Social media
Facebook may have shared data with Airtel, Jio’s Saavn, 50 others
04 Jul 2018
Facebook’s submission to the US Congress reveals details of 52 companies with which it had data-sharing partnerships and deals, including Airtel and Reliance Jio’s music app Saavn, though the deal with Airtel is no longer in force
How social media's powerful 'silent majority' moves Bitcoin prices
28 Jun 2018
Researchers show that Bitcoin's value can be manipulated by public sentiment, verifying, for the first time, that social media and Bitcoin prices are linked
Massive AI Twitter probe draws heat map of entrepreneurial personality
07 Jun 2018
A world-first study has found social media -- how language is used in Twitter -- is a reliable marker of economic vitality in a region
Patanjali’s WhatsApp challenger 'Kimbho' taken off amidst backlash
01 Jun 2018
While 1.5 lakh people downloaded the app in just three hours, Patanjali spokesperson SK Tijarawala said the chat app was only launched on a trial basis and would be launched officially later
Social media posts may signal whether a protest will become violent
25 May 2018
Scientists have developed a model for detecting moralised language based on a prior, deep learning framework that can reliably identify text that reflects moral concerns about an issue
Delhi HC issues notices to Google, FB, others for revealing identity of Kathua rape victim
19 May 2018
What's trending in fake news? IU tool shows what stories go viral, and if bots are to blame
19 May 2018
During disasters, active Twitter users likely to spread falsehoods
12 May 2018
On a more positive note, the study found that while Twitter users are likely to spread false news during disasters, Twitter and other media platforms move quickly to correct the misinformation
With virtually no customers left, Cambridge Analytica shuts down
03 May 2018
Cambridge Analytica, the UK marketing analytics firm at the heart of the Facebook data scandal, shut down on Wednesday and will begin bankruptcy proceedings as it sees ‘no realistic alternative to placing the company into administration’
Facebook pulled out 1.9 mn pieces of extremist content in Q1 of 2018
26 Apr 2018
Facebook says terrorist groups and hate organisations are banned from the site and it takes down any content that praises these outfits, actions, or members
Zuckerberg vows to fix Facebook flaws before polls in India
11 Apr 2018
Appearing before a Senate committee, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg apologised for the kind of lapses that led to the Cambridge Analytica imbroglio, and said he knows the importance of the upcoming polls in countries including India, Hungary and Brazil
Google’s YouTube under fire for mining data, aiming ads at under-13 kids
10 Apr 2018
A coalition of US child advocacy and privacy groups has filed a complaint alleging that Google’s YouTube collects personal information on children under 13 and runs ads specifically aimed at them
Facebook faces another CA-like scandal, suspends CubeYou
09 Apr 2018
Facebook is suspending a data analytics firm called CubeYou from its platform after media outlet CNBC notified the company that the firm was collecting information about users through quizzes and possibly selling it to advertisers
Facebook, Google are getting too big to be governed, warns French President
04 Apr 2018
French President Emmanuel Macron says Facebook and Google were getting too big to be governed, and the US government may have to consider dismantling them, as happened with the oil majors in the early part of the 20th century
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
