Facebook, Twitter, Google, Other Tech Firms Ask US Supreme Court to Block Texas Social Media Law

Facebook, Twitter, Google, Other Tech Firms Ask US Supreme Court to Block Texas Social Media Law

Lobbying groups representing Facebook, Twitter, Google and other tech companies filed an emergency request with the US Supreme Court on Friday, seeking to block a Texas law that prohibits large social media platforms from banning users based on their political views. The Texas law went into effect on Wednesday when…

Koo Says Aiming to Overtake Twitter’s User Base in India Within a Year

Koo Says Aiming to Overtake Twitter’s User Base in India Within a Year

Amid the buzz over Elon Musk’s proposed takeover of Twitter, India’s homegrown microblogging platform Koo is aiming at overtaking it in the country within a year in terms of user base, which has seen a rapid growth, a senior company official said. Started in March 2020, the social media platform…

Researchers in Spain Develop Algorithm That Can Identify Unhappy Users and Their Mental Health on Social Media

Researchers in Spain Develop Algorithm That Can Identify Unhappy Users and Their Mental Health on Social Media

Our updates on social media gives world an insight into our personality in general and our needs and perspectives on those issues in particular. But what if there’s also a way to judge how we were feeling exactly at the time we shared an image, a video or any other…

Elon Musk’s ‘Tesla Funding Secured’ Tweet Inaccurate and Reckless, Says Court

Elon Musk’s ‘Tesla Funding Secured’ Tweet Inaccurate and Reckless, Says Court

A court said that Elon Musk’s 2018 tweets that funding was secured to take Tesla private was inaccurate and reckless, saying “there was nothing concrete” about financing from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund at that time. The decision by US District Judge Edward Chen of San Francisco is a major…

Elon Musk to Meet EU Industry Chief Thierry Breton Today to Discuss Free Speech, Global Supply Chain Issues

Elon Musk to Meet EU Industry Chief Thierry Breton Today to Discuss Free Speech, Global Supply Chain Issues

EU industry chief Thierry Breton will meet Tesla boss Elon Musk in Texas on Monday to discuss global supply chain issues and the bloc’s newly agreed rules requiring tech giants to do more to police online content, Breton’s spokesperson said. The meeting comes weeks after the world’s richest man clinched…

Elon Musk to Meet EU Industry Chief Thierry Breton Today to Discuss Free Speech, Global Supply Chain Issues

Elon Musk to Meet EU Industry Chief Thierry Breton Today to Discuss Free Speech, Global Supply Chain Issues

EU industry chief Thierry Breton will meet Tesla boss Elon Musk in Texas on Monday to discuss global supply chain issues and the bloc’s newly agreed rules requiring tech giants to do more to police online content, Breton’s spokesperson said. The meeting comes weeks after the world’s richest man clinched…

Facebook Parent Meta Says Doesn’t Discharge Public Function in Response to Petition in Delhi High Court

Facebook Parent Meta Says Doesn’t Discharge Public Function in Response to Petition in Delhi High Court

Social media platform Facebook (Now Meta) on Thursday filed its response in the Delhi High Court on the petition related to the suspension of social media accounts. Meta said that it is a private entity and does not discharge public function and therefore the jurisdiction of the High Court cannot…

Bill Gates Questions Elon Musk’s Move to Buy Twitter, Says Could ‘Make It Worse’

Bill Gates Questions Elon Musk’s Move to Buy Twitter, Says Could ‘Make It Worse’

Bill Gates has finally spoken about Elon Musk’s move to buy Twitter, days after speculation of a serious disagreement between the two billionaires. He expressed uncertainty, and warned that Tesla’s CEO could actually make Twitter a “worse” platform. The Microsoft co-founder also said that he is unsure of Musk’s motive…

Twitter-Musk Deal: Nothing That Is Said Now Matters, Says Jack Dorsey About Controversies

Twitter-Musk Deal: Nothing That Is Said Now Matters, Says Jack Dorsey About Controversies

Amid a cloud of uncertainty following billionaire tycoon Elon Musk taking charge of Twitter, its co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey has unleashed a tweetstorm in which he shared his thoughts on the social media platform’s shortcomings, user trust and whether or not it should permanently ban users. Since Musk’s…

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal Faces Employee Anger Over Musk Attacks at Company-Wide Meeting

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal Faces Employee Anger Over Musk Attacks at Company-Wide Meeting

Twitter chief executive Parag Agrawal sought to quell employee anger on Friday during a company-wide meeting where employees demanded answers to how managers planned to handle an anticipated mass exodus prompted by Elon Musk. The meeting comes after Musk, the Tesla chief executive who sealed a $44 billion (roughly Rs….