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  • Twitter unlikely to be free for commercial & government users: Elon Musk

    Twitter unlikely to be free for commercial & government users: Elon Musk

    Twitter is likely to charge costs for commercial or government users, Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk revealed in a recent twitter post.

    He also highlighted that Twitter will always remain free for casual users. “Twitter will always be free for casual users, but maybe a slight cost for commercial/government users,” he said in his tweet.

    In the last week of April, Twitter announced the sale of the company to Tesla for $ 44 billion. Ever since the news of Twitter’s acquisition by Tesla broke out, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been suggesting a series of changes to Twitter. After finalizing the deal with Twitter, Musk made it very clear that he is planning to enhance the platform with new features.

    “Twitter has tremendous potential – I look forward to working with the company and the community of users to unlock it,” he had said earlier. 

    This is not it, in one of his Tweets, he even advocated free speech over social media and said, “I hope even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means.”

  • Twitter elevates Preetha Athrey as director of Global Business Marketing, APAC

    Twitter elevates Preetha Athrey as director of Global Business Marketing, APAC

    MUMBAI: Microblogging and social networking giant Twitter has elevated Preetha Athrey as director of global business marketing, APAC. Previously, she was heading marketing at Twitter India. Athrey replaces Disha Goenka, who is now taking on a global role leading regional business marketing teams overseeing marketing strategies across Asia, Latin America, Europe, and North America.

    Both Athrey and Goenka took to the microblogging site to share the development.

    Athrey wrote, “I am truly honoured to lead the amazingly creative and enthusiastic Global Business Marketing team across APAC – full of energy, zest and who make work fun every day! We will continue to amplify the best of Twitter to activate our customers through inspiration and education.”

    Goenka posted: My journey @Twitter takes me to an exciting global role as Head of Regional Business Marketing teams across Asia, Latin America, Europe and North America. I’m honoured to lead this all-star team and excited for all the work we’ll be doing to serve our customers.

  • Twitter India brings in Samiran Gupta as public policy head

    Twitter India brings in Samiran Gupta as public policy head

    Mumbai: Twitter India has announced the appointment of public policy veteran Samiran Gupta as head – public policy and philanthropy, India and South Asia. 

    Gupta is an experienced public policy and stakeholder engagement leader. He has over 30 years of experience, much of which has been spent in assisting corporations set up industrial and services activities. His strengths lie in leadership roles linking business and public affairs skills to corporate strategy.

    Prior to joining Twitter, Gupta was with Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) as head of stakeholder engagement, South Asia.

    Announcing Gupta’s appointment on the microblogging platform, Twitter’s senior director public policy & philanthropy, APAC, Kathleen Reen said, “Pleased to welcome @Samiran01 to @Twitter to lead our public @Policy & philanthropy efforts in India & S Asia. A deeply respected leader in public affairs & tech policy, we’re excited Samiran joins our journey toward an inclusive & open Internet that empowers public conversation.”

    “Thrilled to join Twitter to lead the Public Policy team’s work and engage with govts, NGOs, and partners in India & South Asia. Can’t wait to get started with the incredible Policy team and contribute towards an Internet that is a global force for good,” replied Gupta.

  • #WeMetOnTwitter: Love in the digital age

    #WeMetOnTwitter: Love in the digital age

    Mumbai: Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and nothing warms the cockles of the heart like a good love story. In the digital age, love is just a tweet away! Oftentimes on Twitter, people find those who ‘get them’ forming meaningful bonds. In fact, people go on to share such stories on the service, recounting how they met on Twitter, with the hashtag #WeMetOnTwitter.

    It’s no surprise given that Twitter is the conversational layer of the internet and people come to the service to talk about what’s happening and connect with like-minded individuals.

    The conversation about #WeMetOnTwitter is steadily growing in India with 370 per cent more tweets about it in the last year (2021) than in 2020. Not only that, this year (2022) in just one month (January-February) we have seen the conversation increase by 28 per cent.

     

     

    As they say one finds love in the rarest and unexpected of places, and sometimes a tweet is all it takes, let’s look at some of these epic love stories made on Twitter:

    That’s a catch! Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) a cricket enthusiast found his perfect match, Sana Shariff (@SanaShariffHai) a dentist, #OnlyOnTwitter

     

     

    Love is love! Artist Sif (@sifofftherocker) met @sadboihoursonly on the service and to say that we absolutely love this tweet isn’t enough.

     

     

     

    Manifest it into existence: Love really struck a chord with Kanupriya (@kanupriya) and Mohit (@HaramiParindey), and their love story is music to our ears.

