Why is Elon Musk Rebranding Twitter as X?
Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, has recently undertaken a significant rebranding effort for the social media platform, replacing its iconic blue bird logo with an “X.” This move comes as part of a broader strategy to transform Twitter into ..
Category: International / World Current Affairs
MEITY Grievance Appellate Committees
The IT Rules of 2021 say that Social Media Companies such as Facebook should compulsorily appoint Grievance officers. These officers should be from India. They will oversee the complaints made by social media users. Now the Ministry of Electronics and ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Q&A: What is Mastodon?
Mastodon is a social media platform not owned or controlled by a single entity. Instead, Mastodon is made up of a network of independently-operated servers that users can join and interact with each other on. Users on Mastodon can post ..
Twitter Transparency Report on India
According to microblogging platform Twitter, India accounts for highest number of legal demands worldwide, to remove content posted by journalists and news outlets on the platform, in July-December 2021. It made 114 such requests. This data was presented in Twitter ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2022
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Twitter: ‘Unmentioning’ feature
The microblogging platform Twitter has rolled out “Unmentioning Feature”. This feature will allow uses to remove themselves from any conversations. About Unmentioning Feature This feature was launched amid ongoing chaos over Elon Musk’s walkout of USD 44 billion deal to ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2022
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Twitter: Elon Musk terminates deal
Elon Musk has announced to take down his USD 44 billion bid to buy microblogging platform Twitter. Highlights Elon Musk is terminating the agreement because, Twitter was involved in material breach of the agreement signed between both. Twitter had put forward ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2022
Elon Musk-Twitter Deal
In one of the tech world’s biggest deals, Elon Musk has taken control of the social media site Twitter. Through this deal, he will be acquiring the social network for around USD 44 billion with the shares of the company ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • International / World Current Affairs
European Union New Internet Rules
The European Union finalized new legislation that will require the world’s big tech companies to remove harmful content. This is the latest move of the union to regulate the world’s online giants. Overview: The Digital Services Act (DSA) has the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022
Category: International / World Current Affairs • Legal & Constitution Current Affairs