Tag: WhatsApp
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Share Joy, Not Rumors: WhatsApp launches second leg of campaign to educate voters about fake news, misinformation
Adding to the earlier TV, print and radio ads, Share Joy, Not Rumors campaign will educate people on the controls available on WhatsApp platform so they are empowered to stop the spread of fake news and misinformation.
March 25, 2019 -
Share Joy, Not Rumours | 2nd leg of WhatsApp campaign to fight fake news
WhatsApp, including other social media firms, will now have to process any request from the Election Commission of India to take down content within three hours during the 48-hour period before voting days.
March 25, 2019 -
Social media giants meet EC, agree to ‘code of conduct’
Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said the Model Code of Conduct is a unique and historic document which is followed by all political parties from the date of declaration of schedule of elections till the election process is concluded.
March 20, 2019 -
WhatsApp, NASSCOM Foundation collaborate to fight misinformation menace in India
The first training will be on March 27 in Delhi with volunteers followed by many more planned interventions like hosting training workshops for representatives from rural and urban along with road shows across numerous colleges.
March 18, 2019 -
Will do more to ‘limit’ misinformation, fake news, says WhatsApp India
Facing flak from the government over dozens of lynching incidents in the country last year which were linked to rumours spread on WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messaging service introduced several new measures, including limiting the number of messages that a user can forward to five and appointing a grievance officer for the country.
March 13, 2019 -
Happy Women’s Day 2019: Check out special WhatsApp stickers to download for Android, iOS
Here is a list of some empowering WhatsApp stickers designed by women for everyone who want to share them to celebrate the day.
March 7, 2019 -
Working with India poll panel to address political bias in real-time: Twitter
Twitter chaupals are being conducted in different parts of the country with political parties and candidates to teach voting process to the communities.
February 26, 2019 -
Engage more with ECI, address issues on “real-time” basis; Parl panel to Twitter
Sources said the social media platform was categorically asked to ensure the forthcoming elections are not undermined and influenced by foreign entities.
February 25, 2019 -
What’s up in Madhyamik?
In a convoluted attempt at self-deception, the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education has drawn a fine distinction between the social media and a “question paper leak”.
February 16, 2019 -
‘Political parties abuse WhatsApp’: Official warns of banning accounts ahead of polls
With general elections slated to be held in the coming months, the government had warned social media platforms of strong action if any attempt was made to influence the country's electoral process.
February 7, 2019 -
How to activate WhatsApp Touch ID, Face ID on your phone
Biometric authentication is now available on iPhone 5s or later and on iOS 9 and above
February 5, 2019 -
WhatsApp rolls out Picture in Picture feature on its web version
To force the update, WhatsApp web users need to clear their browser cache and re-launch the browser.
January 28, 2019 -
WhatsApp end-to-end encryption set to weaken with Facebook integration
According to a report, to universally preserve end-to-end encryption poses a whole additional set of critical challenges for Facebook.
January 26, 2019 -
After India ‘test’, WhatsApp 5-chat message forward limit a global feature now
WhatsApp says it globally lowered the forward limit for messages to five chats after carefully evaluating the feature tested in India since July 2018
January 21, 2019 -
Why gifting smartphones to children is a dangerous idea
Smartphones are addictive. Smartphones can and do harm children in innumerable ways, and gifting smartphones to children (or anyone!) is a bad idea, writes Tanushree Sowmondal (student of class XI) of The Levelfield School, Suri
January 19, 2019 -
Bulandshahr Violence: Social media campaign launched in support of main accused Yogesh Raj
Another post read “Ya to BJP police ko sudhaar le nahi to hum Hindu BJP ko sudhar denge. Yogesh Raj Nirdosh Hai." (Either the BJP should rein in the police or we Hindus will rein in the BJP. Yogesh Raj is innocent).
December 6, 2018 -
WhatsApp business chief Neeraj Arora quits
Arora has been with WhatsApp since 2011 -- well before the mobile messaging service's $19 billion acquisition by Facebook.
November 27, 2018