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Threads Rolls Out Ability to Delete Profile Without Deleting Your Instagram Account
Threads, Meta’s micro-blogging rival to Elon Musk’s X, has quickly become a popular social media platform months within its launch. Since Threads went live in July, users have complained about the fact that the platform does not let them delete their profile without deleting their Instagram account altogether. Now, Instagram head Adam Mosseri h...
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Threads, Meta’s New Social Media App, Could Soon Get Instagram’s Branded Content Tools: Report
Meta Platforms's Instagram is reportedly planning to bring its branded content tools to Threads. Such tools will help marketers collaborate with influencers on paid partnerships on the social media platform while advertising is unavailable.
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China Shuts Down Over 1,00,000 Fake News Social Media Accounts, Ramps Up Content Cleanup
China has intensified efforts to clean up the internet from false news and rumours, closing more than 100,000 online accounts over the past month that misrepresented news anchors and media agencies, its cyberspace regulator said.
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Elon Musk Appeals to Twitter Advertisers With Plan to Curb Bot Accounts, Hints at Potential Payment Features
Elon Musk on Wednesday appealed to Twitter advertisers, telling them and over 100,000 listeners on Twitter's Spaces feature that he aimed to turn the social media platform into a force for truth and stop fake accounts. He also promised a faster evolution of the Twitter service, opening the possibility of allowing peer-to-peer payments, money market...
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TikTok Pulse Will Let Creators Earn More With Advertisement Revenue Sharing
TikTok has announced an ad revenue-sharing programme with the social media platform's most prominent creators. The new TikTok Pulse programme allows companies to place their ads next to user content in specific categories, including health, fashion, cooking, gaming and others with creators getting a cut.
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PM Changes Social Media Profile Pic Day After Vaccinations Milestone
A day after India crossed the landmark figure of 100 crore vaccinations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today changed his profile picture on his social media accounts congratulating the country for the landmark figure.
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Facebook Saw Attempts to Influence Delhi Polls With Fake Accounts But Didn’t Disclose Them, Says Ex-Employee
A “politically-sophisticated” network of more than a thousand actors attempted to influence the Delhi elections in February through Facebook, a recently fired Facebook employee said in a memo. The social media giant didn’t disclose the network publicly. However, its former employee noted in the 6,600-word memo that the attempt was taken down ...
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Punjab Blocks 108 Social Media Accounts For Spreading Fake News On Covid
The Punjab Police on Wednesday said it has got 38 Facebook, 49 Twitter and 21 YouTube accounts and links blocked for spreading fake news on the coronavirus crisis. "A total of 151 accounts/links of Facebook, 100 of Twitter, four of Instagram and 37 of YouTube have been reported to the authorities concerned, with 121 FIRs registered so far at variou...
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China Closes 1,100 Social Media Accounts For Unlawful Activities: Report
Chinese police today said that it has closed 1,100 social media accounts, along with 31 websites, this year for unlawful activities such as trolling or blackmailing, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The police found that some social media accounts on Tencent's Wechat and Sina-owned Weibo fabricated accusations against companies and individ...
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Man Arrested After He Hacked Ex's Accounts And Sent 4,000 Texts
Police in Thousand Oaks arrested Raul Plancarte-Hernandez after they said he sent a woman about 4,000 text messages and made 300 phone calls, hacked into her social media, banking and cellphone accounts, and parked outside her home even after she moved out of town to get away from him.
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Fake News Spreads 'Farther, Faster, Deeper' Than Truth, Study Finds
A tweet can wreak havoc in a few hundred characters, as demonstrated in April 2013 when someone hacked the Associated Press Twitter account and claimed that explosions at the White House had injured President Barack Obama. There were no explosions - and Obama was fine - but the Dow Jones average sank by 100 points in two minutes. Stock markets swif...
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Facebook May Have Over 100 Million Duplicate Accounts Globally: Report
Social networking site Facebook said the website may have over 100 million 'duplicate' accounts, and their percentage being higher in developing markets such as India, besides 5 to 15 million 'undesirable' accounts registered with it worldwide, as per company's estimations.
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US man accused of coercing women online to go nude
A man's unusually complicated hunt for nudity on the Internet may land him in prison for more than 100 years after federal prosecutors say he hacked into hundreds of social media and email accounts to coerce more than 350 women into showing him their naked bodies.
