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Women Spend 42% More Time On Shopping, OTT, Messaging Apps Than Men: Report
Women in the 18-24 age bracket spend up to 47 per cent more time on commerce apps than men, making them one of the most valuable user groups.
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Video Shows Delhi Auto Driver Allegedly Offering Young Women To Foreign Tourist, Internet Demands Action
Social media users strongly condemned the incident, with many users tagging Delhi Police and calling for strict legal action against the driver.
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OTT Content Not Under Censor Board, Regulated Under IT Rules: Centre
In a move aimed at curbing obscenity and making the internet safe for users, including women and children, the Centre has listed norms, making it mandatory for social media platforms to appoint local officers and publish compliance reports.
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Facebook India Growth Obstacles Said to Include Nude Content, Fewer Women Using the Platform
Facebook saw a plateau in growth in India since last year, when compared to sister apps WhatsApp and Instagram when the service added a few million users in the space of six months. While a Facebook report found that fewer women were using the service due to a variety of reasons, other obstacles to the growth of the service included nude content, t...
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Twitter Claims NFT Chatter Is on the Rise in India, but Women Only Participate in 15 Percent of Them
A study by Twitter reveals that 15 percent of the conversations around non-fungible tokens (NFTs) come from Indian women and in order to alter the gender skew towards conversation around the crypto asset, the microblogging platform is launching a female-led NFT Community.
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What do Meta's New Safety Initiatives to Protect Women Really Mean for Women in India?
Meta has launched a slew of safety initiatives for India to protect the women users. The initiatives include the launch of stopnciiI.org in India, a safety hub of women, and the appointment of the first Indian members in Meta’s Global Women’s Safety Expert Advisors.
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Facebook Owner Meta Launches New Platform, Safety Hub to Protect Women in India
Meta (Earlier Facebook) on Thursday announced multiple initiatives aimed at protecting woman users on its platform. It has launched StopNCII.org platform in India to help combat the spread of non-consensual intimate images (NCII).
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How Investing App Groww Witnessed Over 200 Percent Growth in First-Time Investors in COVID-Hit 2020
With startup culture thriving in India and the need for ‘going local’ becoming increasingly popular, we take a look at all the hottest tech startups grabbing headlines in the country. Gadgets 360 talks to Neeraj Singh, co-founder and CTO at Groww to know about the company’s history, growth, and future plans. We also talk to experts to underst...
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Twitter Launches New Initiatives to Tackle Misinformation Ahead of Assembly Elections in India
Twitter India on Monday launched a series of new initiatives including a new information search prompt and a custom emoji ahead of the scheduled assembly elections in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry. This will help users get information on voter registration, details about EVMs and VVPATs, and help tackle election-related mis...
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UNICEF Report Warns of 'Digital Gender Gap' in India With Only 29 Percent Online Users Female
Globally, 12 percent more men than women used the Internet in 2017. In India, less than one-third of Internet users are female.
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India to Have 850 Million Online Users by 2025: Boston Consulting Group
"While it took the country eight years to reach 250 million 3G connections, Reliance Jio 4G network added 100 million connections in just seven months."
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Government To Launch Anti-Troll App For Women, Says Union Minister Maneka Gandhi
A new app to protect women, who are being threatened with physical violence or trolled on the social media, is in the offing. Women internet users encountering such threats will soon be able to seek help from 'I am Trolled' app to be launched by the government, Union Minister Maneka Gandhi said on Friday.
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Google India aims to bring 50 million women online
With women comprising just 30 per cent of the online population in India, Internet giant Google said yesterday it aims to help 50 million women in the country go digital in a year.
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60 million women in India use Internet to manage everyday life: Survey
Out of 150 million Internet users in India, around 60 million women are now online and use the online medium to manage their day to day life
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Women in India, developing countries lag in Internet use: Intel report
More needs to be done to boost women's and girl's lagging online access, tech giant Intel Corp said in a report to be released later on Thursday that calls for doubling the number of female Internet users in developing nations over the next three years.
