Pak unblocks Wikipedia after site stands firm on blasphemous content

Pakistan on Tuesday lifted its ban on Wikipedia, two days after the country's media regulator suspended the services of the online encyclopedia for hurting Muslim sentiments by not removing......

Pakistan blocks Wikipedia over blasphemous content

Pakistan has blocked Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, for its failure to remove offensive or blasphemous material, the country's telecommunication authority said on Saturday. Image used only......

Trump's Facebook, Instagram ban to be lifted after 2 years

Meta Platforms Inc has said that it will restore former United States President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts, which were suspended following the Capitol Hill riots on January 6,......

Social media grievance panels to be in place by Nov 30: IT minister

The government will come out with proposed modalities and terms of references for setting up grievance appellate committees to address social media users' complaints in the next 10-12 days, and......

Facebook follows Twitter, set for huge layoffs: WSJ

After job cuts at Twitter, Facebook's parent company Meta is planning to begin ”large-scale layoffs” this week in what could be the largest reduction to date at a "major technology......

Facebook planning to change its name

The rebrand would likely position the blue Facebook app as one of many products under a parent company overseeing groups like Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus, and more. Social media giant Facebook is......

ShareChat raises $502 mn from Snap, Twitter, others

ShareChat on Thursday said it has raised $502 million (about Rs 3,725 crore) in funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Tiger Global, valuing the homegrown social media platform at over $2.1......

Jio-Facebook will link kirana stores and customers via WhatsApp

Reliance Jio and Facebook will look to use WhatsApp for delivering goods from local neighbourhood kirana stores to consumers before expanding collaboration in education and healthcare sector,......

Meet the most-followed sports star on Instagram

Cristiano Ronaldo climbs Instagram ranks, Selena Gomez most-followed IMAGE: Cristiano Ronaldo with his daughter. Photograph: Cristiano Ronaldo/Twitter Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo......

Facebook's pricey IPL bid a sign of things to come?

With a cash pile of $6.25 billion, Facebook will have even more shots at bidding for live sporting events as it seeks to keep people glued to its expanding media network. IMAGE: A cheerleader from......

Twitter, Facebook purchase tenders for IPL media rights

Social networking giants Twitter and Facebook are among the 18 entities that have purchased the Invitation to Tender (ITT) for the lucrative Indian Premier League's media rights -- broadcast,......