WASHINGTON (AFP) Microsoft said Thursday it thwarted recent cyberattacks from China, Russia and Iran targeting both Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns, as technology giants scrambled to protect election security less than two months ahead of the US vote. The announcement came as Twitter said it would implement a policy next week
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Rakuten Viber accelerates growth amid uncertain first half of 2020
The year so far hasn’t exactly been peachy, but the communications giant continues to bear fruit The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a lot of uncertainties in many industries. While losses are countless and impactful, the wins though not as many have also provided a ray of hope amid gloomy business forecasts. However,
Facebook News feature to expand beyond US
(UN) SHARE THE POST? RETHINKING OUR BEHAVIOR ON SOCIAL MEDIA
December 16, 2012. An Indian student got violently raped on a moving bus in Delhi and succumbed to an excruciating death. Around 534 media reports were published afterwards, as stated in a research article of BMC Women’s Health. Among these, 26 were categorized as description of event, 112 as description of
Service providers can not avoid responsibility of misusing social media platforms: Hasan
Social media need to be closed down: Trump
Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to regulate or shut down social media companies for stifling conservative voices, a day after Twitter attached a warning to some of his tweets prompting readers to fact check the president's claims. Without offering evidence, Trump again accused such platforms of bias, tweeting:
IMPACT OF USING SOCIAL MEDIA AFFECTS MENTAL HEALTH
The American Academy of Pediatrics has warned about the potential threats of social media in young kids and teens, including cyber-bullying and "Facebook depression." Even adults are not free of them across the generations. Howsoever, while people are talking about the high admiration of social sites, dependence on them may have
SOCIAL MEDIA’S MORAL RECKONING: CHANGING THE TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SILICON VALLEY
SOCIAL MEDIA GIANTS IGNORE NBR ORDER ON VAT AGENTS
Social media giants like Facebook, Google and YouTube are not interested in appointing VAT agents in Bangladesh though the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has asked them to appoint VAT agents and pay 15 per cent VAT on advertisement revenue to the government. “Two months have elapsed since the directive was
SOCIAL MEDIA: A NEW HORIZON IN E-LEARNING
Social media tools (Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram and others) have created enormous interest among educators to use it as an agent of change in teaching and learning practice because of its openness, interactivity, and sociability. As net generation students highly rely on social media for information and collaboration, educators are