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Facebook to Launch Clubhouse Competitor, Podcast Discovery Tool Among ‘Social Audio’ Products Today: Report

Reuters | Monday April 19, 2021

Facebook will introduce new “social audio” products today, April 19, including its take on audio-chat app Clubhouse and a push into podcast discovery and distribution, according to a new report.

Facebook Hotline Being Tested as Live Audio Chat Rival to Clubhouse

Agence France-Presse | Thursday April 8, 2021

Facebook launched an experimental online forum called Hotline, an attempt by the social media giant to keep up with the live audio trend made popular by the likes of Clubhouse.

With "Hotline", Facebook Experiments With Audio Made Popular By Clubhouse

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday April 8, 2021

Facebook on Wednesday launched an experimental online forum called Hotline, an attempt by the social media giant to keep up with the live audio trend made popular by the likes of Clubhouse.

Bizarre Snake, Found In US, Stumps Experts. It Turns Out To Be...

Offbeat | Written by Sanya Jain | Wednesday November 4, 2020

The Virginia Wildlife Management and Control's Snake Identification Hotline was recently contacted about a strange-looking snake. With its half-moon shaped head, the snake stumped experts, who admitted that they had never seen anything like it before.

Calls for Cooperation as Online Child Sex Abuse Soars in Europe

Reuters | Thursday June 18, 2020

Online child sex abuse has soared in Europe during coronavirus lockdowns, campaigners and lawyers warned, calling for greater international cooperation and better reporting tools to halt the scourge.

South Korea Acts To Stop Defectors Sending Aid, Messages To North Korea

World News | Reuters | Wednesday June 10, 2020

A day after North Korea suspended communication hotlines with South Korea over defectors who send propaganda and contraband into the North, South Korea said it would take legal action against two organisations that conduct such operations.

Centre's Coronavirus Hotline Dies As Numbers Cross 1 Lakh

India News | Reported by Arvind Gunasekar, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday May 19, 2020

The information flow from the government on the coronavirus pandemic in the country has slowed down to a trickle as the numbers spiraled. From a detailed briefing to the media by health ministry officials, which started sometime in the mid-March, the communication has shrunk to a press release every day.

WhatsApp Launches Coronavirus Information Hub, Donates $1 Million to Help Curb COVID-19 Misinformation

Jagmeet Singh | Wednesday March 18, 2020

WhatsApp has launched the Coronavirus Information Hub in partnership with WHO, UNICEF, and UNDP to provide tips and guidelines for communication during the outbreak. It has also announced a $1 million donation to eradicate coronavirus-related fake news circulation.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Hotlines Set Up For Assistance To Indians In China

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday January 23, 2020

As China stepped up measures to control the spread of coronavirus, locking down Wuhan and Huanggang cities in the Hubei province where several Indians live, the Indian Embassy in Beijing has set up hotlines for their assistance.

US Students Called Suicide Hotline But Instead Got Sex Line

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday November 1, 2019

Officials from a California school district were left red-faced after students who dialed a suicide prevention hotline listed on their ID badges instead stumbled on a sex line.

After Hotline, A "Pride" Campaign: Team PK Rebranding Mamata Banerjee

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday August 2, 2019

Days after unveiling a helpline and a website to help citizens reach out to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with their complaints, an online campaign to let people express "why they are proud of her" was launched by the Trinamool Congress on Friday.

Indian Embassy Opens Hotline For 129 Students Detained In US Visa Scam

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Saturday February 2, 2019

As many as 129 Indians are among the 130 foreign students arrested for enrolling at a fake university allegedly to remain in the US.The Indian embassy in the US has opened a 24/7 hotline to assist 129 Indian students arrested by the American authorities in the "pay-and-stay" university visa scam, officials have said.

Rs 2,021 Crore Spent On PM Modi's Foreign Travel Since 2014: Centre

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday December 28, 2018

More than Rs 2,021 crore were spent on chartered flights, maintenance of aircraft and hotline facilities during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visits to foreign countries since June 2014, according to the government.

Survivors Feel Both Hope And Fear After Kavanaugh Hearing, Advocates Say

World News | Reuters | Saturday September 29, 2018

For sexual assault survivors, Christine Blasey Ford emerged as a new hero on Thursday, triggering a surge in calls to a national rape hotline as she told senators that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh assaulted her when they were teenagers.

US Catholic Church Plans Hotline For Complaints Of Abuse By Bishops

World News | Reuters | Thursday September 20, 2018

Catholic bishops in the United States plan to set up a hotline to field complaints about bishops who have sexually abused or harassed children or adults, in response to a growing sexual misconduct scandal in the church's highest ranks.