Facebook influencing India’s elections, alleges Congress, seeks parliamentary panel investigation

Facebook’s internal documents recently revealed that a test user’s feed in India was filled with fake posts and hate speech content within three weeks.

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· Oct 26, 2021 · 12:05 pm

Ghaziabad assault case: SC issues notice to former Twitter India head on UP Police’s petition

The police have challenged the Karnataka High Court’s order to quash their summons notice to Manish Maheshwari.

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· Oct 22, 2021 · 02:10 pm

Facebook to introduce measures on its apps to ‘nudge’ teens away from harmful content

The decision came after a former employee told the US Congress that the company was aware that its subsidiary Instagram harmed mental health of teenage girls.

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· Oct 11, 2021 · 06:20 pm

Facebook India head rejects report of executive not taking action against BJP leader’s hate speech

A report in 2020 said Facebook India’s former public policy director opposed the idea of removing incendiary posts by T Raja Singh against Rohingya Muslims.

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· Sep 25, 2021 · 02:52 pm

Child rights body approaches Delhi HC for removal of Alt News co-founder’s tweet

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has accused Twitter of not cooperating with law enforcement agencies in the matter.

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· Sep 17, 2021 · 11:48 am

Facebook allows high-profile users to violate content rules: The Wall Street Journal

As many as 58 lakh users under the platform’s XCheck system were allowed to post content that did not undergo normal procedures of scrutiny.

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· Sep 14, 2021 · 06:01 pm

Child rights body summons Facebook official, seeks action against Rahul Gandhi’s Instagram video

The NCPCR alleged that the video revealed the identity of the family of a nine-year-old Dalit girl, who was allegedly raped and murdered.

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· Aug 14, 2021 · 08:25 pm

Twitter restores Rahul Gandhi’s account after locking it for a week

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said locking an account was an extreme step that curbed freedom of speech.

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· Aug 14, 2021 · 12:12 pm

Twitter has locked the account of India’s largest Opposition party. What does that mean?

BJP efforts to intimidate social media networks to toe its line have certainly worked. Yet it’s unclear why Congress picked this incident to make its case.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Aug 14, 2021 · 06:30 am

Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account locked, Congress accuses BJP of intimidating the company

A Twitter spokesperson said due process was being followed to restore the Congress leader’s account.

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· Aug 08, 2021 · 09:17 am

Ghaziabad assault case: Karnataka HC quashes notice to Twitter India MD

The High Court described the notice, issued under Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, as a tool of harassment.

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· Jul 23, 2021 · 07:16 pm

Facebook often removes evidence of rights atrocities – but here’s how citizens can preserve it

We need a decentralised platform, without gatekeepers or potential single points of failure, to gather incriminating material.

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· Jul 18, 2021 · 11:30 pm