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Threads Rolls Out Ability to Delete Profile Without Deleting Your Instagram Account
Threads, Meta’s micro-blogging rival to Elon Musk’s X, has quickly become a popular social media platform months within its launch. Since Threads went live in July, users have complained about the fact that the platform does not let them delete their profile without deleting their Instagram account altogether. Now, Instagram head Adam Mosseri h...
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Threads, Meta’s New Social Media App, Could Soon Get Instagram’s Branded Content Tools: Report
Meta Platforms's Instagram is reportedly planning to bring its branded content tools to Threads. Such tools will help marketers collaborate with influencers on paid partnerships on the social media platform while advertising is unavailable.
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China Shuts Down Over 1,00,000 Fake News Social Media Accounts, Ramps Up Content Cleanup
China has intensified efforts to clean up the internet from false news and rumours, closing more than 100,000 online accounts over the past month that misrepresented news anchors and media agencies, its cyberspace regulator said.
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Elon Musk Appeals to Twitter Advertisers With Plan to Curb Bot Accounts, Hints at Potential Payment Features
Elon Musk on Wednesday appealed to Twitter advertisers, telling them and over 100,000 listeners on Twitter's Spaces feature that he aimed to turn the social media platform into a force for truth and stop fake accounts. He also promised a faster evolution of the Twitter service, opening the possibility of allowing peer-to-peer payments, money market...
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TikTok Pulse Will Let Creators Earn More With Advertisement Revenue Sharing
TikTok has announced an ad revenue-sharing programme with the social media platform's most prominent creators. The new TikTok Pulse programme allows companies to place their ads next to user content in specific categories, including health, fashion, cooking, gaming and others with creators getting a cut.
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PM Changes Social Media Profile Pic Day After Vaccinations Milestone
A day after India crossed the landmark figure of 100 crore vaccinations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today changed his profile picture on his social media accounts congratulating the country for the landmark figure.
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Facebook Saw Attempts to Influence Delhi Polls With Fake Accounts But Didn’t Disclose Them, Says Ex-Employee
A “politically-sophisticated” network of more than a thousand actors attempted to influence the Delhi elections in February through Facebook, a recently fired Facebook employee said in a memo. The social media giant didn’t disclose the network publicly. However, its former employee noted in the 6,600-word memo that the attempt was taken down ...
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Punjab Blocks 108 Social Media Accounts For Spreading Fake News On Covid
The Punjab Police on Wednesday said it has got 38 Facebook, 49 Twitter and 21 YouTube accounts and links blocked for spreading fake news on the coronavirus crisis. "A total of 151 accounts/links of Facebook, 100 of Twitter, four of Instagram and 37 of YouTube have been reported to the authorities concerned, with 121 FIRs registered so far at variou...
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China Closes 1,100 Social Media Accounts For Unlawful Activities: Report
Chinese police today said that it has closed 1,100 social media accounts, along with 31 websites, this year for unlawful activities such as trolling or blackmailing, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The police found that some social media accounts on Tencent's Wechat and Sina-owned Weibo fabricated accusations against companies and individ...
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Man Arrested After He Hacked Ex's Accounts And Sent 4,000 Texts
Police in Thousand Oaks arrested Raul Plancarte-Hernandez after they said he sent a woman about 4,000 text messages and made 300 phone calls, hacked into her social media, banking and cellphone accounts, and parked outside her home even after she moved out of town to get away from him.
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Fake News Spreads 'Farther, Faster, Deeper' Than Truth, Study Finds
A tweet can wreak havoc in a few hundred characters, as demonstrated in April 2013 when someone hacked the Associated Press Twitter account and claimed that explosions at the White House had injured President Barack Obama. There were no explosions - and Obama was fine - but the Dow Jones average sank by 100 points in two minutes. Stock markets swif...
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Facebook May Have Over 100 Million Duplicate Accounts Globally: Report
Social networking site Facebook said the website may have over 100 million 'duplicate' accounts, and their percentage being higher in developing markets such as India, besides 5 to 15 million 'undesirable' accounts registered with it worldwide, as per company's estimations.
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US man accused of coercing women online to go nude
A man's unusually complicated hunt for nudity on the Internet may land him in prison for more than 100 years after federal prosecutors say he hacked into hundreds of social media and email accounts to coerce more than 350 women into showing him their naked bodies.
