- Elon Musk finally acquires Twitter for $44 bn 28 October 2022
- Jio Platforms, Meta collaborate to launch JioMart on WhatsApp 03 September 2022
- Elon Musk makes $43 billion hostile bid for Twitter 14 April 2022
- Facebook rebrands itself as Meta; broadens reach to new areas 01 November 2021
- The Arrogance Of Twitter, The Social Parasite! 29 June 2021
- India notifies guidelines and code of ethics for social media 26 February 2021
- Govt responds over 'Koo“ as Twitter quotes own laws 15 February 2021
- Govt asks WhatsApp not to impose terms on Indian users 21 January 2021
- Online media, social sites brought under govt control 12 November 2020
- Prime Minister Modi's Twitter account hacked 04 September 2020
- India adds 47 more Chinese apps to `banned' list 27 July 2020
- US, UK and Australia seek keys to Facebook's encrypted messages 04 October 2019
- SC to hear pleas to link social media accounts with Aadhaar 21 August 2019
- US FTC slaps $5 billion fine on Facebook 25 July 2019
- Madras HC lifts ban on TikTok video app on SC direction 25 April 2019
- SC orders Madras HC to review TikTok order or lift ban 23 April 2019
- Study scrutinises hidden marketing relationships on social media 14 December 2018
- Bots actually target and pursue individual influencers 21 November 2018
- Link between social media and sex trafficking detailed 09 October 2018
- Detecting fake news, at its source 04 October 2018
- Facebook bug changed privacy settings of 14 mn users 08 June 2018
- How social media helps scientists get the message across 16 April 2018
- Facebook faces another CA-like scandal, suspends CubeYou 09 April 2018
- Mark Zuckerberg apologises for 'major breach of trust 22 March 2018
- UN blames hate posts on Facebook for Rohingya crisis 13 March 2018
- US judge allows Yahoo to be sued for 2013 data hacks 13 March 2018
- On Twitter, false news travels faster than true stories 09 March 2018
- Google in fight in London court over 'right to be forgotten' 28 February 2018
- CBI busts WhatsApp child porn group with global reach 23 February 2018
- WhatsApp to launch 'full feature' money transfer service in India 19 February 2018
- Facebook now available on JioPhone 14 February 2018
- Teenagers increasingly moving away from Facebook: eMarketer 13 February 2018
- Facebook files patent to assess users' socio-economic status 05 February 2018
- Teenagers emerge most sophisticated users of social media 29 January 2018
- Facebook roping in users to fight misinformation 20 January 2018
- Facebook testing new feature to host city-specific local news 11 January 2018
- German security researchers say WhatsApp group chats not secure 11 January 2018
- Revellers in India bring down WhatsApp in New Year 01 January 2018
- John McAfee claims his Twitter account hacked 30 December 2017
- US Library of Congress to stop collecting each and every tweet 27 December 2017
- France gives Facebook 30 days to stop harvesting user data 19 December 2017
- Social media sites tearing society apart, says former Facebook exec 12 December 2017
- WhatsApp set to introduce several new features soon 11 December 2017
- YouTube to crack down on abusive videos targeting children 05 December 2017
- Facebook to open new London office 04 December 2017
- Google, Facebook under Australian competition body's scanner 04 December 2017
- Google sued in UK for 'illegally' mining data from iPhones 02 December 2017
- Man who deleted Trump's Twitter account emerges from closet 30 November 2017
- European data laws bar use of Facebook's suicide-prevention tool 30 November 2017
- Deleted WhatsApp messages can still be read 16 November 2017
- Not just US: massive Russian meddling in Brexit vote bared 16 November 2017
- Delhi air quality worsens again; #smog top trend on social media 14 November 2017
- Texas shooting: Google spread misinformation, conspiracy theories 07 November 2017
- WhatsApp service restored after brief outage 04 November 2017
