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YouTube and WhatsApp inch closer to half a billion users in India

WhatsApp has enjoyed unrivaled reach in India for years. By mid-2019, the Facebook-owned app had amassed over 400 million users in the country. Its closest app rival at the time was YouTube, which, a

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Following riots, alternative social apps and private messengers top the app stores

Alternative social media apps including MeWe, CloutHub and other privacy-focused rivals to big tech, are topping the app stores following Trump’s ban from mainstream social platforms like Facebo

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Pence Not Ruling Out Invoking 25th Amendment if Trump's Behaviour Becomes More Unstable

US Vice President Mike Pence is not excluding the possibility of invoking the 25th Amendment in order to remove Donald Trump from power if the president becomes more un

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The deplatforming of a president

After years of placid admonishments, the tech world came out in force against President Trump this past week following the violent assault of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C. on Wednesday.

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'Trump didn't concede': How QAnon conspiracy theorists reacted to president's speech

The movement has rallied around consistently false theories about the Trump administration. The lost election might be the last.

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Smart cookie! AI helps Google staff develop recipes for hybrid pastry

Why have cupcakes when you can try cakies? /CFP Recipe development is an art, but what happens when a data scientist takes on an ambitious baking project? Here's a hint: hybrid bakes.The world

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Karma for past deeds comes to haunt U.S. in Capitol Hill insurrection

Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump clash with police officers in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., January 6, 2021. /Reuters Editor's note:Stephen Ndegwa is a Nair

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Michelle Obama calls on Silicon Valley to permanently ban Trump and prevent platform abuse by future leaders

In a new statement issued by former First Lady Michelle Obama, she calls on Silicon Valley specifically to address its role in the violent insurrection attempt by pro-Trump rioters at the U.S. Capito

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YouTube will start penalizing channels that post election misinformation

YouTube just announced that channels publishing “false claims” about the U.S. presidential election will be penalized with a strike, which would temporarily suspend them from posting vide

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Former Disney and Discovery execs to launch Struum, a ‘ClassPass for streaming services’

Former Disney and Discovery execs are teaming up to launch a new streaming service called Struum, arriving in the spring, that aims to take the Classpass model and apply it to the streaming landscape.

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How were the Capitol rioters in DC organised?

President Trump's supporters are bound by their cultural affinities rather than within any hierarchical organisation.

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State Department reportedly orders diplomats to stop posting on social media after U.S. Capitol riots

The State Department ordered diplomats to stop posting on social media after pro-Trump rioters stormed the United States Capitol, reports CNN, citing three diplomatic sources. Diplomats overseas were

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Social media allowed a shocked nation to watch a coup attempt in real time

Today’s historic and terrifying coup attempt by pro-Trump extremists in Washington, D.C. played out live the same way it was fomented — on social media. Once again Twitter, streaming sites, and

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Tech leaders speak out about platforms’ roles in US Capitol riots

After pro-Trump extremists violently stormed the U.S. Capitol, a number of tech executives and industry leaders are calling on Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to more aggressi

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Facebook and YouTube remove Trump video calling extremists ‘special’

Facebook and YouTube have removed a video posted by President Trump telling rioters who stormed Congress “we love you.” The same video was left online but blocked from being shared by Twi

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Pro-Trump mob storms the US Capitol, touting ‘Stop the Steal’ conspiracy

A chaotic scene unfolded in Washington D.C. on Wednesday as a large crowd of pro-Trump protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol Building.The Trump supporters flooded into the nation’s capital to atte

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How will plans to give pupils free data work?

Sources within the mobile industry tell Sky News that suggestions of zero-rating "key education websites" will not pan out.