Withdraw ‘disturbing’ Kerala Police Act amendment, Editors Guild urges CM Pinarayi Vijayan

It said that though Kerala government has put the amendment on hold, the ordinance is still in force and has the ‘potential for grave misuse’.

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· Yesterday · 08:47 pm

Kerala puts on hold move to impose punishment for social media posts after facing flak

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that a detailed discussion will be held in the Assembly on the matter.

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· Nov 23, 2020 · 11:26 am

Kerala governor signs ordinance to allow three-year jail term for offensive social media posts

The Congress called it an ‘atrocious decision’, while the BJP said the new law would kill free speech and threaten press freedom.

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· Nov 22, 2020 · 03:19 pm

Parliamentary panel questions Twitter for not taking action on Kunal Kamra’s tweets

The committee also asked Twitter to submit its reply within a week.

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· Nov 19, 2020 · 05:51 pm

Twitter has apologised for wrongly showing Ladakh as part of China, says Parliament panel head

Joint Committee of Parliament on Data Protection Bill chief Meenakshi Lekhi said the social media platform will rectify the error by the end of November.

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· Nov 18, 2020 · 07:21 pm

Twitter removes Amit Shah’s profile photo, reinstates later citing ‘inadvertent error’

The microblogging said it locked the home minister’s account briefly under its global copyright policies.

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· Nov 13, 2020 · 10:42 am

Centre asks Twitter to reply in five days for showing Leh as part of Jammu and Kashmir: Reports

The notice, sent to Twitter’s global vice president, asked why legal action should not be taken against the company and its representatives.

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· Nov 12, 2020 · 07:31 pm

Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma booked for false claims on social media, say police

On November 7, the minister had shared a video on Facebook, claiming that AIUDF supporters had raised ‘pro-Pakistan’ slogans at Silchar airport.

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· Nov 10, 2020 · 07:46 pm

Tanishq withdraws ad on cracker-free Diwali after calls for boycott on Twitter

Last month, the brand was forced to withdraw an advertisement showing a baby shower hosted by a Muslim family for their Hindu daughter-in-law.

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· Nov 09, 2020 · 09:58 pm

Facebook removes misinformation label from Himanta Biswa Sarma’s video about ‘pro-Pakistan’ slogans

The company said independent fact-checks don’t apply to politicians.

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· Nov 09, 2020 · 03:57 pm

Facebook flags Himanta Biswa Sarma’s post about ‘pro-Pakistan’ slogans as false information

The social media giant said that the video was analysed by independent fact-checkers.

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· Nov 08, 2020 · 12:34 pm

As Poonam Pandey is arrested for ‘obscenity’ in Goa, Twitter asks why model Milind Soman got away

Pandey and her husband were arrested on Thursday for an allegedly vulgar video, while Soman did not face action despite running naked on a beach.

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· Nov 05, 2020 · 10:37 pm