- Twitter employee deactivates President Trump's Twitter account 04 November 2017
- Facebook, Twitter, Google unveil extent of Russian meddling 02 November 2017
- Apple's Cook, Facebook's Zuckerberg meet President Xi in Beijing 31 October 2017
- WhatsApp introduces Delete for Everyone feature 30 October 2017
- Twitter to crack down on abuse, hatred, sexual harassment 20 October 2017
- Twitter reveals links to hundreds of Russian-backed bot accounts 29 September 2017
- Mark Zuckerberg hits back at Trump's “always anti-Trump“ comment 28 September 2017
- Twitter to double character limit to 280 28 September 2017
- Zuckerberg announces broad changes to Facebook's political ad policies 22 September 2017
- Whatsapp to roll out delete message feature: report 13 September 2017
- WhatsApp rolls out picture-in-picture video calls to all users 09 September 2017
- Thousands of pro-Trump ads linked to Russian accounts: Facebook 07 September 2017
- Why many Russians have gladly agreed to online censorship 07 September 2017
- WhatsApp hit with global outage for brief period 02 September 2017
- Human population of 23 nations now fully mapped by Facebook 02 September 2017
- YouTube redesigns mobile app and logo 30 August 2017
- LinkedIn loses data scraping case against startup hiQ 16 August 2017
- Facebook's secret Chinese app fails to win support 14 August 2017
- Emigres rule as Facebook tops in per-employee profit 07 August 2017
- WhatsApp now has 1 billion daily active users 27 July 2017
- Facebook could be working on a smartphone: reports 22 July 2017
- LinkedIn launches faster, lighter 'LinkedIn Lite' 21 July 2017
- Twitter working on new feature to flag fake news 01 July 2017
- Citizens Advice warns over 'phantom goods' scam 30 June 2017
- Facebook community now officially 2-bn strong 28 June 2017
- Google replaces Google Talk with Hangouts 27 June 2017
- Police in Thailand bust huge click farm 14 June 2017
- Twitter suffers major outage 20 May 2017
- Twitter co-founder 'Biz' Stone to rejoin company 17 May 2017
- Facebook to crack down on dubious ads and posts 12 May 2017
- Russia bans Chinese instant messaging app WeChat 06 May 2017
- Facebook likes don't make you feel better 04 May 2017
- Leak bares Facebook's advertising policies 02 May 2017
- Instagram hits 700 mn user mark 27 April 2017
- Social networking sites banned for a month in Kashmir 27 April 2017
- Google ropes in user feedback to help battle fake news 26 April 2017
- LinkedIn hits 500 mn members 25 April 2017
- Google, Facebook take steps to blow whistle on fake news 10 April 2017
- eMarketer cuts Snapchat's ad revenue by $30 mn 15 March 2017
- Snap shares set to debut after $3.4 billion IPO 02 March 2017
- How the brain makes articles go viral 01 March 2017
- Facebook takes on LinkedIn, with vacany posts on Pages 16 February 2017
- Facebook offers outside audit of ad data 13 February 2017
- Facebook Lite crosses 200 mn active users mark 10 February 2017
- Online media use shows strong genetic influence 09 February 2017
- Twitter expanding efforts to protect users from abuse, harassment 08 February 2017
- Facebook's Oculus to pay ZeniMax $500 mn for violating ZeniMax NDA 02 February 2017
- Twitter publishes FBI letters demanding access to accounts 28 January 2017
- Online media use influenced by our genes: study 27 January 2017
- Privacy breach plea: SC seeks responses from WhatsApp, FB 17 January 2017
- Facebook testing mid-roll video ads 14 January 2017
- BJP media cell pressured Snapdeal to sack Aamir Khan: book 28 December 2016
- Indian demands for FB data rise to 6,324 in first half of year 26 December 2016
- Taking a break from Facebook makes people happy: Danish study 24 December 2016
- Feeling blue? Taking a break from Facebook might help 24 December 2016
- Facebook to battle fake news with stronger tools 16 December 2016
- Facebook in talks for creation of its own original video content 15 December 2016
- Legion cracks Twitter accounts of Rahul Gandhi, Mallya, others 13 December 2016
