Meta adds more safety controls for teens on Instagram in IndiaSimilar features are being planned for Facebook and Messenger for rollout later this year. The new features were announced on April 11 at M...
11 Apr, 2025, 06.28 PM IST
Instagram, Facebook owner Meta to restrict teen content surrounding eating disorders, self-harm and suicide. Know moreMeta stated on Tuesday that it will be protecting the accounts of teen users and hiding content that is considered age-inappropriate for th...
10 Jan, 2024, 02.28 AM IST
Twitter suspends bot account tracking Elon Musk's jetThe account tracked movements of Musk's private jet using data in the public domain and put out alerts.
14 Dec, 2022, 10.40 PM IST
Meta to ban political ads in final week for US midterm electionsMeta said that hundreds of people across more than 40 teams are working on the midterms polls, and it spent approximately $5 billion global...
17 Aug, 2022, 11.15 AM IST
Facebook executive defends policies toward teens on InstagramFor some of the Instagram-devoted teens, the peer pressure generated by the visually focused app led to mental-health and body-image proble...
30 Sep, 2021, 09.47 PM IST
Facebook testing new tools to stop exploitative content on childrenFacebook has started testing two new tools, one aimed at the potentially malicious searching for child exploitative content and another aim...
24 Feb, 2021, 12.02 PM IST
Facebook stepping up fight against child abuse on platform, adds new tools & policiesFacebook is also testing a safety alert that informs people sharing child exploitation content about the harm it causes and the legal conse...
24 Feb, 2021, 09.31 AM IST
Social media companies get unaccustomed grilling on Russia adsThe ridicule came from Democratic Senator Al Franken, who expressed amazement that Facebook had failed to detect Russians were behind Ameri...
01 Nov, 2017, 11.31 PM IST
Blue Whale challenge: Noida police issues safety tips to parentsThe lethal game has exposed the vulnerability of children and it is necessary parents keep a tab on their Internet surfing.
07 Sep, 2017, 03.57 PM IST
Facebook's new feature to help charities raise money onlineThe tool is now available to 1 per cent of US users standard for new Facebook products in order to gather feedback.
10 Jul, 2016, 02.53 PM IST
Mark Zuckerberg wants Facebook to build more tools to let people help each otherAfter the Nepal earthquake in April, Facebook activated a feature 'Safety Check' that allowed people in the area to indicate they were safe.
12 Jun, 2015, 01.25 PM IST
Technology helps families, friends locate loved ones in quake-hit Nepal, IndiaSocial networking website Facebook, and Google's Person Finder have helped locate the whereabouts of those stranded in quake-hit areas.
26 Apr, 2015, 03.12 PM IST
After Delhi gang-rape, a host of mobile applications offer access to help in times of needMobile apps - Sentinel, Fightback from Mahindra group, CanvasM, and ICE from Mumbai Police and KPMG - use global positioning systems in mob...
09 Jan, 2013, 03.28 AM IST
- Facebook unveils option to let friend know of online bullying
'Facebook' users can now tell a "trusted friend" if they feel they are being bullied or harassed online, thanks to a new option introduced ...
11 Mar, 2011, 02.35 PM IST
- Catch the cyber thief
More people than ever before have online data that needs to be secured so the loss of a password can be damaging, if not devastating.
22 Nov, 2010, 11.19 AM IST
- Symantec’s Norton 2011: Social safety
With hackers and phishers moving to more sophisticated levels of breaking into accounts and getting personal details, it’s not surprising t...
16 Sep, 2010, 02.54 AM IST
- Facebook shuts down thorny marketing tool
The social network says it will shut down Beacon, a program that tracks users' activities on other Web sites. When it launched in 2007, Bea...
21 Sep, 2009, 11.53 PM IST