     

     

     

    Bigg Boss lovers unite: While #TejRan was the most talked-about couple and Tweeted hashtag this Bigg Boss season, Zain (@ZAIN17_) and Katha (@daffahojaosare) met on Twitter and fanned the flames of love outside the Bigg Boss house.

     

     

    Love is patient, love is kind! Artist Ronin (@priyanthan_)’s love story stood the test of time and is aww-inducing.

     

     

    Lastly, while love is in the air, remember that platonic love can prompt conversations and connections too. Through the power of conversations, Twitter has brought people closer and enabled connections and communities. With #WeMetOnTwitter we aim to find such stories of meaningful bonds, to be continued…

  • DD’s 2022 R-Day coverage garners 4.9 cr views across TV & digital

    DD’s 2022 R-Day coverage garners 4.9 cr views across TV & digital

    Mumbai: Doordarshan has garnered 2.6 crore views on YouTube and 2.3 crore views on its TV network on Republic Day 2022. The event also clocked 3.2 billion TV viewing minutes across 180 channels across the country which aired DD visuals from 9:30 a.m till noon.

    Through its Republic Day coverage, Doordarshan also registered a manifold increase in its global viewership together in more than 140 countries including US, Canada, Germany, Japan, France, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and UAE.

    “That Doordarshan’s broadcast has no parallel when it comes to 360-degree coverage of gigantic events of national importance has been well established multiple times in the past. But DD has outdone itself this time through unprecedented coverage of Republic Day 2022, with never seen images of fly-past by Indian AIR Force in its full glory and much more,” said the ministry of information and broadcasting in the statement.

    The public broadcaster also received much praise for its coverage of Republic Day on social media channels such as Twitter.

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Print beats TV, radio; Twitter most credible digital news medium: Ormax report

    Print beats TV, radio; Twitter most credible digital news medium: Ormax report

    Mumbai: Print media continues to lead with a credibility index of 62 per cent, followed by television (55 per cent) and radio (54 per cent). Social media platform Twitter is still the most credible digital medium for news, according to media analytics and consulting firm Ormax Media, which launched the third edition of its ‘Fact Or Fake?’ report on Tuesday. 

    Traditional media have higher news credibility than digital media, though most digital media have seen a marginal improvement in their credibility in this track. Twitter witnessed a drop in its credibility index over time: 57 per cent (September 2020) to 47 per cent (April 2021) to 42 per cent (December 2021). Furthermore, The Media Credibility Index is unchanged since the last track (65 per cent), highlighting that fake news continues to be a huge concern amongst the Indian news consumers, said the report.

    The report measures the credibility of various news media, as well as the perception around ‘fake news,’ through a survey of 2,000 news consumers across 15 states in India. The first edition was released in September 2020, followed by the second edition in April 2021.

    “Fake news, and lack of news credibility in general, continues to be a growing concern globally. Almost two out of three Indians see fake news as a problem, and that should be a major cause of worry for all news companies,” stated Ormax Media founder and CEO Shailesh Kapoor. “We launched this report in 2020 to enable more informed conversations on this topic. In the subsequent editions, we plan to study these indices by languages, to understand if there’s a difference in news credibility between Hindi, English and other major Indian languages.”

  • Govt blocks several social media handles circulating fake/inciting content

    Govt blocks several social media handles circulating fake/inciting content

    Mumbai: The government has blocked several social media handles for allegedly circulating “fake and inciting” content, said minister of state for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar.

    “Taskforce on safe and trusted internet at @GoI_MeitY at work. Handles that tried to push fake/inciting content on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, have been blocked,” tweeted Chandrasekhar on Saturday. 

    The minister said owners of such accounts are also being identified as per law, and the action taken by the platforms will also be scrutinised. According to media reports, the government has suspended as many as 73 Twitter handles, and four YouTube video posts.

    Last year in February, the government had notified Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT rules 2021) which came into effect on 26 May. The stringent rules were designed to make social media platforms accountable to end-users, and take down any offensive content following a complaint, and assist in investigations.

    The rules also recommend a three-tier mechanism for the regulation of all online media portals and publishers, over-the-top (OTT) platforms, and social media intermediaries. According to them, each significant social media company with over 50 lakh users is required to appoint a chief compliance officer, a nodal contact person for 24×7 coordination with law enforcement agencies, and a resident grievance officer. All three should be resident Indians and their details be put on the company’s website.

