NEW YORK (Kashmir English): The services of social media platforms Facebook and Instagram have been affected all over the world, including Pakistan, due to which users are facing difficulties. According to users, they are facing difficulties in sending messages and posting on Meta’s sub-platform, Facebook. Instagram and Facebook down: App not working amid major outagehttps://t.co/AByK1128Jq […]
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has warned mobile phone users about sharing misleading, hateful, defamatory, blasphemous, or anti-state content. In a statement, the telecom authority has urged users to use social media responsibly and warned them that sharing blasphemous, anti-state, pornographic content, and false news is a crime. It said that users
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Users are facing difficulties using X, formerly known as Twitter, since Monday afternoon globally, including Pakistan. According to the internet tracking monitor Downdetector, more than 9,800 reports of issues with the social media platform have been made since 9 AM Eastern Time, Reuters reported. X was also down for over 1,300 users
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CALIFORNIA (Kashmir English): WhatsApp is rolling out two new features for Android users, which include tracking Portal and Managing Chat Backups in beta. According to a report by Wabetainfo, Tracking Portal is basically a feature that lets users know which of their contacts is currently online. This will be indicated by a green dot that
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication has clarified that the Right of Way (ROW) provisions included in the Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organization) (Amendment) Bill, 2026, are intended to accelerate telecom infrastructure development and improve internet connectivity while fully safeguarding private property rights. In a press release, the Information Technology Ministry said that
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ABU DHABI (Kashmir English): The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become the first Arab country to bar children under 15 from using social media. The Kingdom has set a minimum age of 15 for social media use, introducing such a restriction as governments worldwide seek to address growing concerns over the impact of online
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NEW YORK (Kashmir English): Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT has added a feature that is commonly used in messaging apps right now. The new feature is that you can now schedule things in an AI chatbot. It is not clear at this time what the benefit of the schedule feature in an AI chatbot can
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): iPhones are likely to become more expensive in Pakistan following the announcement by Apple’s outgoing CEO, Tim Cook, that prices on the company’s products will increase due to rising costs of parts and the memory crisis globally. In an exclusive interview with The Wall Street Journal, Cook said, “Unfortunately, price increases are unavoidable.
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NEW YORK (Kashmir English): The Samsung Messages app is going to be shut down for users in the US this coming July. This means that all Galaxy users who are still using the service will need to migrate to another messaging app. The affected users have been instructed by Samsung to switch to Google Messages
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LONDON (Kashmir English): British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said he would ban social media for the under-16s besides imposing restrictions on gaming and livestreaming platforms. The ban comes as some of the most far-reaching online restrictions to date globally. Starmer said on Monday he is going to introduce sweeping changes to social media
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