Social Media

Twitter weeding out users advocating violence

Twitter says its internal controls have been allowing it to weed out accounts being used for the "promotion of terrorism" earlier rather than responding to government requests to close them down.
A Study on Anonymity

Freedom of speech will always be a controversial topic. I will neither shun it nor sing its praise because morality is incredibly subjective.
THE EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER OF POST-GRAD JOB HUNTING

Remember those wonder years when our 11-year-old selves would pray to become college-bound adults? When we thought that graduation at 21, employment at 23 and a grand wedding at 25 would be a piece of cake?
5 Ways to Get Viral on Facebook

Admit it; you are secretly jealous of Facebook celebrities hogging all the likes, hearts and 'R U NYC' comments on their posts.
Fascinatingly Strange Facebook Art Pages

Take one large social media platform. Add in three tablespoons of whimsical art, a piece of unconventional fiction chopped into cubes, a litre of underlying messages that put life into perspective, a generous sprinkling of witty humour and then mix it all up. What do you get? These amazing Facebook pages.
Instagram hacked by 10-year-old boy

A 10-year-old Finnish boy named Jani gets $10,000 (£7,000) after he found a security flaw in image-sharing social network Instagram.
Facebook lets blind people 'see' photos

As the internet becomes dominated by images, Facebook is launching a system which can "read" photos and tell visually impaired people what appears in them.
‘Social media guidelines’ for civil servants

The government has issued a draft 11-point guideline for social media use of public servants with provisions against propagation of political ideology and provocative statements.
Will you like Facebook’s new reaction?

Do you ever "like" something on Facebook? If so, life is about to get a bit more complex.
Twitter warns of government 'hacking'

Twitter has sent warnings to a number of users that their accounts may have been hacked by "state-sponsored actors".
Waking for social media leaves pupils 'always tired'

More than one out of every three 12- to 15-year-olds wake in the night at least once a week just to use social media, a Cardiff University study suggests.
Disney sorry for 'inappropriate' tweet on Nagasaki anniversary

US entertainment giant Disney is forced to apologise after one of its Japanese language tweets has been criticised for being insensitive as the country commemorated the 70th anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing.
‘Haha’ most preferred as ‘Facebook laughs’

Facebook’s Data Researchers shows that when it comes to the preferred form of online laughter ‘Haha’ leads by far, followed by Emojis, Hehe and finally LoL.
Google’s black ribbon tribute to Late APJ Kalam

Internet search giant Google pays respect to former president APJ Abdul Kalam, who passed away on Monday, by marking its homepage with a black ribbon, reports the Indian Express.
Half of online world uses Facebook

Half of the world's estimated online population now check in to the social networking giant Facebook at least once a month.
RUNNING A SUCCESSFUL FACEBOOK FAN PAGE

What sets Mushfique Ahmed apart from most Bangladesh cricket fans is that he works closely with the cricketer Mushfiqur Rahim and helps run his official Facebook fan page.