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Dublin, September 6 - The social media platform, Instagram has been slapped with a whopping $402 million fine by Ireland's data privacy regulator, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The photo-sharing and content-creating site has been found violating laws regulating the handling of children's data online. ## Instagram has said it will appeal the fine.## According to THR, the Irish government's investigation, which began in 2020, found that Instagram allowed child users aged between 13 and 17 to operate business accounts on Instagram, which facilitated the publication of the users' phone numbers and/or email addresses. That, ruled Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner, was a violation of the country's laws protecting child data online.## A spokesperson for Meta said that Instagram updated its settings over a year ago to address the problem and has since released new features "to keep teens safe and their information private". Instagram disagrees with how the fine was calculated and is carefully reviewing the decision.## The full details of the decision will be published next week. ## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, June 7 - India's former cricket captain, Virat Kohli maybe is not in great touch on the cricket field but his popularity hasn't dropped an inch as he continues to be the most followed Indian personality on social media. ## One of the highest-paid sports personalities in the world, Virat Kohli has achieved a huge milestone on the social media platform Instagram by reaching 200 million followers. On Tuesday (June 7), ICC's first Cricketer of the Decade hit 200 million followers on the photo-sharing platform and becomes the only 17th in the world to achieve the feat. ## Among the most followed personalities on Instagram, Virat Kohli is currently at number 17 and is the only cricketer in the top 100. Virat is also the most followed Asian personality on the platform while the second most followed Asian is Priyanka Chopra with 79 million followers on Insta. ## Talking about Virat, his social media popularity has witnessed an unprecedented rise in the last two years during which his Instagram followers increased by over 100 million. He is arguably one of the most influencing sportspersons in the world. ## Portugal's football player Cristiano Ronaldo is the most followed person on Insta with over 447 million followers. He is at number 2 after Instagram's own handle which has over 510 million followers. Kylie Jenner is at number 3 with over 342 million followers. ## Stay tuned...

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Bengaluru, May 20 - Kannada superstar Yash has achieved yet another milestone, this time on a social media platform, Instagram. ## The 36-year Sandalwood sensation has become the first-ever Kannada actor to reach 10 million followers on the photo-sharing social media site, Instagram. Yash's popularity has shot up after the mega-blockbuster success of "KGF Chapter 2". ## Social media plays an important role in keeping celebrities connected with their fans. However, Yash is one of the actors who spent less time on any of the social media platforms. Despite his limited social media presence, Yash's fan following is continuously on the rise. ## On the other hand, Yash is following only two accounts on Instagram and one of them is his wife, Radhika Pandit.## Meanwhile, Yash is currently enjoying the success of "KGF 2", which has grossed approx. 1187 crores worldwide and still running in theaters. Directed by Prashanth Neel, "KGF 2" is currently the 3rd highest-grossing Indian movie of all time at the worldwide box office. ## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, April 29 - The official account of Instagram has crossed 500 million followers on its platform. It currently has 500.41M followers which is the highest in the world on the photo-sharing social media platform. ## Instagram is the only account on the platform to cross 500M followers. Portugal's star footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo has the second most number of followers on Instagram with 432.49M followers. ## American model and businesswoman, Kylie Jenner is at number 3 with 331.74M followers while Argentina's star footballer, Lionel Messi, and American singer, actress, Selena Gomez are at number 4 and 5 with 321.69M and 315.01M followers, respectively. ## Indian cricket legend, Virat Kohli is the most followed Asian personality on Instagram with 192.45M followers. He is currently at number 17 on the list. Virat Kohli's Instagram followers have increased over 100 million in the last two years.## Actress Priyanka Chopra is the second most followed Indian personality with 76.71M followers. She is currently in the 40th spot, followed by actress Shraddha Kapoor (48th) with 71.29M and singer Neha Kakkar (50th) with 69.54M in the top 50. ## Check Out - Highest followers on Instagram in World## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, April 26 - The Tesla and SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion on Monday. Once the deal is done, the richest person in the world will own arguably the most influential social platform in the world. The deal will close this year itself, pending approval from shareholders and regulatory agencies.