Delhi HC rejects plea of Army officer seeking withdrawal of ban on 89 apps

It dismissed the petition filed by Lieutenant Colonel PK Choudhary, who said that he was finding it difficult to connect with his family without social media.

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· Aug 05, 2020 · 12:04 pm

Twitter says hackers used a ‘phone spear fishing attack’ on its employees to enter user accounts

Twitter said that tweets were put out from 45 accounts of personalities, seven had their full set of data downloaded, and the inbox of 36 was accessed.

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· Jul 31, 2020 · 12:15 pm

Twitter says hackers targeted employees of the company to log into 45 accounts on July 15

The social media network said it is conducting a ‘forensic review’ of all 130 accounts that were targeted in order to ascertain actions the attackers took.

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· Jul 18, 2020 · 12:43 pm

Delete Facebook account or quit Army, Delhi HC tells officer seeking withdrawal of ban on 89 apps

Lieutenant Colonel PK Choudhary said the order issued on June 6 by the Indian Army violated various fundamental rights under the Constitution.

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· Jul 15, 2020 · 10:34 am

Supreme Court upholds Congress leader’s bail order on condition he will not use social media

A bench led by Chief Justice SA Bobde said social media can be used by a person ‘just like a gun’.

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· Jul 11, 2020 · 11:09 am

Facebook removes Trump ad campaign with symbols formerly used by Nazis for political prisoners

The company said the ads violated their policy and that the platform does not allow content with such symbols without context or condemnation.

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· Jun 19, 2020 · 01:22 pm

Journalist Aakar Patel’s Twitter account blocked in India week after allegedly calling for protests

Twitter said the former Amnesty India chief’s account violated Indian laws and would be blocked for users in the country but will remain operational outside.

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· Jun 11, 2020 · 10:13 pm

Amul’s Twitter account blocked briefly, social media firm cites ‘security processes’

This came a day after Amul put out a cartoon supporting the boycott of Chinese products. However, Twitter did not link the account’s suspension to it.

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· Jun 07, 2020 · 03:03 pm

Mark Zuckerberg refers to ‘clear the streets’ comment by Indian leader as example of incitement

Although the Facebook CEO did not name Kapil Mishra, his reference seemed similar to the ‘ultimatum’ given by the BJP leader before the violence in Delhi.

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· Jun 04, 2020 · 04:21 pm

Sudhir Krishnaswamy only Indian on Facebook’s content oversight board, which can overrule Zuckerberg

Krishnaswamy is the vice chancellor of the National Law School of India University in Bengaluru.

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· May 07, 2020 · 07:47 pm

Facebook mistakenly deletes many news articles, claiming they violate community standards

The company denied the bug came about due to changes to its workforce amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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· Mar 18, 2020 · 09:32 am

Maharashtra: Order to ban 3 TikTok accounts for posting about Tabrez Ansari withdrawn after 8 months

The accounts of Hasnain Khan, Shadan Farooqui and Faisal Shaikh were suspended after Maharashtra government sought it on a complaint from a Shiv Sena leader.

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· Mar 12, 2020 · 08:37 pm