Social Media
A brief look at Pakistan’s decade long history of Social Media bans: 8 times & counting
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Pakistan’s digital industry had demanded that the government focus on the country’s digital transformation rather than moving ahead with “Ban-Astan” while also urging for a…
Instagram launches test where users can choose to see (or not see) likes
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Instagram is launching a small global test on Wednesday where users can choose whether to hide like counts on their own posts or other people’s…
PTA urges Twitter to block any “trends and tweets” against the country’s judiciary
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The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has directed Twitter to immediately block and remove malicious “trends and tweets” vilifying superior judiciary of the country. “Twitter has…
New study reveals that Facebook’s job ad algorithm discriminates based on gender
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Facebook isn’t supposed to let advertisers target by things like age or gender for employment ads anymore, but a new study shows that the social…
Russian court fines Twitter over failure to remove illegal content
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A Russian court has fined Twitter a total of 8.9 million roubles ($116,800) over accusations that the social media giant had failed to delete banned…
Google to contribute $25 million to combat fake news
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Alphabet-owned Google will contribute $25 million to the newly set up European Media and Information Fund to combat fake news, the company said on Wednesday,…
PM Imran Khan forms body to review controversial social media rules
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Prime Minister Imran Khan has constituted an inter-ministerial committee to review the controversial social media rules. The controversial social media rules in question are the…
Facebook planning to launch three new projects in Pakistan: Zia Ullah Bangash
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Social networking behemoth Facebook has something in the works for Pakistan. The company is reportedly planning to launch three new projects in the country. As…
U.S. lawmakers grill big tech CEOs on misinformation, fake news
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In their first appearance before Congress since Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, the chief executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter were asked by U.S.…
KP govt opposes ban on TikTok in Pakistan
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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government on Thursday opposed a ban on the popular short-video sharing app TikTok, ARY News reported. Addressing a press conference in…
Slack to fix error in new direct messaging feature over abuse, harassment concerns
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Workplace messaging app Slack Technologies said it was working to fix an error in the direct-messaging feature it introduced earlier on Wednesday, which could have…
Instagram, Facebook identified as the most invasive iOS apps: report
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Around 52% of iOS apps gather personal data such as browsing history, location, bank details, contact information, fitness level, according to a report published by…
Donald Trump plans to launch a social network in a few months
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Donald Trump has recently hinted that he is looking to launch his own social media platform ever since Facebook and Twitter kicked him out. It…