  • Manish Maheshwari moves on from Twitter to start Metaversity

    Manish Maheshwari moves on from Twitter to start Metaversity

    Mumbai: Former Twitter India head Manish Maheshwari has moved on from the company to work on an ed-tech venture, Metaversity.

    Maheshwari, who had moved to San Francisco in August as Twitter senior director for new markets, announced his decision in a tweet late Tuesday.

    “After close to three years, I am leaving Twitter to dedicate myself to #education and #teaching. While it is with a heavy heart that I leave Twitter, I am excited about the impact that can be created globally through education,” he wrote.

    Maheshwari said he is collaborating with Tanay Pratap, who has worked with Microsoft as a senior software engineer. “We will start by imparting employability training via a virtually immersive platform, which we are calling #Metaversity,” Maheshwari said in a series of tweets.

    “COVID-19 has fundamentally changed not only the skills needed to be successful in the new economy, but also how those skills are imparted. I am thrilled about how technology, particularly metaverse, can be leveraged to improve education and employability,” he further said.

    Maheshwari is a graduate of Shri Ram College of Commerce and has completed his MBA from Wharton Business School, where he served on the MBA admissions committee, was elected the Asia Club co-president and had won Shils-Zeidman Award, the highest award for entrepreneurship at Wharton.

    He had joined Twitter in April 2019 to head its Indian operations, after spending over three years at Network18 Media and Investments where he was the chief executive officer, digital. Prior to Network18, he worked with companies like Flipkart, Intuit, McKinsey & Company, and Procter & Gamle since May 1999.

  • Jack Dorsey steps down, Parag Agarwal named as Twitter CEO

    Jack Dorsey steps down, Parag Agarwal named as Twitter CEO

    Mumbai: Microblogging site Twitter has named Parag Agarwal as the new chief executive officer of the company effective immediately. The decision was announced by the outgoing CEO Jack Dorsey who stepped down from his position on Monday.

    Agarwal, an alumnus of IIT-Bombay and a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University had joined the US company in 2011 as an Ads engineer. He was elevated as the chief technology officer in March 2018. As the CTO, he led technical strategy for the company and oversaw machine learning and AI across its product and infrastructure teams.

    Dorsey would continue to serve on the company’s board until the expiry of his term, which is May, next year. In an email to his employees, which he also shared on Twitter, Dorsey shared that he had worked hard to ensure that the company can break away from its founding and founders. “There’s a lot of talk about the company being founder-led. Ultimately I believe that it’s severely limiting, and a single point of failure,” he wrote, adding that it was the right time for him to leave, and there were three reasons which made him believe so.

    One of the reasons he enlisted was Agarwal, who has been behind every critical decision that helped turn the company around, and deeply understands the company and its needs. “My trust in him as our CEO is bone deep,” he wrote.

     

     

    Dorsey along with Biz Stone, Evan Williams and Noah Glass had founded the company in 2006. Dorsey left the company in 2008 to set up his digital payments app, Square, and made a comeback in 2015 and has remained the CEO since.

    “The world is watching us right now, even more than they have before. Lots of people are going to have lots of different views and opinions about today’s news. It is because they care about Twitter and it’s our future, and it’s a signal that the work we do here matters. Lets’ show the world Twitter’s potential,” wrote Agarwal.

     

     

  • Facebook faces one of its longest global outages

    Facebook faces one of its longest global outages

    New Delhi: Social media giant Facebook along with its subsidiary platforms, Instagram and WhatsApp experienced one of its longest global outages on Monday night after the services remained non-functional at least for over five hours.

    The exact reason for the outage has not been established as yet. 

    Facebook took to Twitter to acknowledge the problem after several users complained of issues in accessing the social media site. “We are aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products. We are working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologise for any inconvenience,” a Facebook spokesperson tweeted.

     

     

    India has one of the highest numbers of users of Facebook as well as its other platforms. As per government data shared earlier this year, India has 53 crore WhatsApp users, 41 crore Facebook users and 21 crore Instagram users.

     

     

    Facebook chief technology officer, Mike Schroepfer said the social media company was experiencing “networking issues” and teams were working as fast as possible to debug and restore as fast as possible.

    As the Facebook-owned sites remained down, users took to alternative sites, including Twitter, Telegram, and Signal to connect with each other. While there have been similar outages in the past, the issues were resolved within a short time. However, on Monday, the sites remained down for as long as five hours.

    WhatsApp services resumed early on Monday morning, while Facebook and Instagram users continued to face issues.