Twitter has added @SecondGentleman to its roster of official political handles as the husband of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris prepares to become the first male second spouse in US history.
Tag: Social Media
Singapore’s anti-fake news law needed to regulate falsehoods on social media: Law Minister Shanmugam
Social media firms are hampered by their commercial interests when tackling fake news, Singapore’s law minister said, defending the city-state’s law against fake news which critics say stifles free speech.
‘Vogue’ February cover featuring Vice-President elect Kamala Harris stirs whitewashing controversy
Popular American fashion and lifestyle magazine Vogue drew criticism over after the release of its February cover page that featured US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
#covid19, #GE2020 Singapore’s most popular hashtags on Twitter in 2020
Microblogging site Twitter in its annual trends report revealed that #covid19 and #GE2020 were the top hashtags of the year in Singapore.
Kamala Harris lists favourite foods, hobbies in response to Instagram users’ questions
Indian-origin and first Black woman to be picked by a US Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris has listed idli with a “really good Sambar” and “any kind of tikka” as her favourite Indian dishes.
India joins six-country campaign led by UK against social media encryption
India is among seven countries to join a UK-led campaign against end-to-end encryption of messages by social media giants such as Facebook, which they say hinder law enforcement by blocking all access to them.
Twitter red flags Trump’s flu tweet playing down COVID-19
United States President Donald Trump played down the COVID-19 pandemic again, comparing it to the flu in a tweet yesterday, and Twitter responded by putting a warning label on the tweet, saying the post included potentially misleading information.
Indonesian dancers recreate hit song from Bollywood film Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, video goes viral
The dancers from Indonesia impressed viewers not only with their dancing but also their costumes, expressions and the lip-syncing that went perfectly with the Hindi lyrics.
India’s smartphone market, the second-largest in the world, gets mobile app innovations boost
India recently surpassed the United States to become the second-largest smartphone market in the world, trailing only China. In fact, there are more smartphone users in India than the total population of the US.
How much time do Indians spend online?
Let’s look at how much of their free time Indians spend online and why.
