Instagram is building a team to stop people from feeling bad on Instagram
Last year, a widely-publicized survey by Britain's Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), a health education charity, ranked Instagram as the #1 worst social media network for mental health and wellbeing. While the photo-sharing platform got some points for self-expression and self-identity, they were … Read More
Parents, Stop With the Naked Kid Pics on Instagram, Urges Child Safety Campaign
As part of the campaign, CRC and D&G, which worked pro-bono on this, created the @KidsForPrivacy movement, which includes the 60-second video below, as well as a hub on Instagram. There, parents can learn about the dangers of exposing their kids on social media, as well as tips and info …
Skip The ATM, IndusInd Bank Customers to Get Balance Info And More on WhatsApp
The integration with WhatsApp will allow IndusInd Bank to start appearing as a Verified account when it communicates with its customers. “The initial test phase will allow the bank to communicate important transaction alerts to the customers on WhatsApp. It also allows two-way communication with … Read More
Please Help Us Understand How People Use WhatsApp Groups. Thanks…
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IndusInd Bank customers will soon see transactions on WhatsApp
New Delhi, Apr 3 () IndusInd Bank today said its customers will soon be able to see their transactions on WhatsApp and also converse with the bank through a dedicated number. The bank has launched a pilot WhatsApp enterprise solution to communicate with its customers. The message service on … Read …
Five things we can learn from how Twitter runs its business
The appointment of well-regarded Candi Castleberry Singleton last year to lead Twitter's equality efforts, replacing Jeffrey Siminoff as VP of diversity and inclusion, signals a renewed commitment to integrating more women, BAME and disabled employees into the heart of the workforce. According to the … Read More
MasterChef UK judges skewered on Twitter for telling Malaysian contestant her chicken rendang …
One of the judges, John Torode riled Malaysians even more by suggesting on Twitter that chicken rendang was from neighbouring Indonesia, and ending his tweet with “namaste”, an Indian greeting. “Maybe Rendang is Indonesian !! Love this !! Brilliant how excited you are all getting … Namaste,” he … Read More
Twitter mourns as Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan’s marriage ends in separation
Tatum posted a shocking joint announcement on his Twitter account Monday. “We have lovingly chosen to separate as a couple,” the joint statement said. “We fell deeply in love so many years ago and have had a magical journey together. Absolutely nothing has changed about how much we love one … …
Mark Zuckerberg floated a “Supreme Court” for Facebook. What does that mean?
As part of a damage-control press tour following the Cambridge Analytica revelations, Zuckerberg spoke to Vox's Ezra Klein on a podcast that aired April 2. In the interview, Klein and the Facebook founder discuss a claim Zuckerberg made in a separate interview several years earlier: that in many ways, … Read …
Facebook wants a social media supreme court so it can avoid hard questions
As Klein points out, Facebook's failures have consequences on par with government failures. The integrity of elections is threatened; violence is incited; and key communication channels are jammed by bad actors. In America and many other countries, much of this activity goes unregulated by the … Read More