeals court declined to halt the trial.

Brazil fines TikTok $30 million in 'powerful signal' over child safety

Brazil's data protection agency on Tuesday fined TikTok nearly $30 million for failing to implement child safety measures in what it said was a "powerful signal" to social media companies. He said the fine of 153.7 million reais ($29.9 million) was a "powerful signal to other platforms regarding how seriously the ANPD takes this work" and that the...