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Social Media Giant Facebook Blames Indian User Growth Decline On Telecom Tariff Hike

Facebook Blames Pricey Data Packs For Disappointing Q4 Numbers

Facebook has blamed COVID-19 and pricey data packs in India for its…
Google To Make In India For The World: Sundar Pichai

Google To Make In India For The World: Sundar Pichai

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said that the tech giant aims to…
WhatsApp Banned 2.08 Mn Accounts In December 2021; Received 303 Ban Appeals From Users

WhatsApp Banned 2.08 Mn Accounts In December 2021

Meta-owned WhatsApp has banned 2,079,000 accounts from December 1 to 31, 2021,…
Exclusive: Times Internet Infuses $60 Mn In Social Media Unicorn ShareChat

ShareChat Took Down 77K Content Pieces For Copyright Infringement In D...

In accordance with the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics…
Indian Govt Slams Facebook, Google, Twitter For Inaction On Fake News: Report

Indian Govt Slams Facebook, Google, Twitter For Inaction On Fake News:...

The sabre-rattling between the Union Government and social media platforms continues to…
Google Reports 24.5% Increase In Compliance Actions; Removes 500K Pieces In December 2021
Twitter Compliance Report: Fourfold Increase In Fresh Complaints Compared To Previous Report Summary Based on 307 complaints, Twitter took action against a total of 549 URLs, including 404 URLs for illegal activities It also processed 81 grievances concerning account suspensions. It overturned eight account suspensions based on the complaints but other accounts remain suspended It suspended more than 37,310 accounts for child sexual exploitation and non-consensual nudity, as well as 2,880 accounts for the promotion of terrorism Between November 26, 2021 to December 25, 2021, Twitter reported a total of 307 complaints, which is more than four times the number during the previous period when it received 76 complaints.
Koo Compliance Report: Indian Twitter Alternative Received 4,509 Complaints In January Summary It received reports against more than 4,509 ‘Koos’ which is what the platform calls its version of tweets It removed 432 of those ‘Koos’ and took further action against 4,077 posts The microblogging platform also received spam reports against 246 posts, of which it blocked 41 posts and took other actions against 205 posts India’s alternative to Twitter, Koo has published its seventh compliance report since the government’s new IT Rules came into effect in May last year. The microblogging platform received complaints against 4,509 posts on the platform.

Koo Compliance Report: Indian Twitter Alternative Received 4,509 Compl...

India’s alternative to Twitter, Koo has published its…
Abide By Indian Laws Or Pack Your Bags: Andhra HC To Twitter

Abide By Indian Laws Or Pack Your Bags: Andhra HC To Twitter

The Andhra Pradesh High Court (HC) has pulled…
Meta Transparency Report: Over 99% Of Content Actions Taken Proactively On Facebook Summary A majority of the content that was found violating standards were flagged by the platform itself Between 1 and 31 Jan 2022, Meta received over 534 reports through the Indian grievance mechanism Among these grievances, a majority were concerning hacked accounts (141), fake profiles pretending to be someone (63) and losing page or group access (60) In accordance with the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, Meta (formerly facebook) has released its India monthly report for Instagram and Facebook for the time period between January 1 and Jan 31, 2022.

Meta Transparency Report: 21.7 Mn Content Pieces Actioned By Facebook,...

In accordance with the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines…
Netflix’s Failure In India Is Not Just About ‘Price’: Here’s A Look Into Its “Unsuccessful” Content Strategy

Why Netflix Is Failing In India? The Reason Is More Than Just Its Pric...

Last week, in its post-result webcast, Netflix CXO’s…
Dairytech MoooFarm Nets $13 Mn From Aavishkaar Capital, Others

MoooFarm Raises Funding From Accel To Help Small-Scale Dairy Farmers

Dairytech startup MoooFarm has raised $2.4 Mn in…
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