Sonam Kapoor suggests measures to tackle anonymous trolls after Chrissy Teigen quits Twitter citing negativity
4 years ago

Sonam Kapoor suggests measures to tackle anonymous trolls after Chrissy Teigen quits Twitter citing negativity

Hindustan Times  

Actor Sonam Kapoor wondered if Twitter has ‘become too toxic’ after model and television personality Chrissy Teigen announced her decision to quit the platform on Wednesday night, citing negativity. Sonam suggested that ID proofs be made mandatory while creating social media accounts to combat the menace of anonymous trolling. You should need an ID proof.” Moments before going off Twitter, Chrissy wrote that for more than a decade, her followers have been her ‘world’. Last year, shortly after actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, Sonam was at the receiving end of a lot of negativity.

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Stop this tamasha: Celebs tell trolls of Deepika Padukone's baby bump spotting
10 months ago

Stop this tamasha: Celebs tell trolls of Deepika Padukone's baby bump spotting

Hindustan Times  

‘Her baby bump is fake’ ‘Pregnant women don’t walk like that, is she even pregnant’- this is just a sample of what social media's hard-hearted comments looked like, after Deepika Padukone stepped out on May 20 to vote. Actor Ranveer Singh with wife, actor Deepika Padukone stepped out to vote recently in Mumbai, and her baby bump was seen for …

Twitter to free up crores of user names by deleting inactive accounts: Elon Musk
2 years, 3 months ago

Twitter to free up crores of user names by deleting inactive accounts: Elon Musk

Live Mint  

Elon Musk on 9 December has said that the social media giant will delete crores of inactive user accounts. Announcing in a Tweet, Musk wrote, “Twitter will soon start freeing the name space of 1.5 billion accounts” In another tweet, he wrote, “These are obvious account deletions with no tweets & no log in for years.” Earlier in the day, …

Dear trolls, it's you who need to have some shame for attacking Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Aaradhya
2 years, 4 months ago

Dear trolls, it's you who need to have some shame for attacking Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Aaradhya

Firstpost  

Social media is a bane. While one troll wrote, “Cringe to the level 100,” another netizen commented, “Maa beti ho thoda toh sharam karo”. Another user commented, “Inappropriate behavior with no boundaries- we know you have only pure genuine love for your daughter, but you’re too much now! You can do better,” while a comment from a troll read, “Not …

Manish Tewari | Behind all social media ills: Not privacy, but anonymity
2 years, 4 months ago

Manish Tewari | Behind all social media ills: Not privacy, but anonymity

Deccan Chronicle  

The Internet or the World Wide Web was the most impudent tryout in anarchy and it succeeded beyond the wildest dreams of its progenitors, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Today there are 5.03 billion Internet users around the world and 4.9 billion of these use social media. One of the earliest cases of tragedy by an anonymity dates back …

Social media companies could soon be forced to end anonymity for online trolls. But will this stop the trolling?
3 years, 4 months ago

Social media companies could soon be forced to end anonymity for online trolls. But will this stop the trolling?

ABC  

The federal government plans to crack down on "bots and bigots and trolls" by introducing legislation to parliament that will require social media companies to collect the details of all users. Blaming online anonymity for aggressive behaviour is "a really fundamental misunderstanding of the dynamics of these systems," Dr van der Nagel said. In 2018, the Queensland government engaged Dr …

Saif Ali Khan says Kareena Kapoor advised him to not look himself up online: ‘I had stopped for a while’
3 years, 6 months ago

Saif Ali Khan says Kareena Kapoor advised him to not look himself up online: ‘I had stopped for a while’

Hindustan Times  

Saif Ali Khan revealed his wife, actor Kareena Kapoor shared a piece of advice that helps him tackle social media trolls. The couple has previously received online hate for the names of their sons, Taimur and Jehangir Saif Ali Khan reveals Kareena Kapoor's advice to ignore trolls. So it can get a little wrong.” Arjun Kapoor, who was also a …

Twitter India Issued Notice Over Meera Chopra's Online Abuse Case
3 years, 9 months ago

Twitter India Issued Notice Over Meera Chopra's Online Abuse Case

News 18  

The Hyderabad cyber crime police issued notice to Twitter India on June 17 in a case related to online rape threats made to actress Meera Chopra on the social media platform. In June last year, Meera had filed a complaint against online trollers for allegedly abusing and threatening her with rape and murder on Twitter. The Cybercrime department has sent …

Twitter Explains Why Some Users Are Losing Followers
3 years, 9 months ago

Twitter Explains Why Some Users Are Losing Followers

News 18  

Twitter has shed some light that some accounts might witness “fluctuations” in follower count from time to time. Recently, several users that include Bollywood actor Anupam Kher and TV journalist Richar Kher claimed they lost hundreds of followers in a day or so. In a day😃— richa anirudh June 11, 2021 Recently, actor Anupam Kher claimed that he lost nearly …

