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Facebook has delayed the development of an Instagram app for children amid questions about its harmful effects on young people’s mental health. Does social media have an impact on your well-being? What is your relationship with social media like? Which platforms do you spend the most time

Can Facebook win back younger users, and re-establish itself as the connective platform of choice moving forward? It’s no secret that Facebook has lost ground to TikTok and Snapchat among younger audiences, which trends have indicated for some time, and which was officially confirmed as part of

. Happy birthday, Parineeti Chopra. The actress, who turns a year older today, is being flooded with wishes and posts from friends and fans. And, one of the most special wishes came from Parineeti Chopra’s cousin, actress Priyanka Chopra. On this occasion, the Fashion actress has shared two photos from

Money is many things, but it’s not fake news. So why block WhatsApp from spreading it around? India is the laboratory of choice for Western tech firms to test out their mobile payment capabilities so they can be rolled out from Bangladesh to Nigeria. Facebook Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg entered the fray two years ago by

As people all over the country protest the police killing of George Floyd, social media has become the medium for amplifying marginalized voices, organizing and reporting events. It’s also where President Donald Trump and other politicians are responding. But in just the past few days, Twitter has

Most of us, at some point of time, have experienced the perils of unbridled online content. It’s a problem with almost every widely-used medium of communication—the internet, television and social media. Even if we dislike the chatter we witness, we cannot curb people’s freedom of speech. Inflammatory

In the past few weeks, social media in India has emerged as a vital platform of communication between the government and citizens. In addition to sending out pandemic-related updates through various news platforms, governments today can share information directly with people. During the lockdown, social media platforms

SHIMLA: The positive impact of the lockdown, enforced to contain the coronavirus spread, is visible in the agricultural fields and orchards of Himachal Pradesh where almost 80 per cent of rural households possess some land. The state Agriculture Department has seen the lockdown period as an opportunity

NEW DELHI : The Delhi High court on Tuesday sought response from Centre on a plea seeking directions to it to direct social media companies to remove illegal groups on their platforms for the safety and security of children in cyberspace. The plea alleges that social media

Our country is based on the foundation of freedom of religion, speech and the press. Everyone’s ideas have equal value and are judged on their own merit by each of us individually. Social media is becoming a dominant way of communicating ideas that shape our society. The