social media
How social media has changed the way we experience football
Social media is the best thing that happened to football after the inclusion of the offside rule.
25 August 2022, 11:00 AM
Snapchat to allow parents to monitor who their kids are chatting with
Snap Inc (SNAP.N), owner of the popular messaging app Snapchat, rolled out its first parental control tools on Tuesday, which will allow parents to see who their teens are talking to, but not the substance of their conversations.
9 August 2022, 19:26 PM
How BookTok motivated me to read again
It has made literary criticism—often regarded highbrow or excessively academic—feel accessible.
3 August 2022, 13:00 PM
Become popular on the Internet with Sellout.com
In a world full of fake validation, Sellout.com understands what’s crucial for triumph – internet points.
28 July 2022, 12:47 PM
Five arrested for kidney trade on social media
Rab arrested five members a gang, including its ringleader, on charge of buying and selling kidneys using social media.
20 July 2022, 10:10 AM
Things I’ve seen on social media about Padma bridge’s first day
The Padma bridge is now open to the public, and people are going wild.
26 June 2022, 15:06 PM
The issues with performative activism
Performative activism is the act of speaking up for a cause for the sake of garnering attention or presenting a positive public image, instead of doing so out of genuine care.
16 June 2022, 00:00 AM
All social media needs “dislike” buttons
Dislike buttons should be ubiquitous on social media. Here’s why.
26 May 2022, 00:00 AM
Online friendships in the 21st century
When you make friends online, you get to start with a clean slate.
25 May 2022, 14:19 PM
How to verify online content and deal with misinformation
Misleading news propagated through social media and the web can influence public actions and opinions adversely. Here are some ways you can verify information before jumping into a bogus narrative.
20 May 2022, 06:25 AM
The perils of ghosting, as told by a ghoster
We’ve ghosted others, been ghosted ourselves.
15 May 2022, 13:57 PM
Draft OTT regulations: They'll be threat to free speech, says speakers at webinar
The government’s draft regulation for digital, social media and OTT platforms will be a threat to freedom of speech and people’s basic rights, experts said yesterday.
16 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Draft regulation for digital, social media, OTTs a threat to freedom of speech: Experts
The government’s draft regulation for digital, social media and OTT platforms will be a threat to freedom of speech and curb people’s basic rights, experts said today.
16 April 2022, 16:37 PM
Sri Lanka bans social media; VPN use spikes
Sri Lanka's attempt to contain spiralling protests by blocking popular social media platforms led to an extraordinary spike in the use of censorship-dodging virtual private networks, a tracking firm said Monday.
Demand for VPNs went up by a staggering 17,000 per cent on Sunday when the ban came into effect, Top10VPN.com said after tracking downloads by Sri Lankan users.
5 April 2022, 08:52 AM
Many on social media thought the 'Oscars slap' was staged
In the minutes and hours after Will Smith accosted and slapped Chris Rock before a live audience of millions, social media platforms lit up with a breathless and emphatic hot take: Surely, multitudes insisted, the whole thing was staged.
29 March 2022, 10:52 AM
Rossgram, the Russian Instagram, launches soon
Russian tech entrepreneurs are reportedly set to launch the Russian version of Instagram, Rossgram. This announcement follows the nationwide Instagram ban on Russia earlier this week.
16 March 2022, 12:59 PM
The 5 Stages of TikTok
Do any of these apply to you?
5 March 2022, 13:16 PM
What young professionals can expect from a career in social media
A career in social media is not unheard of. However, it might still sound somewhat new to many.
3 March 2022, 14:39 PM
How social media shaped my teaching experience
Online classes opened a window none of us knew was possible.
2 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Boredom, and How Social Media Makes It Worse
"Bored and lonely? Blame your phone."
2 March 2022, 18:00 PM