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Why is Russia Today involved in India’s domestic politics? Congress on edited video of Rahul Gandhi

The purported Indian-specific social media account of the Russian state broadcaster had posted a video ‘trolling’ the Opposition leader.

Scroll Staff
· Aug 13, 2024 · 05:50 pm
Safe harbour rules will not apply if deepfakes are not removed, Centre warns social media firms

The clause under the Information Technology Act protects social media intermediaries from legal action against them for content posted online by their users.

Scroll Staff
· Nov 19, 2023 · 04:31 pm
INDIA alliance writes to Meta and Google, demands neutrality during 2024 Lok Sabha polls

The coalition alleged that their social media platforms showed ‘blatant partisanship’ towards one political formation and said it would not take this lightly.

Scroll Staff
· Oct 13, 2023 · 11:03 am

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Karnataka HC suggests imposing age limit for using social media, says ‘children are addicted to it’

The court suggested that the government could extend the rules that are in place for online gaming to social media platforms.

Scroll Staff
· Sep 20, 2023 · 04:19 pm
Karnataka High Court upholds Centre’s order to block tweets, dismisses Twitter’s challenge

Justice Krishna S Dixit imposed a fine of Rs 50 lakh on the social media company.

Scroll Staff
· Jun 30, 2023 · 11:30 am
Twitter ex-CEO’s claims on threats from India show democracy being strangulated, says Opposition

The Congress said allegations of the former CEO of the social media platform showed that PM Narendra Modi tried to suppress voices during the farmers’ protest.

Scroll Staff
· Jun 13, 2023 · 02:44 pm

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‘We will shut Twitter down’: Ex-CEO claims India put pressure on platform during farmers’ stir

Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, however, dismissed Jack Dorsey’s claims as an outright lie.

Scroll Staff
· Jun 13, 2023 · 08:27 am
Pro-BJP accounts lead trolling of CJI Chandrachud, researchers show

The chief Justice of India is presented as ‘an internal enemy’ who is out of touch with Indian values, says a new paper.

Scroll Staff
· May 30, 2023 · 03:10 pm
Twitter would rather obey India’s social media laws than risk staff going to jail, says Elon Musk

The billionaire who owns the microblogging site said rules in India for what can appear on social media are quite strict.

Scroll Staff
· Apr 12, 2023 · 12:50 pm

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Twitter accounts of several Punjab journalists withheld amid Amritpal Singh manhunt

A message displayed on the handles says that the action has been taken ‘in response to a legal demand’. However, the details of the demand are not known.

Scroll Staff
· Mar 21, 2023 · 03:52 pm
Twitter has no right to speak on behalf of those whose accounts were blocked, Centre tells HC

The Karnataka High Court is hearing a plea by Twitter against the Central government’s orders to block 39 tweets and accounts on the platform between 2021-2022.

Scroll Staff
· Feb 08, 2023 · 11:17 am
Centre forms three panels to oversee social media content moderation

The Grievance Appellate Committees will hear appeals from users challenging decision of social media companies to remove or moderate content on their platforms.

Scroll Staff
· Jan 28, 2023 · 07:49 am

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Social Media Politics

Why is Russia Today involved in India’s domestic politics? Congress on edited video of Rahul Gandhi

The purported Indian-specific social media account of the Russian state broadcaster had posted a video ‘trolling’ the Opposition leader.

Scroll Staff · Aug 13, 2024 · 05:50 pm

Safe harbour rules will not apply if deepfakes are not removed, Centre warns social media firms

The clause under the Information Technology Act protects social media intermediaries from legal action against them for content posted online by their users.

Scroll Staff · Nov 19, 2023 · 04:31 pm

INDIA alliance writes to Meta and Google, demands neutrality during 2024 Lok Sabha polls

The coalition alleged that their social media platforms showed ‘blatant partisanship’ towards one political formation and said it would not take this lightly.

Scroll Staff · Oct 13, 2023 · 11:03 am

Trending

Interview: Prejudice, patriarchy and poetry – adapting an American classic for the Indian stage

Yesterday · 11:30 am

Five of the best international nonfiction books of 2024 – according to expert readers

Dec 26, 2024 · 08:30 pm

‘The School for Bad Girls’: Rule-breakers who became trailblazers of Indian women’s liberation

Dec 29, 2024 · 07:30 am

Our personalities change when we speak another language – but that’s not always a bad thing

Dec 28, 2024 · 05:30 pm

2024: The year in which New India’s new normal was cemented

Yesterday · 09:00 am

Karnataka HC suggests imposing age limit for using social media, says ‘children are addicted to it’

The court suggested that the government could extend the rules that are in place for online gaming to social media platforms.