Chrissy Teigen Deletes Twitter Account, Citing Negativity
4 years ago

Chrissy Teigen Deletes Twitter Account, Citing Negativity

News 18  

Chrissy Teigen has deleted her popular Twitter account, saying the site no longer plays a positive role in her life. “For over 10 years you guys have been my world,” Teigen wrote to her 13.7 million followers Wednesday night. This no longer serves me as positively as it serves me negatively, and I think that’s the right time to call …

Chrissy Teigen deletes Twitter account, citing negativity
4 years ago

Chrissy Teigen deletes Twitter account, citing negativity

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Chrissy Teigen has deleted her popular Twitter account, saying the site no longer plays a positive role in her life. “For over 10 years you guys have been my world,” Teigen wrote to her 13.7 million followers Wednesday night. This no longer serves me as positively as it serves me negatively, and I think that’s the right …

Farewell, Chrissy Teigen’s Twitter. Why the social media queen quit the app
4 years ago

Farewell, Chrissy Teigen’s Twitter. Why the social media queen quit the app

LA Times  

After a long, love-hate relationship with Twitter, Chrissy Teigen has left the social media platform. This no longer serves me as positively as it serves me negatively, and I think that’s the right time to call something.” Though Teigen’s quick humor and expert comeback game earned her millions of Twitter fans, the “Cravings” mastermind also drew plenty of haters, who …

Sonu Sood shares proof as man accuses him of offering help to fake accounts, a PR stunt: ‘I find a needy, they somehow find me’
4 years, 5 months ago

Sonu Sood shares proof as man accuses him of offering help to fake accounts, a PR stunt: ‘I find a needy, they somehow find me’

Hindustan Times  

Actor Sonu Sood has become a Messiah for many this year. A person called Snehal shared a tweet, asking Sonu to help them get treatment for their ailing child. Now, a Twitter user has alleged that Sonu is running a PR exercise considering how ‘Snehal’s’ account doesn’t seem legitimate. “New twitter A/c Only 2-3 followers One TweeNever tagged Sonu Sood …

Sonam Kapoor to Devoleena Bhattacharjee, How Actresses Deal with Toxic Social Media
4 years, 5 months ago

Sonam Kapoor to Devoleena Bhattacharjee, How Actresses Deal with Toxic Social Media

News 18  

Celebrities falling prey to trolling on social media is commonplace. Be it a make-up related page or a hair styling page, I devote time on social media on these things rather than paying heed to unecessary arguments,” she said. “Saath Nibhaana Saathiya” and “Bigg Boss 13” contestant Devoleena Bhattacharjee has also experienced negativity online — especially for her “zero chemistry …

Social Media Flooded with Memes as Hindustani Bhau's Instagram Account is Suspended
4 years, 7 months ago

Social Media Flooded with Memes as Hindustani Bhau's Instagram Account is Suspended

News 18  

Controversial YouTube figure and Bigg Boss 13 contestant Hindustani Bhau's Instagram account has been suspended for violating community guidelines. Comedian Kunal Kamra had also reported a video posted by Bhau on Twitter as he tagged Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and Mumbai Police. Remarks like “System side main” are an insult to our constitution," Kunal wrote on Twitter sharing a …

Never posted communally charged content on social media: T'gana BJP MLA Raja Singh
4 years, 7 months ago

Never posted communally charged content on social media: T'gana BJP MLA Raja Singh

India Today  

Raja Singh, the lone BJP MLA from Telangana and apparently in the centre of a row over social media giant Facebook's policy on hate speeches, has rejected allegations he makes communally loaded posts online, asserting he only works in the national interest. In a report published last week, US newspaper Wall Street Journal had cited interviews with unnamed Facebook insiders …

Hackers May Try To Hijack Famous Indian Profiles, Here's What Maharashtra Cyber Advices You Do
4 years, 8 months ago

Hackers May Try To Hijack Famous Indian Profiles, Here's What Maharashtra Cyber Advices You Do

ABP News  

We detected what we believe to be a coordinated social engineering attack by people who successfully targeted some of our employees with access to internal systems and tools. "It is possible that hackers could try to gain atoms to prominent Indian twitter profiles in a similar fashion," the statement read. The agency has expressed the possibility of such a coordinated …

Thinking of giving up my social media accounts, says Narendra Modi
5 years ago

Thinking of giving up my social media accounts, says Narendra Modi

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi triggered a flurry of speculation after he took to Twitter late Monday evening to say that he was considering giving up his social media accounts on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram from Sunday. “This Sunday, thinking of giving up my social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & YouTube. — Narendra Modi March 2, 2020 His social …

