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Donald Trump blasts Facebook, Twitter for censoring article critical of Biden
US President Donald Trump rebuked Facebook and Twitter Wednesday for blocking links to a New York Post article purporting to expose corrupt dealings by election rival Joe Biden and his son in Ukraine.
YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
The video platform said it would now ban any content with claims about Covid-19 vaccines that contradict consensus from local health authorities or the World Health Organization.
Covid-19 can't kill zeal of e-commerce staff priming for big sale days
Pandemic hasn't dampened the enthusiasm of Flipkart and Amazon employees who are engaged in a flurry of activities to welcome the biggest sale of the year from remote locations
Tata Group looks to tie up with BigBasket for online groceries push: Report
BigBasket has also been in discussions to rope in new investors like Singapore government’s Temasek, US-based Generation Partners, Fidelity and Tybourne Capital, for a $350-400 million financing round
Facebook bans anti-vaccination ads but not antivax posts
Facebook has taken various steps to try to stop the spread of vaccine and coronavirus-related misinformation on its platform
Fake profiles of IPS officials on Facebook on the rise
Security experts say IPS officials, other high ranking officers have increasingly complained of account impersonation, other online financial scams.
Netflix stops offering free trials to U.S. viewers
The streaming service has started phasing out the option for U.S.-based subscribers this month, after spending the last couple of years phasing out the option in a number of countries around the world.
Etailers think out of the box to push online gifting in festivals
Ecommerce firms feel gifting, both on consumer as well as business side, will take on a different importance in the pandemic season
Online brands see higher growth on own channels, apps
The shift in consumer buying patterns, across large trusted brands, comes at a time when marketing spends touched an all-time low in the second quarter of the year
Walt Disney restructures entertainment businesses to focus on streaming
Under the reorganization, Disney will separate the development and production of programming from distribution to be more responsive to consumer demands.
The strange, sometimes sinister conspiracy theories on Sushant Singh Rajput’s death that flourished on social media
Most of these theories have since been mainstreamed in various news channels — both on television and those who exclusively operate on the internet, specifically on YouTube and Facebook.
Facebook bans Holocaust denial, distortion posts
Facebook is banning posts that deny or distort the Holocaust and will start directing people to authoritative sources if they search for information about the Nazi genocide.
Infodemic forcing everyone to do their bit to curb misinformation
Disparate grouping of people, corporates trying to sensitise users about sharing content responsibly
Food delivery volumes in India reach pre-Covid-19 peaks: Zomato's Deepinder Goyal
Since March 23, Zomato has delivered 92 million orders, with no reported cases of Covid-19 transmission through food delivery, or its food delivery agents, Goyal said.
Streaming platforms see growth explosion as pandemic propels podcasts to popularity
Earlier, in his Google for India keynote, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai had said that the pandemic has supercharged digital adoption. Podcasts and audio experiences are among the beneficiaries of such windfall user adoption observed since the start of pandemic.
Online liquor delivery remains a non-starter due to steep delivery fees, lack of clear guidelines
During peak lockdown months, while the central government had permitted opening of shops to sell essentials, it had denied sale of alcoholic beverages, which led some states to allow online delivery of alcohol.
GIC, Sequoia in Razorpay's $100 million round; valuation may hit $1 billion
The proceeds will be utilised towards further building RazorpayX and Razorpay Capital
Covid-hit banks offer cracking deals on ecommerce during the festive period
Tight competition to gain share of an already limited pie triggers a discount war
Facebook, Twitter announce mental health resource centres in India
On Saturday, Facebook announced tie-ups with three Indian firms - Tata Institute of Social Sciences, It's Ok To Talk and actor Deepika Padukone's The Live Love Laugh Foundation - to provide mental health helplines and resources catering to the local needs of users.
A 15-year-old influencer can now reach as many people as a newspaper but with none of the responsibility: Former Google exec Tristan Harris
Harris, a former Google executive and currently president of the Center for Humane Technology, tells Rohit Saran and Neelam Raaj that he hopes the documentary will be a much-needed pause button that will give us time to think before we mindlessly click