Mumbai police deployed humour in its tweets along with a dose of Tom and Jerry, the legendary cat and mouse cartoon strip, to ask people to adhere to COVID-19 norms in the metropolis, especially wearing masks in public, in order to “ride out this storm together”. Indicating that violators will have the police after them, … Read more
The government on Saturday said certain misgivings are being raised regarding Rule 16 under Part III of The Information Technology Rules, 2021 under which interim blocking directions may be issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in a case of emergency nature but asserted this is not a new provision. “The Information Technology (Intermediary … Read more
GUWAHATI | NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at “conspiracies” being hatched overseas to target India’s soft power such as tea and yoga, as he addressed rallies in election-bound Assam and West Bengal on Sunday and launched projects worth more than Rs 14,000 crore. Speaking in Haldia in West Bengal, he also lashed … Read more
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PUNE: Union minister Ramdas Athawale, whose ‘go corona, go’ chant became a national sensation, on Sunday came out with a new slogan, ‘No Corona’, saying it was in response to the new strain of the novel coronavirus. “I gave the ‘Go Corona Go’ slogan and the virus is now going. But it also came near … Read more
Nathaniel Counts is senior vice president of behavioral health innovation for the nonprofit Mental Health America. He said the researchers did a good job of accounting for other factors that could explain the link between social media use and depression. However, depression is complicated, and it’s difficult to tease out the role of a … Read more
Abusers don’t need to be technologically sophisticated, according to experts. A past or present relationship with the victim can open the doors to many stealthy forms of abuse. Abusers might have set up email or bank accounts and passwords for the victim and continue to enter the accounts even after the relationship has ended. … Read more
Google is in preliminary talks to acquire regional language social media platform ShareChat, according to two people privy to the development. The Bengaluru-based startup, which also counts Twitter as an early backer, could be valued at about $ 1.03 billion, sources said. The internet giant is currently conducting a due diligence exercise after having signed … Read more
Beautiful Asian woman watching a video live streaming on her phone, emoticons concept By Shriya RoyThe terms ‘misinformation’, ‘fake news’, ‘hate speech’ and ‘abuse’ have become synonymous with all modern social networking platforms. Be it Twitter, Facebook or Instagram, you will find as much ugliness as there is beauty on these platforms. In fact, these … Read more
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Oct. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Foreign disinformation campaigns on social media have caused vaccination rates to fall, a new study reveals. Every 1 point increase in the effort to discredit vaccines is linked to an average 2% drop in annual vaccine coverage around the … Read more