Social media
Elon Musk's X fails to block California's content moderation law
29 Dec 2023
In a setback for Elon Musk’s social media platform X, a U.S. District Judge dismissed its attempt to block California’s content moderation law.
Meta CEO Zuckerberg sells over 560,000 shares amid stock surge
05 Dec 2023
Meta’s Chief Executive, Mark Zuckerberg, has offloaded a significant number of shares despite the social media giant’s stock surging to nearly a two-year peak in November 2023.
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Walmart joins brands abandoning Elon Musk's social media platform X
02 Dec 2023
In an announcement made on Friday, 1 December 2023, Walmart confirmed that it is no longer advertising on the social media platform X
Elon Musk finally acquires Twitter for $44 bn
28 Oct 2022
Elon Musk sold roughly $15.5 billion worth of shares in Tesla in two waves, in April and in August, to meet a court-imposed 28 October deadline to complete the Twitter deal and “free the bird”
Elon Musk makes $43 billion hostile bid for Twitter
14 Apr 2022
Musk, Twitter's biggest shareholder, said that Twitter has the potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, which is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy, adding that it “will neither thrive nor serve societal imperative in its current form - Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company”
Facebook rebrands itself as Meta; broadens reach to new areas
01 Nov 2021
While Meta will offer other products and services, including Facebook Messenger, Facebook Watch, and Facebook Portal, the change will not apply to its individual platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp
The Arrogance Of Twitter, The Social Parasite!
29 Jun 2021
“Your account is now available for use. Please be aware that any additional notices against your account may result in your account being locked again and potentially suspended. In order to avoid this, do not post additional material in violation of our Copyright Policy and immediately remove any material from your account for which you are not authorised to post,” the social media app warned India’s IT minister Shivshankar Prasad after unlocking the account
WhatsApp challenges India’s customer protection rules
26 May 2021
In public, however, the IT giants Facebook and Google have adopted a non-confrontationist posture, saying they are trying to comply with the rules
India notifies guidelines and code of ethics for social media
26 Feb 2021
The new set of guidelines and rules follow increasing instances of misuse of social media by criminals and anti-national elements that have brought new challenges for law enforcement agencies
Govt responds over ‘Koo” as Twitter quotes own laws
15 Feb 2021
In response to IT ministry’s directive to take out 1,178 Twitter accounts that were being handled by 'Khalistani' and 'Pakistani’ entities for spreading misinformation using the farmers' protests, Twitter sought to engage IT ministry officials to push its own “rules’
Govt asks WhatsApp not to impose terms on Indian users
21 Jan 2021
WhatsApp’s proposed new privacy policy allows it to collect and share highly invasive and granular metadata, such as time, frequency and duration of interactions, group names, payments and transaction data, online status, location indicators, as well as any messages shared by users with business accounts with other Facebook companies
Prime Minister Modi’s Twitter account hacked
04 Sep 2020
Bytedance’s lip-syncing app TikTok claims $50 bn-plus valuation
03 Aug 2020
Recent reports suggest that TikTok’s current valuation has, in fact, fallen to around 50 billion against its earlier valuation of over $100 billion
India adds 47 more Chinese apps to `banned’ list
27 Jul 2020
US, UK and Australia seek keys to Facebook’s encrypted messages
04 Oct 2019
Facebook, which expanded the use of encryption following global criticism for its failure to protect the data of its users, now faces government demand to allow snooping operations
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