Netizens urge PM Modi not to quit social media, 'No Sir' trends on Twitter
5 years ago

Netizens urge PM Modi not to quit social media, 'No Sir' trends on Twitter

India Today  

Within minutes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tweet saying that he is thinking of giving up his social media accounts, scores of netizens urged him not to quit the various social media platforms as 'No Sir' trended on Twitter. PM Modi sent the social media buzzing with his tweet, "This Sunday, thinking of giving up my social media accounts on …

Anurag Kashyap quits Twitter after daughter and parents receive threats, says ‘Thugs will rule and thuggery will be the new way of life’
5 years, 7 months ago

Anurag Kashyap quits Twitter after daughter and parents receive threats, says ‘Thugs will rule and thuggery will be the new way of life’

Hindustan Times  

After days of fighting with trolls who attacked him for criticising the central government, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap quit Twitter Saturday evening. In what can be considered his last tweet, Anurag wrote, “When your parents start to get calls and your daughter gets online threats then you know no one wants to talk. Talking about deleting his Twitter account Anurag told …

Anurag Kashyap quits Twitter citing threats to family; says new India has chosen thuggery over rational discussion
5 years, 7 months ago

Anurag Kashyap quits Twitter citing threats to family; says new India has chosen thuggery over rational discussion

Firstpost  

Anurag Kashyap was among the 49 intellectuals and public personalities who were signatories to a recent petition requesting the Prime Minister to stanch the rising incidents of hate crimes in the country. Citing threats to his family’s safety, noted filmmaker Anurag Kashyap deleted his Twitter account earlier today, 10 August. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi was re-elected this May, Kashyap …

Twitter feels the absence of strong India leadership
6 years, 1 month ago

Twitter feels the absence of strong India leadership

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The summon by a parliamentary panel to microblogging platform Twitter Inc.’s chief executive officer Jack Dorsey is a reminder of how the lack of strong local leadership can spell trouble for global social media platforms, which have the potential to shape the opinions of millions of users. Much like its competitor Facebook’s messaging platform WhatsApp earlier, Twitter currently …

Swara Bhaskar’s Twitter account disappears after being trolled for Una Flogging remark
6 years, 7 months ago

Swara Bhaskar’s Twitter account disappears after being trolled for Una Flogging remark

India TV News  

Swara Bhaskar has always been a controversy’s child. Recently, the Veere Di Wedding actress was receiving flak for making derogatory remark on Indian Army while tweeting about Una Flogging case. Referring to the case where a stone-pelter was tied to the jeep by an Indian Army personnel, she wrote, “Some assholes with big caste pride, tied men to a jeep, …

Trolls are faceless people with no jobs, feel sorry for them, says Sonam Kapoor
6 years, 9 months ago

Trolls are faceless people with no jobs, feel sorry for them, says Sonam Kapoor

Hindustan Times  

Sonam Kapoor says she does not get bogged down with social media bullying and added that she feels sorry for trolls. Sonam Kapoor poses for a portrait photograph at the 71st international film festival in Cannes. Recently, Sonam, who tied the knot with her long time boyfriend Anand Ahuja in May, was trolled for wearing her mangalsutra on the wrist. …

Sonam Kapoor on her biggest learning from being on social media: To think before I tweet
6 years, 10 months ago

Sonam Kapoor on her biggest learning from being on social media: To think before I tweet

Firstpost  

Sonam Kapoor is known to be one of the few celebrities who express their opinion fearlessly on social media. In the first episode of Social Media Star, Kapoor shared the couch with Rega Jha, editor of Buzzfeed India, and discussed the pros and cons of being a public figure who isn’t afraid to speak up. Talking about the trolls, Sonam …

Opinion | Aaj ki Baat March 21 episode: Rajat Sharma on why Centre must take steps to regulate social media
7 years ago

Opinion | Aaj ki Baat March 21 episode: Rajat Sharma on why Centre must take steps to regulate social media

India TV News  

On Wednesday, Union Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad warned Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg by name and said that any data leak relating to Indian users for political purposes in India would not be tolerated. Social media, particularly Facebook and WhatsApp, has vital data relating to their users including their telephone numbers, their locations, their present and past profile, …

Huma Qureshi opens up on her 'South Indian side', bond with Deepika's sister Anisha
7 years, 1 month ago

Huma Qureshi opens up on her 'South Indian side', bond with Deepika's sister Anisha

