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LinkedIn Reportedly Trained Generative AI Models on User Data Without Permission Before Updating Policy
LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals, was reportedly scraping user data on the platform without informing the users first. The company has now updated its terms of service to reflect this, however, it continues to automatically opt-in users unless they manually find and toggle off the setting to opt-out. Several netizens took to s...
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5G Network Live in Over 3 Lakh Sites in India Within 10 Months of Launch: Ashwini Vaishnaw
Telecom operators have installed over 3 lakh 5G mobile sites within 10 months of launch of the service, Union Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Tuesday. The 5G sites have been installed across 714 districts. "The world's fastest 5G rollout continues. Over 3 lakh 5G sites installed in 714 districts," Vaishnaw said on social media platform Ko...
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Shopping And More: Chinese Woman Rents Her Time To People To Do "Meaningful Things"
Peggy, the 26-year-old, has been advertising her services on the Chinese social networking site Xiaohongshu since last month.
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Student Arrested For Uploading Nude Pics Of Girl On Social Media: Police
Mumbai police on Wednesday arrested a 22 year-old college student from suburban Oshiwara for allegedly sending nude pictures of a girl to her contacts on a social networking sites, an official said.
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Trinamool MLA Takes "Break" From Social Media After Prod By Party
TMC MLA Madan Mitra, who is popular among a cross section of netizens for his regular Facebook live shows, has announced on the networking site that he would be deactivating his profile for five months in accordance with the instructions of his party
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China Targets Online Platforms in Quest to 'Clean Up' Internet
China will scrutinise online platforms such as social media networks and video-sharing sites to clamp down on fake accounts and information as part of its drive to "clean up" the Internet, the country's cyber regulator said.
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China Targets Online Platforms In Quest To "Clean Up" Internet
China will scrutinise online platforms such as social media networks and video-sharing sites to clamp down on fake accounts and information as part of its drive to "clean up" the internet, the country's cyber regulator said on Thursday.
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Facebook Partners With External Researchers to Study Its Impact During US Election
Facebook said on Monday it is partnering with external researchers to examine the impact of the social media site on society during the 2020 US presidential election.
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Venkaiah Naidu's Warning To MPs On Media Leaks Before Facebook Hearing
Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu has asked chairpersons and members of parliamentary standing committees to avoid providing to the media confidential information related to panel meetings. Mr Naidu's memo comes days before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology is expected to question representatives from Facebook after a...
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Shashi Tharoor's Theory About PM Quitting Social Media Highlights A Worry
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor weighed in on a tweet by Prime Minister Narendra Modi announcing his intent to unplug from social networking sites on Sunday, leading to speculation among social media users on the whys of his decision.
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Broadband To Be Partially Restored In Kashmir Today, But No Social Media
Broadband internet will be partially restored for institutions in Kashmir Valley after more than five months of blackout. The process, which will be conducted in phases, will start today. Social networking sites, however, will remain under complete restriction, the government order said.
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Social Media May Improve Mental Health, Reduce Depression Risk: Finds Study; 5 Tips To Reduce Depression Naturally
Depression: A study finds that social networking sites like Facebook can help in improving mental health, reduce depression risk. The study challenges most earlier notions which state that social media causes depression, anxiety and stress.
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Supreme Court Slams Social Networks for Failing to Prevent Offensive Content
A bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta granted one month to the social media sites to ensure a foolproof mechanism to prevent uploading of objectionable materials.
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Jammu And Kashmir Police Crackdown 'Keypad Jihadis' On Social Media
The Jammu and Kashmir Police has a new task at hand -- identify "keypad jihadis" who spread hate on social networking sites to try and provoke violence and unrest in the state by spreading rumours or communal strife on the internet.
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Chinese Man Slings Dying Dolphin Over His Shoulder In Bizarre Video
Police in China are hunting for an unidentified man who was filmed walking along a beach with a small dolphin slung over his shoulder. According to several media reports, the dolphin was stranded on a beach in southern China. The reports quote eyewitnesses as saying that the man simply picked up the dolphin and walked away with it. A short clip tha...
