Child rights body summons Twitter official for not filing report on Kunal Kamra’s parody video post

An Indian boy in Germany had sung a patriotic song for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The comedian had overlaid the visuals with a tune about price rise.

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· May 18, 2022 · 12:51 pm

Child rights body asks Twitter to take action against Kunal Kamra for parody video featuring a boy

An Indian boy in Germany had sung a patriotic song for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The comedian overlaid the visuals with a tune about rising prices.

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· May 06, 2022 · 02:44 pm

If Trump returns to Twitter, what would it mean for the platform and American politics?

Should it happen, do not be surprised if the reunion looks a lot like the first go-round.

Michael Humphrey, The Conversation

· May 02, 2022 · 11:30 pm

Dalit activist Harohalli Ravindra arrested for five-year-old social media post in Karnataka

The police said that a warrant had been issued against Ravindra for the post that allegedly insulted Hindu deities, but he was absconding since 2017.

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· Apr 30, 2022 · 02:56 pm

For propagandists in Southeast Asia, TikTok is emerging as a new tool to win elections

As its content-sharing model is novel, the platform provides unique features enabling propaganda to reach a greater public.

Nuurrianti Jalli, The Conversation

· Apr 03, 2022 · 09:30 pm

Centre does not intend to make verification of social media users’ mandatory, says IT minister

The government is interested in balancing the matters of privacy as well as the interest of safety and trust, said Rajeev Chandrasekhar.

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· Mar 31, 2022 · 11:07 am

Facebook ad policy gave BJP ‘unfair advantage’ in Indian elections, shows series of reports

The stories in Al Jazeera examined 5 lakh political advertisements placed on Facebook and Instagram between February 2019 and November 2020.

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· Mar 17, 2022 · 03:00 pm

End ‘systematic interference’ of Facebook in India’s electoral politics, Sonia Gandhi urges Centre

She cited two news reports that claimed the social media platform gave undue advantage to the BJP in elections.

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· Mar 16, 2022 · 02:44 pm

Centre ready to bring stricter social media rules if there is consensus in House, says IT minister

Ashwini Vaishnaw also said the government has taken steps to make social media accountable after the Opposition accused it of attacking freedom of speech.

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· Feb 05, 2022 · 11:14 am

Twitter limiting my followers under pressure from government, Rahul Gandhi tells company CEO

Twitter replied to the Congress leader’s claim saying that his followers were ‘meaningful and accurate’.

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· Jan 27, 2022 · 10:18 am

Centre says it blocked 9,849 social media accounts in 2020

The number is more than double from 2019 when 3,653 users were blocked.

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· Dec 09, 2021 · 10:19 am

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