- Facebook admits to misreported marketing stats 10 December 2016
- Twitter accidentally suspends CEO Jack Dorsey's account 23 November 2016
- Facebook develops censorship tool to make a comeback in China 23 November 2016
- Facebook plans $6-bn share buyback in Q1 next year 19 November 2016
- Facebook buying stolen passwords – for users' own good 12 November 2016
- Facebook muscles in on LinkedIn territory with jobs feature 08 November 2016
- Twitter lays off 9% staff 28 October 2016
- US to test Cuban lung-cancer drug 28 October 2016
- German regulator bars Facebook from collecting data of WhatsApp users 28 September 2016
- Facebook apologises for disabling accounts of Palestine scribes 27 September 2016
- Google, Salesforce, Microsoft eyeing Twitter: reports 24 September 2016
- What happens to data of users who quit WhatsApp, asks HC 22 September 2016
- Twitter closes Bengaluru centre, over 100 staffers face axe 20 September 2016
- Twitter unveils new features to support business accounts 16 September 2016
- New policy doesn't compromise user data, WhatsApp tells HC 15 September 2016
- LinkedIn to launch fast-loading 'Lite' for tier II, III towns 13 September 2016
- One million threatened to quit Facebook when News Feed appeared 07 September 2016
- Study points to growth of white nationalist groups on Twitter 03 September 2016
- Twitterati abuzz about Jio using PM's picture in ad campaign 03 September 2016
- Facebook's “Trending“ feature to get a makeover 27 August 2016
- WhatsApp to start giving user data to parent Facebook 26 August 2016
- UK lawmakers slam social networks over extremist content 25 August 2016
- Deleted WhatsApp messages are not actually deleted 01 August 2016
- Twitter chief Jack Dorsey's account hacked 11 July 2016
- Facebook to pilot test offline videos from 11 July 08 July 2016
- Facebook says post about privacy violation a hoax 01 July 2016
- Flipkart India's top talent attractor, Amazon second 22 June 2016
- Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26.2 bn in cash 13 June 2016
- 32 mn Twitter passwords leaked 09 June 2016
- Users tiring of 'Likes' and Tweets: study 08 June 2016
- Ad blocking software threatens social media business 01 June 2016
- Facebook launches Facebook at Work in India 11 May 2016
- Facebook to get message self-destruct feature 03 May 2016
- Facebook to ignore unofficial takedown pleas 30 April 2016
- Govt wants your Facebook data, but behind your back 29 April 2016
- Security researcher uncovers Facebook hack 26 April 2016
- Twitter suffers global outage for brief period 14 April 2016
- What social media data could tell us about the future 08 April 2016
- Facebook paying media companies to use Facebook Live 07 April 2016
- China limits coverage of “Panama Papers“ 05 April 2016
- Dead may eventually outnumber the living on Facebook 08 March 2016
- Facebook wins battle against German privacy regulators 04 March 2016
- Brazil releases detained Facebook executive 03 March 2016
- Brazil detains Facebook executive over data dispute 02 March 2016
- Dating sites may be spreading HIV: Study 02 March 2016
- ISIS threats leave Twitter, Facebook chiefs unfazed 27 February 2016
- 'Upset' Zuckerberg distances himself from Andreessen comments 11 February 2016
- Investor Marc Andreessen slams Trai, but eats his words 11 February 2016
- Twitter forms council to tackle abusive trolls 10 February 2016
- India opts for net neutrality, bars differential pricing 08 February 2016
- Not 6 degrees of separation but 3.57, says Facebook 08 February 2016
- LinkedIn stock down 28 per cent on weak guidance 05 February 2016
- Facebook, Instagram block online gun sales 30 January 2016
- Tor enables access to Facebook where it is banned 25 January 2016
- Four senior Twitter executives to exit the media company 25 January 2016
- Fight ISIS with 'likes' suggests Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg 22 January 2016
- Over 200 Facebook friends not possible: study 20 January 2016
