Iran's police chief says the Islamic Republic is developing new software to control social networking sites. ...
12:46 PM, Jan 06, 2013
Jerusalem: Excessive internet communications through social networking sites such as Facebook may lead to psychotic symptoms, including delusions, anxiety and confusion, according to a new study. A study by Tel Aviv University found a connection between gradual development and exacerbation of psychoticd symptoms and intensified use of computer communications. "As internet access becomes increasingly widespread, so do related psychopathologies such as internet addiction and delusions related to the technology and...
06:07 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday asked the Centre to block the anti-Islam video on social networking sites as it could trigger law and order problem in the state. "We have requested the nodal agency in the Union IT ministry to block the video," state Home Secretary BR Sharma said. He said the content of the video was deemed offensive and could trigger law and order problems in the...
01:23 AM, Sep 14, 2012
New Delhi: Twitter has promised to cooperate with the government after the Prime Minister's Office complained to it about objectionable content on six accounts resembling the PMO's official account. As the government blocked the six accounts after Twitter took no action, the social networking portal has communicated to the PMO that it would be locating the "unlawful content". It has told the PMO that it could not take action earlier...
04:58 PM, Aug 22, 2012
New Delhi: Social networking sites like Facebook and YouTube have informed the government that inflammatory content uploaded on their pages have indicated that they originated from Pakistan. "The initial response from international social networking sites indicates that such content has been hosted from outside the country and to a large extent from a neighbouring country (Pakistan)," Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEIT) said in a statement. The response of...
10:14 PM, Aug 20, 2012
New Delhi: At some point in your life you have wished you had the spontaneous timing of Chandler Bing to wriggle yourself out of a sticky situation armed with nothing but scathing wit. The iconic American situational comedy F.R.I.E.N.D.S might have redefined popular culture and made inroads into the Indian set-up, but in the last decade it was social media that shaped the way we deconstructed our lives for complete...
09:06 AM, Aug 05, 2012
London: Ever felt low if your friend gets more likes or tweets than you? You're not alone. Comparisons on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter make people feel anxious and under-confident, according to a poll. The poll also found that more than half said these sites had altered their behaviour, especially suffering a negative impact from social media. Two-thirds said they were unable to relax or to doze off...
03:52 PM, Jul 09, 2012
Washington: The first lady's profile on the social networking site went live Wednesday with three boards highlighting photos from around the White House, "great memories" and Father's Day. Mrs Obama captioned some of the photos herself, including recent shots of the Obama family skipping stones and playing minigolf, and older family photos including a wedding day picture. By midmorning, Mrs Obama had more than 1,600 followers on the site. Pinterest...
09:39 AM, Jun 14, 2012
Washington: Want to avoid being "unfriended" by your friends on Facebook? Then, just start responding to posts on your wall, researchers say. Researchers at Arizona State University in the US found that following some simple but unspoken rules - such as responding to messages, avoiding disrespecting people and not posting controversial pictures, can help one stay in friends' good graces always on social networking sites. Study researcher Erin Bryant and...
06:29 PM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday dismissed a case against Internet giant Yahoo for allegedly hosting objectionable content on its site and penalised the petitioner for dragging it in the litigation along with other social networking sites. Administrative Civil Judge Praveen Singh imposed a cost of Rs 5000 on plaintiff Mufti Aijas Arshad Quasmi for impleading the company as a party without disclosing any cause of action against it....
01:57 PM, Mar 05, 2012
New Delhi: In a major relief for Yahoo India, the Delhi High Court on Friday stayed the personal presence summons issued to its chief by the Patiala House Court. The Patiala House Court had issued summons to all the 21 websites involved in the objectionable content case to appear before court on March 13. Facebook and Google have already got the summons stayed. "The summons issued against Yahoo India is...
04:41 PM, Mar 02, 2012
Houston: Facebook, the world's most popular social networking site, has turned eight. With an estimated 845 million active subscribers, the social networking giant still continues to grow, since its launch on February 4, 2004 and is most likely to have 1 billion users by August this year. While, the company CEO Mark Zuckerberg is best known as the man who built Facebook, the company has three other co-founders, all college...
12:57 PM, Feb 05, 2012
Munich: Twitter is much more than a social network and has no time to waste worrying about newcomers like Google+ as it becomes more important as an information service and builds its advertising business, co-founder Jack Dorsey said on Sunday. "We have a lot to concern ourselves with, just building Twitter," Dorsey said when asked at a technology conference whether he was worried that Google's own fledgling social network would...
10:31 AM, Jan 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will hear petitions filed by Facebook and Google on Monday in the objectionable content case. The companies had challenged a trial court summons for allegedly webcasting objectionable material. Google and Facebook, along with 16 other websites are facing criminal proceedings. Google and Facebook had argued that it is impossible for them to prescreen content with billions of users accessing websites every day and that...
07:30 AM, Jan 23, 2012
Washington: US regulators looking at whether Google manipulates its search results to favour its own products have expanded the probe to include Google+, the search giant's new social networking tool, a source familiar with the probe said on Friday. Google+, which was launched in June, offers many of the capabilities available on Twitter and on Facebook. Google announced on Tuesday new features aimed at making search results more personalised. As...
11:17 AM, Jan 15, 2012
New Delhi: The Government has given sanction for the prosecution of 21 social networking sites like Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo India in the ongoing spat between the companies and the Government of India over content regulation. The Centre told a Delhi court on Friday that there is sufficient material to proceed against the 21 social networking sites for offences of promoting enmity between classes and causing prejudice to national...
01:58 PM, Jan 13, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday barred social networking sites from allowing content that hurts religious sentiments. The court observed that websites now have content which is defamatory and derogatory to communities. The court prohibited sites from allowing content which is using gods and goddesses for defamatory purposes. The order has been sent to Google India, Facebook, Yahoo India and YouTube. ...
08:05 PM, Dec 21, 2011
London: A 30-year-old Canadian woman has come up with a social networking website exclusively for females. The site Luluvise.com bans males from joining, the Daily Mail reported. It connects though other networking websites LinkedIn and Facebook. Since its launch Wednesday, it already has 1,000 users in 69 countries. "Luluvise uses Facebook to make registration easier. We do not post to walls or make Luluvise information public anywhere or to other...
12:24 PM, Dec 18, 2011
Sydney: Social networking may be promoting alcohol use among young people in so subtle a manner that users are not even aware of it. "It (social networking) is being employed to organise events, communicate with people while out drinking, and enabling participants to share photos of their socialising and drinking online," said Antonia Lyons, associate professor in psychology at Massey University who led the study. Lyons said the research has...
12:10 PM, Dec 13, 2011
