by admin | May 25, 2021 | Markets, Networking, Online Marketing, Social Media, Technology, World
San Francisco : Owing to severe decline in monthly page visits, from 8.5 billion to 4.7 billion in the last two years, Facebook is set to cede its long-held second position among the top websites in the US to YouTube, according to a new study.
Although Facebook’s app traffic has grown, it is not enough to make up for that loss, CNBC reported on Wednesday citing the study by market research firm SimilarWeb.
Facebook earlier reported that in the second quarter of this year, its number of daily active users remained flat in North America and went down in Europe.
Owned by Google parent Alphabet, YouTube, on the other hand, has seen increased traffic and rise in viewership, said the study that found Google’s position as the biggest website in the US remaining unshaken.
The researchers projects that Amazon is set to overtake Yahoo as the fourth most-visited website in the US in the next couple of months.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | News
Anupam Kher
Mumbai : Actor Anupam Kher has condemned the #TalkToAMuslim campaign on social media, calling it “ridiculous”.
Anupam interacted with the media at the completion of the golden jubilee year of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) here on Thursday.
Twitter users have been commenting on a trending hashtag ‘Talk to a Muslim’. Even celebrities like Swara Bhaskar and Gauahar Khan have shared their thoughts on it.
Commenting on the campaign, Anupam said: “I have come from a family who never told me that they are another religion. We have respected all religions and that (#TalkToAMuslim) is a ridiculous campaign.
“I think it was a campaign which presented Muslims as a small entity, which was shameful thing according to me. We shouldn’t hurt anybody’s religious sentiments. Today it has become really easy to run a campaign. Each day some new campaign trends on social media. I think we should set the trend by doing our job efficiently. ‘I am an Indian’ campaign, that should be run in everybody’s blood and life.”
Anupam sang the national anthem with CISF personnel.
“I feel always emotional and proud about people who are in uniforms,” he said, sharing how during his childhood days in Shimla, where there was the headquarter of Western Command, saying “Jai Hind” or singing the Indian national anthem became natural.
“Recently, athlete Hima Das also cried after winning gold medal when our national anthem was playing at the award ceremony. So, it’s obvious that you get goosebumps when you see your national flag, and the national anthem is being played in the background.”
On the film front, Anupam will next be seen in “The Accidental Prime Minister”, which revolves around the life of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | News, Politics
New Delhi : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh for the first time admitted in the Lok Sabha on Thursday that fake news on social media has resulted in many mob lynching incidents in the country, saying the government has asked service providers to put a check on rumour mongering on social media. Not satisfied with his response, the opposition walked out.
Earlier, the Minister termed these incidents ‘unfortunate’ and asked the state governments to take “appropriate action”. He was replying to a question raised by K.C. Venugopal of the Congress during Zero Hour.
The Congress MP said incidents of mob lynching and vigilantism have increased across the country and political opponents were also being targeted by vigilante groups.
He alleged that investigative agencies were being misused even as he hit out at BJP MP Jayant Sinha for garlanding eight people who were convicted in a mob lynching case.
“Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity as well as Swami Agnivesh have been attacked by ruling party members,” said Venugopal. He also urged the government to bring a law to check such crimes.
Replying to him, Singh said while it was true that such incidents resulting in deaths have been reported from various parts of the country, “this is not the first time that such incidents have happened”.
Condemning these incidents, he said it was the responsibility of the states to take appropriate action.
“Since law and order is a state subject, the state governments should take action. I have personally spoken to the Chief Ministers about these incidents,” said Singh.
“The spread of fake news on social media by unverified accounts is also responsible for these incidents. We have asked the social media service providers to devise a system to prevent fake news,” he added.
He also said that the Home Ministry had issued two advisories to the state governments, one in 2016 and the other a few days back, urging them to take action in such incidents.
Not happy with the Minister’s reply, Congress, RJD and CPI-M members staged a walkout.
According to media reports, 20 people have died in lynching cases across the country this year.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Markets, News, Politics, Social Media
New Delhi : The Union Home Ministry has issued an advisory to states and Union Territories (UTs) asking them to take measures to prevent incidents of mob lynching fuelled by rumours of child lifting circulating on social media, an official said on Thursday.
The advisory urged the states as well as the UTs to keep a watch for “early detection of such rumours and initiate effective measures for countering them”.
“The states and UTs have been asked to direct district administrations to identify vulnerable areas and conduct community outreach programmes for creating awareness and building confidence,” the advisory said.
It was also stressed that complaints of child abduction or kidnapping should be properly investigated to instil confidence among the affected persons.
The mob attacks were mostly sparked off by rumours of child lifting sent out through WhatsApp messaging service.
Five persons were beaten to death by a mob in Maharashtra’s Dhule district on suspicion of being child-lifters.
A series of similar unfortunate incidents has rocked many states, including Assam, Karnataka, Tripura and West Bengal, with people being beaten to death simply on suspicion of being child-lifters or thieves owing to false rumours on social media.
The Indian government on Tuesday asked WhatsApp to take immediate action to end the menace of spreading messages that impact the country’s law and order situation and ensure that the platform is not used for such malafide activities.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Markets, Networking, News, Online Marketing, Politics, Social Media
New Delhi : The micro-blogging platform registered over 30 lakh tweets related to Karnataka assembly polls in the past three weeks, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) garnering 51 per cent of the share of voice, Twitter announced on Wednesday.
Congress registered 42 per cent and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) seven per cent of mentions on Twitter in the April 25-May 15 period.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi emerged as the most mentioned personality on Twitter, while former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was the most mentioned candidate on Twitter, the company said in a statement.
“Over the past few weeks, our data shows more than three million Tweets related to the Karnataka elections, making it one of the most talked-about state elections on Twitter,” said Mahima Kaul, Head of Public Policy and Government, Twitter India.
#KarnatakaVerdict emerged as the most talked about election-related topic in the past 24 hours since Tuesday.
The most used hashtag across the election was #KarnatakaElections2018.
“Twitter is where political conversations happen and where you can see all sides of a conversation when it comes to elections,” Kaul added.
To make people aware about the importance of elections prior to Karnataka polls, Twitter had released an elections voting emoji and organised a special event called #ElectionsOnTwitter in partnership with civil society organisations and media partners.
—IANS