- Facebook launches pan-Europe campaign to counter extremist posts 19 January 2016
- Belles beware! Facebook bandits are on the prowl 18 January 2016
- Apex German court rules Facebook's 'Friends Finder' illegal 15 January 2016
- Twitter plans to increase character limit in tweets to 10,000 06 January 2016
- Facebook testing new features on mobile platform: Report 31 December 2015
- Facebook top app of 2015 21 December 2015
- Facebook draws flak for misleading `Save Free Basics' campaign 18 December 2015
- UK's Chubb first to offer “troll insurance“ policy 14 December 2015
- Twitter warns users of state-sponsored hacker attacks 14 December 2015
- Business social networking site LinkeIn redesigns its mobile app 05 December 2015
- Facebook's new update allows users to share live videos and collages 05 December 2015
- Facebook CEO and wife pledge 99% of shareholding to charity 02 December 2015
- Millions might have ended up victims of Facebook app 25 November 2015
- Stressful to have over 300 FB friends: research 20 November 2015
- Instagram user baser doubles in Indian in a year 20 November 2015
- Facebook deactivates, restores account of woman named Isis 20 November 2015
- Islamic State makes Telegram messaging app major communication tool 19 November 2015
- Facebook deactivates account of woman named Isis, then restores it 19 November 2015
- Facebook competes with Snapchat's with vanishing messages in France 13 November 2015
- Dumping Facebook makes people happier: study 13 November 2015
- India tops in 'take-down' requests to Facebook 12 November 2015
- Facebook to appeal EU court ruling over tracking non-Facebook users 10 November 2015
- Users warned against Secret Sister Gift Exchange on Facebook scam 07 November 2015
- Linkedin launches 'Placements' service for students 06 November 2015
- Facebook in all-out bid to take on Twitter, YouTube 19 October 2015
- Facebook's Zukerberg likely to push Free Basics on India visit 19 October 2015
- Twitterati have field day as US websites crash 16 October 2015
- Facebook partners Nasscom's 10,000-startup initiative 15 October 2015
- India bans 2 websites, 2 Facebook pages over IS links 15 October 2015
- Twitter will cut workforce next week: Reports 10 October 2015
- Twitter announces expansion of Amplify ad program 09 October 2015
- Facebook most popular social networking site in India: study 07 October 2015
- Facebook gamers don't consider cheating a big deal 05 October 2015
- Google to unveil new products on Tuesday 28 September 2015
- Facebook's Zuckerberg connects with Modi, almost 28 September 2015
- Even fake comments on Facebook influence voters: study 26 September 2015
- France rejects Google's appeal against “right to be forgotten“ 22 September 2015
- Facebook to push ahead with internet.org in India 18 September 2015
- Hashtags and @ symbols affect language on Twitter 16 September 2015
- Facebook settles out of court in underage signup case 16 September 2015
- Modi to go live on Facebook with Zuckerberg 14 September 2015
- YouTube may provide viewership data to advertisers 07 September 2015
- Twitter is top source of breaking news, finds survey 04 September 2015
- Facebook reaches 1 bn daily-user milestone 28 August 2015
- Ashley Madison hack: over 1 mn Brits get blackmail threats 26 August 2015
- Twitter blocks access to politician's deleted tweets 26 August 2015
- UK Islamist named in leaked list of Ashley Madison members 24 August 2015
- Twitter extends 140 character limit for Direct Messages 14 August 2015
- Facebook launches FbStart for Indian telecom startups 12 August 2015
- Facebook identifies personalities by e-laughter style 11 August 2015
- Google asks CNIL to review “right to be forgotten order“ 07 August 2015
- Google adds real-time trends to Google Trends 19 June 2015
- Social media usage in urban India rises by 100% 17 June 2015
- Twitter to target ads based on apps on smartphone 12 June 2015
- Twitter to hike character limit from 140 to 10,000 12 June 2015