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Women Spend 42% More Time On Shopping, OTT, Messaging Apps Than Men: Report
Women in the 18-24 age bracket spend up to 47 per cent more time on commerce apps than men, making them one of the most valuable user groups.
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Video Shows Delhi Auto Driver Allegedly Offering Young Women To Foreign Tourist, Internet Demands Action
Social media users strongly condemned the incident, with many users tagging Delhi Police and calling for strict legal action against the driver.
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OTT Content Not Under Censor Board, Regulated Under IT Rules: Centre
In a move aimed at curbing obscenity and making the internet safe for users, including women and children, the Centre has listed norms, making it mandatory for social media platforms to appoint local officers and publish compliance reports.
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Facebook India Growth Obstacles Said to Include Nude Content, Fewer Women Using the Platform
Facebook saw a plateau in growth in India since last year, when compared to sister apps WhatsApp and Instagram when the service added a few million users in the space of six months. While a Facebook report found that fewer women were using the service due to a variety of reasons, other obstacles to the growth of the service included nude content, t...
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Twitter Claims NFT Chatter Is on the Rise in India, but Women Only Participate in 15 Percent of Them
A study by Twitter reveals that 15 percent of the conversations around non-fungible tokens (NFTs) come from Indian women and in order to alter the gender skew towards conversation around the crypto asset, the microblogging platform is launching a female-led NFT Community.
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What do Meta's New Safety Initiatives to Protect Women Really Mean for Women in India?
Meta has launched a slew of safety initiatives for India to protect the women users. The initiatives include the launch of stopnciiI.org in India, a safety hub of women, and the appointment of the first Indian members in Meta’s Global Women’s Safety Expert Advisors.
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Facebook Owner Meta Launches New Platform, Safety Hub to Protect Women in India
Meta (Earlier Facebook) on Thursday announced multiple initiatives aimed at protecting woman users on its platform. It has launched StopNCII.org platform in India to help combat the spread of non-consensual intimate images (NCII).
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How Investing App Groww Witnessed Over 200 Percent Growth in First-Time Investors in COVID-Hit 2020
With startup culture thriving in India and the need for ‘going local’ becoming increasingly popular, we take a look at all the hottest tech startups grabbing headlines in the country. Gadgets 360 talks to Neeraj Singh, co-founder and CTO at Groww to know about the company’s history, growth, and future plans. We also talk to experts to underst...
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Twitter Launches New Initiatives to Tackle Misinformation Ahead of Assembly Elections in India
Twitter India on Monday launched a series of new initiatives including a new information search prompt and a custom emoji ahead of the scheduled assembly elections in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry. This will help users get information on voter registration, details about EVMs and VVPATs, and help tackle election-related mis...
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UNICEF Report Warns of 'Digital Gender Gap' in India With Only 29 Percent Online Users Female
Globally, 12 percent more men than women used the Internet in 2017. In India, less than one-third of Internet users are female.
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India to Have 850 Million Online Users by 2025: Boston Consulting Group
"While it took the country eight years to reach 250 million 3G connections, Reliance Jio 4G network added 100 million connections in just seven months."
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Government To Launch Anti-Troll App For Women, Says Union Minister Maneka Gandhi
A new app to protect women, who are being threatened with physical violence or trolled on the social media, is in the offing. Women internet users encountering such threats will soon be able to seek help from 'I am Trolled' app to be launched by the government, Union Minister Maneka Gandhi said on Friday.
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Google India aims to bring 50 million women online
With women comprising just 30 per cent of the online population in India, Internet giant Google said yesterday it aims to help 50 million women in the country go digital in a year.
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60 million women in India use Internet to manage everyday life: Survey
Out of 150 million Internet users in India, around 60 million women are now online and use the online medium to manage their day to day life
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Women in India, developing countries lag in Internet use: Intel report
More needs to be done to boost women's and girl's lagging online access, tech giant Intel Corp said in a report to be released later on Thursday that calls for doubling the number of female Internet users in developing nations over the next three years.
