TikTok slashes hundreds of jobs in AI shift
Social media platform TikTok said it will slash hundreds of jobs, with a significant number of employees in Malaysia expected to be affected, as the company shifts to AI-assisted content moderation...
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Patiya police station, army vehicle come under attack
A group of people attacked the Patiya police station in Chattogram and an army vehicle, demanding the handover of a youth arrested for insulting Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) on social media...
Kenyan court rules Meta can be sued over moderator sackings
A Kenyan court has ruled that US social media giant Meta can be sued over poor working conditions and layoffs, paving the way for a legal battle in the East African nation...
Social media trap
SCROLLING through platforms like TikTok or Facebook might seem like a casual pastime, but beneath the surface, these activities are reshaping our cognitive processes and emotional well-being in significant ways. Let鈥檚 explore how this digital engagement is subtly influencing our brains and mental health...
Bangladeshi deported over anti-India posts
Alamgir Sheikh, 34, from Patgram of Lalmonirhat, has been detained by Indian authorities and had his tourist visa canceled due to anti-India posts and comments made on social media...
No account of army chief in social media: ISPR
The chief of Bangladesh army general Waker-uz-Zaman has no personal account in any social media platform, said an Inter-Services Public Relations release on Thursday...
Ashulia video clip of body dumping warrants early probe
A VIDEO clip of apparently police personnel dumping a body onto several other bodies onto a rickshaw van, said to have taken place on Dhaka鈥檚 outskirts of Ashulia, that has gone viral on social media warrants immediate government attention. It calls for an early investigation to establish whether the video clip is real or fake...
Video of piling bodies on rickshaw-van at Ashulia goes viral
The video of piling up bodies in a van that went viral on social media occurred at Ashulia on the outskirt of the Dhaka city...
FB event for burning Zafar Iqbal鈥檚 book criticised
A Facebook public event asking people to burn literary works of Muhammed Zafar Iqbal created criticism though the event did not exist now on the social media platform...
YouTuber arrested after peacock curry video in India
An Indian would-be social media star has been arrested and detained after outrage by his video of cooking and eating the country's protected national bird, a peacock, police said.
UK court orders jail terms for social media posts
Prime minister Keir Starmer warned Friday that UK authorities must 鈥榮tay on high alert鈥� for more far-right riots, as courts issued the first jail sentences for online incitement during the recent disorder...
Maduro blocks X in Venezuela
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro suspended access to the social media site X on Thursday, as he faced renewed pressure from a trio of friendly Latin American nations to release data proving his claimed reelection was valid...
Facebook, WhatsApp, other social media unblocked in Bangladesh
Social media platforms, including Facebook and WhatsApp, were unblocked in Bangladesh on Wednesday afternoon.
Trump offers tech sector policy flips ahead of election
Fiercely against social media platform TikTok, cryptocurrency bitcoin and electric cars during his presidency, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has recently flip-flopped on several issues that are dear to Silicon Valley...
Has Bangladesh become social media state?
LOOKING at the scenes of rage, anger, violence and, ultimately, blood, one must wonder at reasons causing the events that led to several stages of violence. They not only drew blood and fire but gutted a lot of the already fragile structures of a weak state...
US says it broke up Russian AI bot farm on X
The United States has disrupted a Russian disinformation campaign involving AI-powered bots used to create fake profiles on the social media platform X, the Justice Department said Tuesday...
Social media, corruption and that goat
NOTHING works like social media when it comes to spreading news as it shows regularly in everyday life. Scandals, sports religion or bed bug spray are all now dependent on social media. If it is not there, it is nowhere. And, this is increasingly becoming clear that while the official, formal and state-inspired agencies...
JnU student gets five-year jail for FB post
The Cyber Tribunal in Dhaka聽on Monday sentenced Tithy Sarker, a suspended student of Jagannath University, to five years imprisonment in a case filed under the Digital Security Act on November 5, 2020, for making derogatory remarks about Islam on social media...
HC bans PP from courts for defaming magistrate
The High Court on Tuesday banned a government law officer from appearing in courts for 20 days for making contemptuous remarks on social media against a judicial officer following an altercation in courtroom...
Boredom, creativity and social media
AT A discussion panel with other TEDx speakers several months back, the subject of creativity came up. One of the panellists said that creativity happens when he鈥檚 bored. I turned to the man next to me, a popular actor and YouTuber, in surprise...
Police asked to probe case against journalists
Barishal Cyber Tribunal asked the police to investigate a case against six people, including three journalists, for live-streaming a press conference on social media Facebook at Patharghata press club in Barguna...
Arafat, Mauritius鈥� IT minister for strategic action to combat misinformation
Bangladesh鈥檚 state minister for information and broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat and Mauritius鈥� information technology, communication and innovation minister Deepak Balgobin at a meeting have emphasized on strategic actions to combat the spread of misinformation through social media....
X blocks India election posts after takedown orders
Social media platform X has blocked several posts in India containing political speech after authorities ordered their takedown ahead of a six-week general election that starts Friday...