Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp experience second outage this week, services restored

On Monday night too, users had not been able to access the social media applications.

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· Oct 09, 2021 · 07:56 am

Facebook aware of anti-Muslim content in India, but took little action, alleges whistleblower

The former Facebook employee cited internal documents referring to ‘fear-mongering content’ promoted by RSS-linked pages.

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· Oct 06, 2021 · 11:41 am

Facebook says fault in routers that coordinate traffic caused global outage

The services to the platform of the social media giant and its other applications, Instagram and WhatsApp, started reconnecting hours after disruptions.

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· Oct 05, 2021 · 08:14 am

Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram face outages across the world

The social media platforms said they were trying to fix the problems reported by users.

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· Oct 04, 2021 · 10:25 pm

We have not leaked Google inquiry report to media, antitrust watchdog tells Delhi HC

Citing the Competition Commission of India, reports said that Google had abused the dominant position of its android operating system to hurt competitors.

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· Sep 24, 2021 · 03:03 pm

Instagram is bad for teenagers – and its owner Facebook has known this for more than a year

Internal research showed that the photo-sharing platform is harmful to teen girls’ body image and well-being.

Christia Spears Brown, The Conversation

· Sep 18, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Facebook apologises for feature labelling black men as ‘primates’ in a video

The company said it had now disabled its topic recommendation feature.

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· Sep 04, 2021 · 05:30 pm

Twitter’s design promotes hostile communication. Here’s how this can change

Research shows the platform’s users overwhelmingly use avoidance practices as a defensive strategy to prevent hostility on the site.

Michael James Walsh, The Conversation

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Stephanie Alice Baker, The Conversation

· Sep 01, 2021 · 09:30 pm

Assam: 14 arrested for social media posts allegedly in support of Taliban

The accused people have been booked under the provisions of UAPA, IT Act and the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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· Aug 22, 2021 · 09:27 am

Dalit minor rape: Facebook removes Rahul Gandhi’s Instagram post revealing identity of girl’s family

On August 4, the Congress MP had posted a video showing him and the girl’s parents having a conversation inside his car.

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· Aug 20, 2021 · 05:33 pm

Shashi Tharoor faces backlash for tweet about ‘misguided Malayalis’ joining Taliban

The Congress MP was commenting about a video that claimed to show Taliban fighters weeping in joy on reaching Kabul.

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· Aug 18, 2021 · 01:11 pm

Delhi minor rape: Facebook asks Rahul Gandhi to remove post revealing identity of girl’s family

On August 4, Gandhi posted a video on Instagram showing him and the girl’s parents talking inside a car.

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· Aug 18, 2021 · 10:42 am