- LinkedIn crosses 30 million-user mark 08 May 2015
- Facebook hit with bug that deletes users' posts 02 May 2015
- Facebook admits tracking non-account users 11 April 2015
- Digital technology, social media depress users: study 09 April 2015
- Facebook violating EU privacy norms, finds Belgian study 01 April 2015
- Facebook denied Indian patent for crawler app 25 March 2015
- Facebook working on new app for android smartphones 23 March 2015
- Facebook issues guidelines on content-blocking policy 17 March 2015
- Facebook to buy TheFind to enter e-commerce 16 March 2015
- SC slams centre for inaction over gang-rape videos 14 March 2015
- Facebook sharing information on user behaviour 11 March 2015
- ISIS gives Twitter the jitters with death 'fatwah' 03 March 2015
- Facebook sets up single-button suicide helpline 27 February 2015
- New funding to value Snapchat at $19 bn 19 February 2015
- Pinterest to raise $500 mn in funding round; eyes $11-bn valuation 19 February 2015
- Social networking site Pinterest bans affiliate links 16 February 2015
- Facebook, Yahoo create ThreatExchange to fight cyberattacks 13 February 2015
- Facebook ties up with RCom to offer free mobile internet services 10 February 2015
- Jaitley urges bureaucrats to use social media effectively 03 February 2015
- Twitter adds video, group messaging 28 January 2015
- Facebook goes down; users complain of inability to log in 27 January 2015
- India to have largest mobile Facebook user base by 2017 23 January 2015
- Bangla blocks WhatsApp, other sites over security concerns 21 January 2015
- Facebook launches Facebook at Work 15 January 2015
- Indian startup Zomato acquires US-based rival Urbanspoon 13 January 2015
- US military command's Twitter, YouTube accounts hacked 13 January 2015
- Twitter working on YouTube rival: reports 05 January 2015
- Snapchat worth over $10 bn after $486 mn fundraising 03 January 2015
- IS again uses social media to advance its gruesome campaign 31 December 2014
- Microsoft brings Skype-powered group chat to Word, PowerPoint online 26 December 2014
- WhatsApp to add voice calling feature: reports 26 December 2014
- Sachin Tendulkar's Viber public chat hits 1 million followers 23 December 2014
- Facebook to let users sell goods to groups: report 19 December 2014
- Facebook user base in India expands to 112 million, largest after US 17 December 2014
- Facebook's WhatsApp may bring messaging service to the web: Reports 15 December 2014
- Facebook to end collaboration with Bing for web search results 13 December 2014
- Facebook's Instagram overtakes Twitter hitting 300-mn user mark 11 December 2014
- WhatsApp could overtake Facebook 29 November 2014
- Facebook losing appeal with teens: Study 28 November 2014
- Twitter to track apps on users' smartphone 27 November 2014
- Facebook developing new office version to take on LinkedIn: Report 17 November 2014
- Facebook Messenger user-base hits half a billon 11 November 2014
- Twitter, WAM create tool to report women harassment 10 November 2014
- Facebook to be mostly video in five years: Zuckerberg 08 November 2014
- YouTube as peer support for severe mental illness 31 October 2014
- Junk food ads online leading to obesity, other diseases: study 27 October 2014
- Facebook app to let users share posts anonymously 08 October 2014
- Facebook now owns WhatsApp for $19 bn as deal closes 08 October 2014
- Facebook looking to healthcare to drive user engagement 04 October 2014
- Facebook announces re-launch of ad platform Atlas 30 September 2014
- Google to pull plug on Orkut today 30 September 2014
- Eight out of 10 Indian net users 'fear missing out' when not connected 30 September 2014
- Facebook approaches YouTube video producers: report 12 September 2014
- Google announces acquisition of online polling start up Polar 12 September 2014
- Twitter taps debt markets for the first time to raise $1.5 billion 11 September 2014
