December 6, 2023
Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday announced that WhatsApp Channels has surpassed 500 million monthly active users. Channels is a new way to get updates from people, organizations, and teams people follow on WhatsApp. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill Courses Offering College Course Website Indian School of Business ISB Professional Certificate
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The audience reach of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 on Disney Star channels has declined 6% to 430 million compared to the previous edition of the tournament in 2019, as per Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India data for the first 34 matches. However, the live broadcast of the tournament on both Disney
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The popular messaging platform Telegram will block channels that called for anti-Semitic violence in Russia’s Dagestan region, Telegram founder Pavel Durov said on Monday. “Channels calling for violence will be blocked for violating the rules of Telegram, Google, Apple and the entire civilised world,” Durov wrote on his own Telegram channel. Elevate Your Tech Prowess
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The Broadcasting Content Complaint Council (BCCC) on Tuesday asked entertainment channels to exercise “extreme caution” while portraying the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in television programmes to avoid hurting the sentiments of the members of the two communities. The channels, while depicting the stories of the members of the scheduled caste (SC) and scheduled tribe
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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has asked Google-owned YouTube to initiate necessary legal measures against “fake news channels” and advised the platform to incorporate a disclaimer to address this issue effectively. In a notification, MeitY advised YouTube to put a disclaimer “news not verified” on “fake news channels”. The IT Ministry has
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Mobile messaging platform Telegram has banned 2,114 groups and channels related to child abuse content, according to a Telegram channel ‘Stop Child Abuse’. The instant messaging platform is one of three entities to which the government on Friday issued notices to remove child sexual abuse material in India. “2,114 groups and channels related to child
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Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly planning to replace the green verification badge with a blue checkmark for verified channels on Android. According to WABetaInfo, the change will also apply to verified businesses. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill Courses Offering College Course Website Indian School of Business ISB Product Management Visit Indian School of Business
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Viacom18 will showcase the upcoming Indian Super League (ISL) 2023–24 season across eight linear channels in four different languages besides streaming it live for free on Jio Cinema. The matches will be aired on Sports18 Khel (Hindi), Sports18 1 SD & HD (English), VH1 SD & HD (English), Surya Movies (Malayalam), DD Bangla, and Colors
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Euronews did not produce or publish a report falsely claiming Ukrainian refugees attacked a man in Germany after mistaking his Slovenian flag for a Russian one. A screenshot has been shared online that appears to show a fake Euronews report claiming Ukrainian refugees in Germany attacked a man for hanging up a Slovenian flag, believing
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In a video that dropped Tuesday, the lampooning comedian tweaked Barbra Streisand’s “Don’t Rain on My Parade” from “Funny Girl” into “Don’t Arraign On His Parade.” Trump is facing the latest of his arraignments in Georgia, for a total of four indictments with 91 criminal charges. “Your delusional narcissism is inspiring,” Rainbow tells Trump in
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