## Elon Musk said at a conference that he made the offer to buy Twitter because it had "become kind of the de facto town square, so it is just really important that people have the reality and the perception that they are able to speak freely within the bounds of the law". ## "This is not a way to make money. My strong intuitive sense is that having a public platform that is maximally trusted and broadly inclusive is extremely important to the future of civilization. I don’t care about the economics at all", he added. ## After owning Twitter, Musk said in a statement on Monday, shared on Twitter, "Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated. I also want to make Twitter better than ever by enhancing the product with new features, making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating the spam bots, and authenticating all humans. Twitter has tremendous potential — I look forward to working with the company and the community of users to unlock it". ## Meanwhile, Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey, has supported Elon Musk's Twitter takeover and said that he is the right man to take the platform to new highs. "In principle, I don't believe anyone should own or run Twitter. It wants to be a public good at a protocol level, not a company. Solving for the problem of it being a company, however, Elon is the singular solution I trust. I trust his mission to extend the light of consciousness", he said in a Tweet.## "Elon's goal of creating a platform that is “maximally trusted and broadly inclusive” is the right one. This is also @paraga's (Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal) goal, and why I chose him. Thank you both for getting the company out of an impossible situation. This is the right path... I believe it with all my heart", he added in the next tweet.## Dorsey, who stepped down as Twitter CEO last year, is set for a $978 million cash payout upon the deal of selling Twitter to Musk is officially done. ## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, March 17 - American rapper, Kanye West has been suspended from photo and video sharing social networking service, Instagram, for 24-hours over the violation of the platform's harassment policy, according to Variety. ## West, on Wednesday (March 16), had directed a racial slur at "The Daily Show" host Trevor Noah through an Instagram post after Noah discussed the ongoing feud between West, his former wife Kim Kardashian, and her boyfriend, comedian Pete Davidson, on his show Tuesday night.## The post has been deleted as Meta found it a violation of their policies on hate speech, bullying, and harassment. As a result, West has been restricted from posting, commenting, and sending DMs for a 24-hour period. The company might ban Kanye West permanently if he continues to make such posts and violets the policy. For now, his account will be restored after 24-hours. ## Meanwhile, this is not the first instance went Kanye West has made comment on Pete Davidson. He dragged the comedian in the lyrics of his recent song, "Eazy". He had also made several posts about Davidson on Instagram. ## Not only commenting on Davidson, West, who is regarded as one of the most influential hip-hop musicians of all time, has also frequently discussed his custody troubles on Instagram. In one of the posts, he alleged that Kardashian is keeping him from seeing his children. Kardashian filed for divorce in February 2021 and was declared legally single on March 2.## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, January 23 - A few days ago, Canadian actor Simu Liu was trending on Twitter because of one of his tweets of 2018. This happened after Twitter started a thread on 18 January, sharing tweets from celebrities who predicted their fame and success before it came true. ## Starting the thread, Twitter captioned "if you can dream it, Tweet it" a photo of Megan Thee Stallion superimposed with a tweet the singer posted on 27 May 2014. "I need a team bc I promise rap gone take off for me", Megan wrote over six years before the release of her 2020 album, Good News.## But Megan isn't the only celebrity who predicted a future full of success. Simu Liu, in one of his tweets made in 2018, asked Marvel to talk about the film on "Shang-Chi", for an opportunity to star as the lead character in "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings". And we all know what happened next.## OK @Marvel, are we gonna talk or what #ShangChi— Simu Liu (刘思慕) (@SimuLiu) December 3, 2018 ## Zendaya predicted she'd be on the cover of Seventeen magazine in 2012. After being patient for four years, the "Spider-Man: No Way Home" star landed a spot on the cover in the October 2016 issue, making her dream and prediction true. ## had a blast @seventeenmag hope I'm on that cover one day!! #muchlove http://t.co/obY6YRU3— Zendaya (@Zendaya) August 2, 2012 ## Before Issa Rae stole our hearts with Insecure, she shared her dreams with her Twitter family. "When I grow up, I want to be a more successful version of me", she tweeted on July 5, 2010. Over a decade later, Rae has starred in The Hate U Give, Hair Love, and The Lovebirds; hosted Saturday Night Live; been in seven music videos; and accepted a BET Award and an NAACP Image Award for her role on Insecure. ## When I grow up, I want to be a more successful version of me.— Issa Rae (@IssaRae) July 6, 2010 ## Hair Love director Matthew A. Cherry wrote in a tweet on 2 June 2012, that "I'm gonna be nominated for an Oscar one day. Already claiming it". Nearly 10 years later, on 15 January 2022, Matthew wrote on Instagram, "Literally unreal. Manifest your dreams! It costs you nothing and you never know, one day it might come true", referring to his 2020 Academy Award for best animated short.## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, January 20 - "Bigg Boss 13" second runner-up and fan favorite, Shehnaaz Kaur Gill has teamed up with social media influencer and musician Yashraj Mukhate to give one of her viral Bigg Boss dialogues a catchy music version.