Srinagar, Indian Administered Kashmir – Sadia Munawar is a 29-year-old government worker in Indian-administered Kashmir. She is also an amateur poet. Sitting at her home in a picturesque town in central Kashmir, Munawar (pseudonym) says she has witnessed firsthand the past few years of unrest, blockages and fear among residentsRead More →
The CEOs of social media giants Facebook, Twitter and Google face further escalation from Congress on Thursday, focused on their efforts to stop their platforms from spreading lies and inciting violence. This has been a familiar theme for lawmakers over the past few years. But the pressure is even greaterRead More →
Signal’s app appears to be the latest foreign social media service to cease operating in China, where the flow of information is tightly controlled. Encrypted messaging app Signal appears to have been blocked in mainland China, the latest foreign social media service to stop operating in a country where theRead More →
Post views: 1,964 Social media moderation services gradually dominated all online businesses and most industries. With the ever-increasing number of new customers flocking to use and try it, social media has become a catalyst for introducing and sustaining businesses big and small today. Many entrepreneurs and business owners have turnedRead More →
Russia said on Wednesday it was slowing down Twitter in retaliation for its alleged failure to remove banned content, and threatened a full block if the US platform did not comply with its removal requests. The move, which escalates a growing standoff between Moscow and US social media companies, comesRead More →
Barstool Sports founder turned day-trader Dave Portnoy has a new investment to promote: an ETF, of which he will get a share for every dollar invested by the investor. Portnoy announced a new equity-focused ETF with high levels of social media engagement, dubbed BUZZ, to begin trading on Thursday. TheRead More →
The social media company says users who continue to post misleading tweets about coronavirus vaccines face a permanent ban from its platform. Twitter says it will start labeling misleading tweets about COVID vaccines and banning users who continue to spread such misinformation. The microblogging platform implemented a “strike system” onRead More →