Deccan Chronicle  

Warm and thoughtful, yet reticent — actress Huma Qureshi knows her mind and is unabashed about expressing her views. From believing how social media can be a cesspool of toxicity and revealing a side to her that’s very South Indian to sharing her excitement ahead of her Tamil debut Kaala with none other than the Thalaivar, Rajinikanth; Huma is stepping …

Deleted my Twitter account due to abusive content, says senior lawyer Harish Salve; wants social media regulated
7 years, 5 months ago

Deleted my Twitter account due to abusive content, says senior lawyer Harish Salve; wants social media regulated

India TV News  

Top Indian lawyer Harish Salve has told Supreme Court that he had to delete his account on social networking site Twitter due to abusive content and has sought regulation of social media and accountability for those who post abusive content. Another senior lawyer Fali S Nariman said he was better off as he did not have a Twitter account at …

I don’t want people to take advantage of my social media absence: Sakshi Tanwar
7 years, 9 months ago

I don’t want people to take advantage of my social media absence: Sakshi Tanwar

Hindustan Times  

Popular TV actor Shweta Tiwari became a victim of death hoax recently. What started the hoax was a message posted on actor Sakshi Tanwar’s fake Facebook account. The actor says she wants to make people understand that they can’t take advantage of her absence on social media. Sakshi Tanwar will next be seen in the web series Karrle Tu Bhi …

Sonu Nigam, Abhijeet's lessons for celebrities: Indulge trolls at your own risk, lest you become one
7 years, 10 months ago

Sonu Nigam, Abhijeet's lessons for celebrities: Indulge trolls at your own risk, lest you become one

Firstpost  

Sonu Nigam and Abhijeet’s case should be a warning to other celebrities. One would like to recall them as brilliant entertainers, not as social media figures who nearly metamorphosed into trolls themselves by engaging with trolls for long. Abhijeet is a repeat offender, but why must someone like Sonu back him with such passion on an issue concerning Jawaharlal Nehru …

Media trolls oppose suspending account of Twitter troll who celebrated death of CRPF jawans
7 years, 10 months ago

Media trolls oppose suspending account of Twitter troll who celebrated death of CRPF jawans

Op India  

Twitter is a place where abuse remains a big problem, and this abuse comes from people claiming to follow all kinds of ideologies. One of such abusive account was of a Twitter troll, who had earlier openly advocated murders of Hindus in Kerala and had recently celebrated death of 26 CRPF men who were killed by Maoists a week earlier. …

Now attempts being made to hack Right Wing accounts on Twitter?
8 years, 1 month ago

Now attempts being made to hack Right Wing accounts on Twitter?

Op India  

Recently many Right Wing or right-leaning users on Twitter were worried about their accounts getting suspended by Twitter India after prominent Twitter user Sonam Mahajan’s account and backup account both got suspended. pic.twitter.com/v8p2bGPWiN — Maithun – HMP February 20, 2017 Ditto with me Lols its like synchronized attacks from aaptard to hack account they dont know the password is my …

Popular Right Wing Twitter account suspended allegedly for questioning Kejriwal and Anti-Nationals
8 years, 1 month ago

Popular Right Wing Twitter account suspended allegedly for questioning Kejriwal and Anti-Nationals

Op India  

Since long there have been reports about how Twitter accounts were getting suspended for attacking a particular ideology and a political party whose leader routinely attacks the PM by using words like Coward and Psychopath and journalists by calling them ‘dalaal’. Bring @AsYouNotWish back — Ra_Bies February 9, 2017 Twitter suspended @AsYouNotWish due to mass mass reporting by AAPtards but …

Maneka Gandhi’s idea of controlling trolling on internet is quixotic
8 years, 8 months ago

Maneka Gandhi’s idea of controlling trolling on internet is quixotic

Op India  

It is too much of a coincidence. — Maneka Gandhi July 5, 2016 And if media sources are to be believed, this is also in the works: Exclusive Menaka Gandhi constitutes separate cell in her ministry to check trolls menace — IndiaTodayFLASH July 8, 2016 Yes Maneka Gandhi wants to take it upon herself and her ministry to clean the …

Twitter's anti-abuse policy seems like a much-needed remedy for the sick world of online trolls
9 years, 11 months ago

Twitter's anti-abuse policy seems like a much-needed remedy for the sick world of online trolls

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Since the dawn of the digital age he has lumbered tragically through the online world's green pastures, …

Aamir, Big B, Preity Get Insulted On Twitter
15 years ago

Aamir, Big B, Preity Get Insulted On Twitter

India TV News  

Internet addicts have found a brand new way of insulting actors – by hurling abuses on their social networking sites, blogs or even homepages. Actor Aamir Khan recently faced one of the most venomous abuses when someone posted a message on his website questioning Aamir's post where he talks about one of the most painful experiences of his life – …

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