- Snapchat settles ownership dispute with co founder Reginald Brown 10 September 2014
- Alibaba receives enough support for IPO within two days of roadshows 10 September 2014
- Social networks increase risk of exposure to hate speech: study 03 September 2014
- Kleiner Perkins' $20 mn funding values Snapchat at $10 bn 27 August 2014
- WhatsApp adds 100 mn users in four months 26 August 2014
- Facebook lawsuit gets support from 60,000 users 22 August 2014
- Snapchat to emerge a news, video and ad platform 20 August 2014
- UK police personnel disciplined over social media posts 20 August 2014
- Twitter angers users with `favourites' experiment 19 August 2014
- Austrian student sues Facebook over privacy violations 04 August 2014
- LinkedIn shares up on 47% rise in Q2 revenue 04 August 2014
- Google to shut down Orkut end September 01 July 2014
- Twitter restores access to tweets in Pakistan 21 June 2014
- Iraqi government blocks access to social media 16 June 2014
- TweetDeck crashes on teen's prank 13 June 2014
- Twitter user base to grow 25% this year 30 May 2014
- Facebook, Storyful launch FB Newswire 26 April 2014
- Facebook 1Q earnings nearly triple on ad revenue boost 24 April 2014
- Facebook launches location sharing feature in US 19 April 2014
- LinkedIn hits 300-mn member mark 19 April 2014
- Facebook to filter News Feed of 'spammy' content 14 April 2014
- India tops in seeking to censor content: Facebook report 12 April 2014
- Social media 'bootstrapping' key for growth of new sites 11 April 2014
- Facebook claims 100 million active users in India 09 April 2014
- State Bank of India launches Twitter handle 05 April 2014
- Facebook mulling apps to allow anonymous log-ins 04 April 2014
- Turkish court upholds appeal to end Twitter blockage 27 March 2014
- Twitter blocked in Turkey over graft recordings 21 March 2014
- Twitter turns 8, lets users see their first tweet 21 March 2014
- Shinde backtracks on 'crush electronic media' comment 25 February 2014
- WhatsApp founder apologises for outage 24 February 2014
- EU project to build lie detector for social media 21 February 2014
- Researchers developing system to detect hoax tweets and posts 21 February 2014
- Online fund-raising site Kickstarter hacked 17 February 2014
- LinkedIn to retire Slidecast, iOS email app Intro 08 February 2014
- Twitter value down $8 bn on slowing growth 07 February 2014
- LinkedIn shares down sharply on weak outlook 07 February 2014
- Google senior advertisement executive Susan Wojcicki to run YouTube 06 February 2014
- Kaspersky clarifies after Facebook Android app feature insinuations 04 February 2014
- Facebook to lose 80% users between 2015-2017: Princeton study 23 January 2014
- Online storage services provider Dropbox raises $250 mn 20 January 2014
- Twitter gives new look to its website 14 January 2014
- LinkedIn files lawsuit against fake account holders 10 January 2014
- Syrian Electronic Army hacks Skype's social media accounts 02 January 2014
- Young people dumping Facebook for newer social networks: Study 28 December 2013
- Facebook and banks to face lawsuit over IPO 20 December 2013
- Facebook top searched item of 2013: Google 19 December 2013
- Instagram adds new photo sharing feature 13 December 2013
- Twitter backtracks on 'block' functionality changes 13 December 2013
- 2 million Facebook, Google, Twitter and Yahoo passwords stolen 05 December 2013
- After Apple acquires Topsy, rival DataSift gets venture funding 04 December 2013
- Social media users warned against committing contempt on posts 04 December 2013
- IT companies leveraging social media for politicians, personalities 30 November 2013
- Dropbox looks for $250 million additional funding 20 November 2013
- Google, Microsoft, Yahoo unite against child abuse images 18 November 2013
- Saudi Arabia has most Twitter users: report 18 November 2013
- Twitter to help in disaster alerts – but not for India yet 26 September 2013
- Users take LinkedIn to court over email account hacking 24 September 2013