Facebook, YouTube Said to Be Warned Against Misuse of Deepfakes by Indian Government

Facebook, YouTube Said to Be Warned Against Misuse of Deepfakes by Indian Government

India’s government on Friday warned social media firms including Facebook and YouTube to repeatedly remind users that local laws prohibit them from posting deepfakes and content that spreads obscenity or misinformation, two sources told Reuters. The warning was conveyed by deputy IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a closed-door meeting where…

Threads Begins Testing Interactive Tags Without Hash Symbol: All You Need to Know

Threads Begins Testing Interactive Tags Without Hash Symbol: All You Need to Know

Threads — the text-based microblogging platform that competes with X (formerly Twitter) — is testing support for tags, a popular feature on the rival messaging service. Tags function in a similar manner as hashtags on X, but do not include the hash symbol. Meta has also put some limitations on…

Elon Musk’s X Rolls Out Audio, Video Calling Feature to Some Users

Elon Musk’s X Rolls Out Audio, Video Calling Feature to Some Users

Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, is launching an early version of video and audio calling for some users, according to chief technology officer and owner Elon Musk, as the billionaire pushes for X to become an “everything app”. Musk described a post on the platform instructing users…

Elon Musk’s X to Test $1 Annual Subscription Fee for Liking, Reposting and Quoting Posts

Elon Musk’s X to Test $1 Annual Subscription Fee for Liking, Reposting and Quoting Posts

Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, said on Tuesday it will test a new subscription model under which it will charge $1 (roughly Rs. 83) annual fee for basic features. The new subscription termed as “Not A Bot” will charge users for likes, reposts or quoting other accounts’…

Threads Edit Feature, Voice Threads Rolling Out to Users: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Threads Edit Feature, Voice Threads Rolling Out to Users: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Threads, Meta’s answer to X (formerly Twitter), was launched earlier this year in July. Now, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that the app will roll out an edit button and a Voice Threads feature. Unlike the paid edit option on X, Threads is not charging users for these updates….

Elon Musk Says X to Charge All Users ‘Small Monthly Fee’ to Use Platform in Conversation With Israeli PM

Elon Musk Says X to Charge All Users ‘Small Monthly Fee’ to Use Platform in Conversation With Israeli PM

Elon Musk opened up a discussion with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by staunchly defending himself against accusations of antisemitism. “Obviously I’m against antisemitism. I’m against anti-anything that promotes hate and conflict,” Musk said in a broadcast conversation with Netanyahu at Tesla’s offices in Fremont, California, and streamed on X,…

India Is Priority Market for Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram: Meta India Chief

India Is Priority Market for Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram: Meta India Chief

Meta sees India as a “priority market” with “limitless” possibilities buoyed by macroeconomic growth, digital infrastructure and the popularity of its apps like Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, the social media giant’s India head Sandhya Devanathan said.  In an interview with PTI, Devanathan, who took over the leadership role in January…

US Judge Refuses to Dismiss Lawsuit Accusing Elon Musk’s X of Age Bias in 2022 Layoffs

US Judge Refuses to Dismiss Lawsuit Accusing Elon Musk’s X of Age Bias in 2022 Layoffs

A California federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing X, the social media service formerly called Twitter, of disproportionately laying off older workers when Elon Musk acquired the company last year. US District Judge Susan Illston on Tuesday said the plaintiff in the proposed class action, John Zeman,…

Elon Musk’s X Acquires Currency Transmitter License, Could Introduce Crypto Payments: Report

Elon Musk’s X Acquires Currency Transmitter License, Could Introduce Crypto Payments: Report

Elon Musk’s X has acquired a currency transmitter licence for the microblogging platform in a US state, suggesting that the social networking platform formerly called Twitter could soon support processing payments in crypto as well as fiat currencies. This licence gives a company the right to facilitate custody, transfer, and…