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Meta sued for using tracking tool to access patients’ data for ads
San Francisco : Meta (formerly Facebook) has been sued for violating patient privacy with a data tracking tool in the US.Two proposed class-action lawsuits alleged that Meta and major US hospitals used a Meta Pixel tracking tool that sends…
Google purges over 1.11 lakh bad content over user complaints in India
New Delhi : Google removed 1,11,493 pieces of bad content based on user complaints in June this year in compliance with the new India IT Rules, 2021.Most of the content it removed were related to copyright violations, while other categories…
Twitter bans 43,140 accounts in India for violating norms
New Delhi : Twitter, which is fighting a legal battle with the Indian government over content blocking orders, banned more than 43,140 accounts of Indian users in the month of June over violation of its guidelines, the microblogging…
YouTube allows creators to edit long videos into Shorts
San Francisco : With an aim to enhance user experience, Google-owned streaming platform YouTube has announced that users can now turn their longer videos into Shorts by adding a new "Edit into a Short" tool to its iOS and Android app.…
Meta to no longer fund its news publishers in US : Report
San Francisco : Tech giant Meta has started informing its news partners that the company will stop paying publishers for their content to run on Facebook's News Tab in the US.According to Axios, as the company is moving forward with…
Twitter to raise price of ‘Blue Subscription’ service by 66%
San Francisco : Microblogging site Twitter has confirmed that it is raising the price of its premium subscription service, Twitter Blue, from $2.99 to $4.99 monthly a 66 per cent increase.
In an email sent to Twitter Blue subscribers,…
Google cracks down on unexpected, misleading ads on Play Store
New Delhi : Google is cracking down on unexpected, annoying ads that users face while playing Android games, along with several other new ads guidelines to ensure high-quality experiences for users on Play Store.
Effective from September…
Snapchat to pay musicians up to $100K per month for top-performing songs
San Francisco : Popular social media platform Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has announced a new creator fund that will award independent musicians up to $100,000 per month.
The company said that the new grant programme is…
Instagram to roll back its recent changes amid strong criticism
San Francisco : After experiencing strong criticism, Meta-owned Instagram has decided to roll back some recent changes to the product, including a full-screen home feed and temporarily reduce recommended posts.
According to TechCrunch,…
Twitter confirms testing new ‘Status’ feature for users
San Francisco : Micro-blogging site Twitter has confirmed that it is testing a new status feature that lets users tag posts with pre-defined labels, much like the statuses that the previous LiveJournal and MySpace systems permitted.
Some…