## Mukhate, who became an overnight sensation after improvising Shehnaaz's famous dialogue "Tuada Kutta Tommy" into a musical version, has collaborated with the singer-actor for their new song titled "Boring Day", another recreated version of Shehnaaz's dialogue. ## The new short song, released on Thursday, features a composition of Shehnaaz's dialogues from her appearance in 'Bigg Boss 13', with the refrain 'such a boring day, such a boring people'. At the end of the clip, Shehnaaz also makes an appearance, singing and dancing along with Yashraj.## Shehnaaz took to Twitter and shared the video and wrote, "Such a boring day, Such a boring people, But you all have made it, Such a trending video".## Such a boring daySuch a boring peopleBut you all have made itSuch a trending video 😉😉 pic.twitter.com/jqvg8IKbC8— Shehnaaz Gill (@ishehnaaz_gill) January 20, 2022 ## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, Jan 8 (IANS) Actress Swara Bha##sker, who tested Covid positive on Friday, has clapped back at trollers, who have wished her "death". Swara on Friday shared on Twitter that she has been isolated and is in quarantine. She even shared her symptoms.## She wrote: "Hello Covid! Just got my RT-PCR test resulted and have tested positive. Been isolating & in quarantine. Symptoms include fever, a splitting headache, and loss of taste. Double vaccinated so hope this passes soon. SO grateful for family & to be at home. Stay safe everyone".## The actress later shared a screenshot of her name trending on Twitter, where several users wrote 'Rest In Hell' with a picture of Swara.## Clapping back at her haters, Swara wrote: "And to my dear Nafrati Chintus and trolls praying for my demise.. doston apni bhaavnaaein kaabooo mein rakho.. mujhey kuch ho gaya toh aapki rozi roti chhin jaaegi.. ghar kaisey chalega (Friends keep your feelings in control� If something happens to me, how would you run your household?)".## Stay tuned...

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Los Angeles, Dec 31 (IANS) Award-winning singer Shawn Mendes is having a "hard time" with social media, just days after his former girlfriend Camila Cabello announced she was taking a break from social media. ## Mendes said: "I'm a having a little bit of a hard time at the moment and just kind of my relationship with it." ## However, the singer is grateful to his fans for sending him their feedback about his new song 'It'll Be Okay', reports femalefirst.co.uk. ## He added: "But I have lots of people sending me videos and telling me what's going on. I think that when I make music, the ultimate goal is to kind of be sitting there and have my own truth revealed to me. ## "A lot of the time when I'm writing songs, I'm using music as a platform to be able to get to a place inside myself that I wouldn't be able to get to by just talking to people or thinking about it. ## "I see a lot of TikToks of people crying and getting emotional and stuff, and I hope that's because there's some truth in the song, and there lies honesty in it. I just feel so proud of that song and I'm so grateful you guys are connecting with it, and I feel so grateful that people are being vulnerable with it and people are just having fun with it." ## Earlier this week, Cabello, who split from Shawn last month after two years of dating, took to her Instagram stories to tell her followers she will not be online again until 2022. ## She wrote: "going on a lil social media detox till the new year, just wanna spend a little less time on my phone this week x love y'all." ## Stay tuned.

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Hyderabad, Dec 30 (IANS) In the wake of theatres being seized in Andhra Pradesh, things were getting tense. It seems like the state government has now granted permission to reopen the theatres with immediate effect. ## The government has given permission for the closed theatres to be reopened, but the theatre owners are warned that they must fix the problems within one month, or they will face confiscation once again. ## A number of theatres in the state were shut down for not complying with basic guidelines. ## In the process, close to 100 theatres were seized during the quality checks, while a number of theatres shut down voluntarily. ## Several distributors, producers, and theatres owners had met with representatives of the Andhra Pradesh government earlier, seeking to resolve the issue. ## With big-ticket movies like 'RRR' and 'Radhe Shyam' ready to hit the screens, the film trade in AP had pleaded with the government to take necessary steps. ##

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Mumbai, Dec 30 (IANS) Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's video of driving an auto-rickshaw on a busy road near his farmhouse in Panvel has taken over the Internet. ## The 'Dabangg' star recently celebrated his 56th birthday at his farmhouse in Panvel with his close family and friends. The clip, which has recently been circulated over several Salman Khan fan pages, shows the actor sitting on the driver's seat dressed in a blue T-shirt and a cap while driving on the streets. ## The video also shows people getting excited as they spot the superstar. ## Right before his birthday, Salman was bitten by a snake at his farmhouse. However, later the actor confirmed he was doing fine. ## Speaking about his upcoming slate of work, Salman has a long list of films queued up for release. ## Salman will be seen in 'Tiger 3', 'Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali', 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan 2' and the second instalment of 'No Entry'. ## Only bhai can do it! Check out this video of @BeingSalmanKhan riding an auto-rickshaw!#SalmanKhan pic.twitter.com/eikvOLgDD0— BombayTimes (@bombaytimes) December 29, 2021 ## Stay Tuned To Sacnilk For More Updates.