Social Media in News 2023
‘Twitter’ in News
▪ Twitter owner Elon Musk has replaced Twitter’s iconic bird logo with X.
What is the best Twitter logo? pic.twitter.com/zTSsqQn5nN
— Dexerto (@Dexerto) July 31, 2023
▪ Recently, Twitter Inc. has been merged with X Corp. a technology company established by business magnate Elon Musk in 2023 as the successor to Twitter, Inc.
▪ Blue tick, recently seen in the news, is a premium service provided by the popular microblogging (combination of blogging and social media) site Twitter.
▪ Recently, social media platform Twitter has launched a new feature “Circles”.
▪ Tesla CEO Elon Musk will serve as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Twitter, the social media company he just bought for $44 billion.
▪ Virat Kohli has become the first cricketer to have 50 million followers on Twitter.
▪ Samiran Gupta has been appointed to head public policy for Twitter in India.
▪ Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey recently announced his vision for a new decentralized web platform, Web 5.0.
‘Facebook’ in News
- Meta partnered with the Karnataka government to train teachers and students in digital safety skills.
- Meta and IBM launched the “AI Alliance” group.
- Meta collaborated with the Indian Government for the ‘Education to Entrepreneurship’ initiative.
- Meta announced the launch of UPI payments for WhatsApp Business in India.
- Meta (formerly Facebook) announced the launch of Unified Payment Interface (UPI) payments for WhatsApp Business in India on September 20, 2023.
- The Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, and Meta (formerly Facebook) have come together to launch a program called “Education to Entrepreneurship: Empowering Students, Educators, and Entrepreneurs.”
- The main goal of this program is to encourage young people to use their education to start successful businesses. Meta is working with the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship to make this happen.
- Meta recently launched SeamlessM4T, a new AI model that can translate and transcribe text and speech in up to 100 languages.
- Recently, India AI has partnered with Meta for collaboration in the field of AI and
- Emerging Technologies.
- The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) and Meta, the parent company of Facebook, have jointly launched the Amrit Generation campaign. The campaign aims to empower and engage the youth of India by encouraging them to express their aspirations and dreams for the future. The campaign is open to young people between the ages of 16 and 18, and participants can create Reels on Instagram or Facebook showcasing their aspirations using the hashtag #AmritGeneration.
- Meta, the parent company of Facebook, recently announced the launch of its new chatbot named LLaMA.
- Facebook-parent Meta has appointed Sandhya Devanathan as its new head and vice president of its India business.
- Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) has partnered with Facebook’s parent company, Meta, to support five lakh women-led small businesses in India.
‘Instagram’ in News
▪ Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have launched “Artifact”, a new artificial intelligence
(AI)-powered personalized news feed application.
▪ Instagram has announced a new campaign called the ‘Take a Break’ concept in all countries including India.
Take a Break will alert users scrolling on Instagram to periodically take breaks from the platform and focus on other things.
▪ Instagram alternative Rossgram was launched by Russia after Instagram stopped its operation in Russia due to the Russia-Ukrainian war.
‘WhatsApp’ in News
▪ Recently, the Child Rights Commission of Delhi launched its WhatsApp chatbot named ‘Bal Mitra
▪ Indian Railways recently launched Zoop, a WhatsApp-based food delivery service
▪ It was recently announced that a team called Bhashini, an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity), is developing a WhatsApp chatbot powered by ChatGPT.
▪ Recently, the Kerala High Court ruled that admins of WhatsApp groups are not liable for objectionable posts made by group members.
▪ Kerala Tourism has launched a 24×7 WhatsApp chatbot ‘Maya’, which will provide virtual assistance to Tourists to access information and updates about the tourism ecosystem in the state by just sending a ‘Hi’ to WhatsApp no. 7510512345, or by scanning a QR code to access the service.
▪ WhatsApp mobile application has launched the SMBS Sathi Utsav initiative to help small businesses by helping them adopt digital mediums.
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