A Senate panel is asking the CEOs of Facebook and Twitter to defend their handling of disinformation in the contest between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden. But senators are deeply divided by party on the integrity and results of the elections themselves. The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold …
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NEW DELHI: Senior Congress Leader Salman khurshid Tuesday he took a look at his party buddy Kapil sibal, calling him someone “who periodically suffers from anxiety pangs” and who “bites his nails quickly” whenever the party underperforms. “From the looks of it, there would be few nails left for future …
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After the introduction of disappearing messages on WhatsApp, Facebook is ready to implement a similar feature on its Messenger platform. The new feature, as the name suggests, will make messages disappear once the recipient has read it in their chat and closed the window. The company released a statement announcing …
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A Facebook spokesperson declined to comment when asked for a reaction on the charges. (Archive) New Delhi: Former Facebook employee Mark Luckie today filed a series of allegations, including the “compromised implementation” of community standards by the social media platform, in his statement to the Delhi Assembly Peace and Harmony …
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Silicon Valley leaders and global technology CEOs took to social media to congratulate President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris on their election victories. Biden, who will become the 46th president of the United States of America, and Kamala Harris, of Indian descent, have already updated their Twitter profiles …
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“You could be president. You could be president, but not now. You have to be over 35. “Kamala Harris’s loving advice to her great-niece Amara is currently viral on the Internet. Harris will make history herself, literally a heartbeat away from the presidency, as Joe biden prepares to do Donald …
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Facebook Inc., which has been struggling for years to get a permit to operate its WhatsApp payments service in India, finally got approval for the rollout, marking a breakthrough year for the tech giant that also saw it partner with billionaire Mukesh. Ambani to expand into the world’s largest open …
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The company announced late Thursday temporary measures to limit the spread of false and possibly dangerous content, hours after it took down a fast-growing group called “Stop the Steal” that was organizing vote-counting protests across the country. . The new measures are the most aggressive steps yet by the social …
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‘We are working with five leading banks in India: ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, State Bank of India and Jio Payments Bank. People can send money on WhatsApp to anyone using a UPI-compliant app, ‘according to a blog post Following the approval of the National Payments Corporation of India …
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Facebook has been testing WhatsApp payments in India for years India allowed Facebook Inc. to start operating its WhatsApp payments service in the world’s largest open technology market. WhatsApp Pay can be activated through the homegrown multi-bank unified payments interface, the National Payments Corporation of India said in a statement …
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