Featured News Click Away from Truth: How Social Media Shapes Our Reality 27 Apr 2025 Nibedita Saha In the past decade, the whole scenario of news dissemination has changed. With the advancement of digital media and the availability of smartphones, news is just a click away. Algorithms
News TikTok returns after brief US ban as Trump vows support 20 Jan 2025 SSZee Media In just12 hours, TikTok was temporarily unavailable in the United States, only to return with the aid of President-elect Donald Trump, who attributed the app’s comeback to his intervention. Users
News Meta drops fact-checking program, adopts crowdsourced model 7 Jan 2025 SSZee Media Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced a major shift in its approach to content moderation, opting to scrap its third-party fact-checking program in favor of a new
News Australia passes landmark ban on social media accounts for under-16s 28 Nov 2024 SSZee Media In a global first, Australian senators have approved a law prohibiting children under 16 from creating social media accounts. According to reports, the law is set to take effect in
News Telegram CEO Pavel Durov detained in France amid investigation into app’s moderation practices 26 Aug 2024 SSZee Media Telegram’s CEO, Pavel Durov, has been detained in France as part of an investigation into the messaging app’s moderation practices. Durov was arrested at an airport north of Paris on
More News Others Elon Musk’s X suspends accounts, removes posts on India’s farmers protest 22 Feb 2024 SSZee Media The social media platform X suspended several accounts and took down certain posts related to ongoing farmers’ protests in India after receiving orders from the BJP-led Indian government. However, the
Children Facebook Featured Health Internet Politics What’s the harm in… social media? 8 Feb 2020 Tannice From unfounded fears about Coronavirus to ill-educated advice from our peers, what’s the risk of getting health advice online? Tannice Hemming investigates. As a mum to two children under 5,