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Facebook monetization issue to be resolved soon in Pakistan, says official
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The issue of monetizing content on Facebook will soon be resolved in Pakistan, PM’s focal person on digital media Dr Arsalan Khalid said on Tuesday.…
India asks Twitter to remove tweets criticizing its COVID-19 handling
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The Indian government asked social media platform Twitter to take down dozens of tweets, including some by local lawmakers, that were critical of India’s handling…
This British spy agency is joining Instagram in an attempt to “open up”
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Britain’s domestic intelligence service, MI5, is set to open an official Instagram account on Thursday, in the latest step by the country’s spy agencies to…
Facebook claims Palestinian spies responsible for long-running hacking campaign
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Facebook says it has disrupted a long-running cyberespionage campaign run by Palestinian intelligence which features spies posing as journalists and the deployment of a booby-trapped…
Discord isn’t interested in being bought by Microsoft (or anyone else)
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Late last month, it appeared that the popular chat app Discord was all set to be bought by Microsoft for over $10 billion. However, it…
Twitter says services down for some users, but it’s working to fix it
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Twitter Inc said late on Friday that it was working on fixing an access issue after thousands of users reported problems with the platform. “Tweets…
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…
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