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LinkedIn Reportedly Trained Generative AI Models on User Data Without Permission Before Updating Policy
LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals, was reportedly scraping user data on the platform without informing the users first. The company has now updated its terms of service to reflect this, however, it continues to automatically opt-in users unless they manually find and toggle off the setting to opt-out. Several netizens took to s...
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5G Network Live in Over 3 Lakh Sites in India Within 10 Months of Launch: Ashwini Vaishnaw
Telecom operators have installed over 3 lakh 5G mobile sites within 10 months of launch of the service, Union Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Tuesday. The 5G sites have been installed across 714 districts. "The world's fastest 5G rollout continues. Over 3 lakh 5G sites installed in 714 districts," Vaishnaw said on social media platform Ko...
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Shopping And More: Chinese Woman Rents Her Time To People To Do "Meaningful Things"
Peggy, the 26-year-old, has been advertising her services on the Chinese social networking site Xiaohongshu since last month.
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Student Arrested For Uploading Nude Pics Of Girl On Social Media: Police
Mumbai police on Wednesday arrested a 22 year-old college student from suburban Oshiwara for allegedly sending nude pictures of a girl to her contacts on a social networking sites, an official said.
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Trinamool MLA Takes "Break" From Social Media After Prod By Party
TMC MLA Madan Mitra, who is popular among a cross section of netizens for his regular Facebook live shows, has announced on the networking site that he would be deactivating his profile for five months in accordance with the instructions of his party
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China Targets Online Platforms in Quest to 'Clean Up' Internet
China will scrutinise online platforms such as social media networks and video-sharing sites to clamp down on fake accounts and information as part of its drive to "clean up" the Internet, the country's cyber regulator said.
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China Targets Online Platforms In Quest To "Clean Up" Internet
China will scrutinise online platforms such as social media networks and video-sharing sites to clamp down on fake accounts and information as part of its drive to "clean up" the internet, the country's cyber regulator said on Thursday.
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Facebook Partners With External Researchers to Study Its Impact During US Election
Facebook said on Monday it is partnering with external researchers to examine the impact of the social media site on society during the 2020 US presidential election.
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Venkaiah Naidu's Warning To MPs On Media Leaks Before Facebook Hearing
Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu has asked chairpersons and members of parliamentary standing committees to avoid providing to the media confidential information related to panel meetings. Mr Naidu's memo comes days before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology is expected to question representatives from Facebook after a...
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Shashi Tharoor's Theory About PM Quitting Social Media Highlights A Worry
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor weighed in on a tweet by Prime Minister Narendra Modi announcing his intent to unplug from social networking sites on Sunday, leading to speculation among social media users on the whys of his decision.
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Broadband To Be Partially Restored In Kashmir Today, But No Social Media
Broadband internet will be partially restored for institutions in Kashmir Valley after more than five months of blackout. The process, which will be conducted in phases, will start today. Social networking sites, however, will remain under complete restriction, the government order said.
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Social Media May Improve Mental Health, Reduce Depression Risk: Finds Study; 5 Tips To Reduce Depression Naturally
Depression: A study finds that social networking sites like Facebook can help in improving mental health, reduce depression risk. The study challenges most earlier notions which state that social media causes depression, anxiety and stress.
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Supreme Court Slams Social Networks for Failing to Prevent Offensive Content
A bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta granted one month to the social media sites to ensure a foolproof mechanism to prevent uploading of objectionable materials.
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Jammu And Kashmir Police Crackdown 'Keypad Jihadis' On Social Media
The Jammu and Kashmir Police has a new task at hand -- identify "keypad jihadis" who spread hate on social networking sites to try and provoke violence and unrest in the state by spreading rumours or communal strife on the internet.
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Chinese Man Slings Dying Dolphin Over His Shoulder In Bizarre Video
Police in China are hunting for an unidentified man who was filmed walking along a beach with a small dolphin slung over his shoulder. According to several media reports, the dolphin was stranded on a beach in southern China. The reports quote eyewitnesses as saying that the man simply picked up the dolphin and walked away with it. A short clip tha...
