Tag: social media

Drug Kingpin Arrested After Wife’s Social Media Posts Reveal Location

January 27, 2025 admin

A drug kingpin, who was enjoying a vacation with his wife in the United Kingdom, was arrested after her partner’s social media posts revealed their whereabouts. Luis Manuel Picado Grijalba, 43, wanted by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), was arrested in London in December after his wife shared luxury holiday snaps online, unknowingly revealing…

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The Dynamics That Polarise Us On Social Media Are About To Get A Lot Worse

January 17, 2025 admin

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced big changes in how the company addresses misinformation across Facebook, Instagram and Threads. Instead of relying on independent third-party factcheckers, Meta will now emulate Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) in using “community notes”. These crowdsourced contributions allow users to flag content they believe is questionable. Zuckerberg claimed…

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Minimum Wage, AI Safety, Social Media, Here’s What’s Changing In US From 2025

January 1, 2025 admin

New year, new laws. Starting today, 1st January, employers will have to provide 20 hours of prenatal sick leave, for appointments such as physical examinations, medical procedures, etc., in addition to existing sick time per Governor Kathy Hochul’s office. “Hardworking New Yorkers shouldn’t have to worry about how they’ll buy food or pay rent when…

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How Social Media Restricted Palestinian News And Boosted Israel’s

December 18, 2024 admin

Facebook has been accused of severely restricting Palestinian news outlets’ ability to reach their audience during the Israel-Gaza war. A BBC analysis of Facebook data revealed a steep drop in audience engagement for newsrooms in the Palestinian territories, including Gaza and the West Bank, since October 2023. This decline in engagement is surprising, given that…

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TikTok’s Global Carbon Footprint Nearly Exceeds Greece’s, Study Finds

December 13, 2024 admin

An astonishing new study has claimed that TikTok’s annual carbon footprint is greater than most social media platforms and probably greater than that of Greece. An average user of the short-video app was generating greenhouse gases equivalent to driving an extra 198 kilometres in a gasoline-powered car each year, according to estimates from Greenly, as…

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Photo Claiming To Show Gutkha Stains On Kartavya Path Goes Viral, Internet In Disgust

November 20, 2024 admin

In the era of artificial intelligence-generated photos, a picture of India Gate’s Kartavya Path that shows visitors’ gutkha spits “painted” on it is becoming viral on social media. A post on the microblogging platform X (formerly known as Twitter) showcases several images where paan and gutkha stains are visibly marked on the red granite of…

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Chinese Woman’s DNA Test Uncovers True Identity After Joke About Her Looks

November 1, 2024 admin

China’s social media users have rallied behind her, encouraging her to find her birth parents. In an unexpected turn of events, a woman in northern China recently had a DNA test and found she was not genetically related to her parents, according to South China Morning Post. In an interview, the woman from Xinxiang, Henan…

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Video Shows Incoming Israeli Missile Turns Residential Building To Dust In Beirut

October 23, 2024 admin

Beirut, Lebanon: The video of an Israeli missile striking a residential building in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday is going viral across various social media platforms amid ongoing clashes between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. According to The New York Post, the multi-story building was reportedly located in the Tayouneh neighbourhood, next to Horsh Beirut, a…

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