Scroll Staff · Sep 20, 2023 · 04:19 pm

Karnataka High Court upholds Centre’s order to block tweets, dismisses Twitter’s challenge

Justice Krishna S Dixit imposed a fine of Rs 50 lakh on the social media company.

Scroll Staff · Jun 30, 2023 · 11:30 am

Twitter ex-CEO’s claims on threats from India show democracy being strangulated, says Opposition

The Congress said allegations of the former CEO of the social media platform showed that PM Narendra Modi tried to suppress voices during the farmers’ protest.

Scroll Staff · Jun 13, 2023 · 02:44 pm

Video

Video: Fear grips Muslims in Sambhal as local administration turns against them

Dec 27, 2024 · 09:53 am

Eco India: A shrinking habitat and overpopulation drive Gir lions into human settlements

Dec 22, 2024 · 08:55 am

Eco India, Episode 277: When wildlife habitats collide with urbanization, how do we build bridges?

Dec 21, 2024 · 04:35 pm

Eco India: Why Kolkata faces a severe air quality crisis each winter?

Dec 15, 2024 · 08:55 am

Eco India, Episode 276: How science and society are turning the tide on environmental crises

Dec 14, 2024 · 03:33 pm

‘We will shut Twitter down’: Ex-CEO claims India put pressure on platform during farmers’ stir

Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, however, dismissed Jack Dorsey’s claims as an outright lie.

Scroll Staff · Jun 13, 2023 · 08:27 am

Pro-BJP accounts lead trolling of CJI Chandrachud, researchers show

The chief Justice of India is presented as ‘an internal enemy’ who is out of touch with Indian values, says a new paper.

Scroll Staff · May 30, 2023 · 03:10 pm

Twitter would rather obey India’s social media laws than risk staff going to jail, says Elon Musk

The billionaire who owns the microblogging site said rules in India for what can appear on social media are quite strict.

Scroll Staff · Apr 12, 2023 · 12:50 pm

The Reel

Start the week with a film: In ‘Thelma’, a 93-year-old woman takes on a phone scammer

Yesterday · 08:45 am

2024’s big film stories: A costly Oscar snub to the Hema committee report

Dec 29, 2024 · 07:00 am

The quiet and fierce courage of the women in Shyam Benegal’s cinema

Dec 28, 2024 · 08:15 am

The best Indian web series of 2024, led by ‘Raat Jawaan Hai’

Dec 26, 2024 · 03:00 pm

Watch: A documentary revisits the making of SS Rajamouli’s ‘RRR’

Dec 26, 2024 · 01:07 pm

Twitter accounts of several Punjab journalists withheld amid Amritpal Singh manhunt

A message displayed on the handles says that the action has been taken ‘in response to a legal demand’. However, the details of the demand are not known.

Scroll Staff · Mar 21, 2023 · 03:52 pm

Twitter has no right to speak on behalf of those whose accounts were blocked, Centre tells HC

The Karnataka High Court is hearing a plea by Twitter against the Central government’s orders to block 39 tweets and accounts on the platform between 2021-2022.

Scroll Staff · Feb 08, 2023 · 11:17 am

Centre forms three panels to oversee social media content moderation

The Grievance Appellate Committees will hear appeals from users challenging decision of social media companies to remove or moderate content on their platforms.

Scroll Staff · Jan 28, 2023 · 07:49 am

Magazine

A view of 19-century Bombay and its Parsis through the eyes of a Russian poet

Dec 28, 2024 · 11:30 am

How petha became a part of Indian Christmas

Dec 24, 2024 · 11:30 am

How Zakir Hussain helped bridge the North-South divide in Indian classical music

Dec 21, 2024 · 11:30 am

The ugly history of Boer prisoner-of-war camps in India

Dec 18, 2024 · 11:30 am

What American steel baron Andrew Carnegie thought of Varanasi and the Taj

Scroll Staff
· Aug 13, 2024 · 05:50 pm

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· Nov 19, 2023 · 04:31 pm

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· Oct 13, 2023 · 11:03 am

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· Sep 20, 2023 · 04:19 pm

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· Jun 30, 2023 · 11:30 am

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· Jun 13, 2023 · 02:44 pm

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· May 30, 2023 · 03:10 pm

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