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Facebook limits Messenger forwards to curb misinformation
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
California [US], September 4 (ANI): Social media giant Facebook is putting a cap on how many times a message can be forwarded on Messenger. The company has limited the forwards of a message to five at once for the sake of curbing misinformation.
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In reply to Congress, Facebook says it's non-partisan, denounces hate and
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): Amid allegations against Facebook of political bias and interference in India's democratic process, the social media giant on Thursday said that it is non-partisan, denounces hate and bigotry in all forms and strives to ensure that its platforms remain a
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Facebook writes to Congress, says it removed 22.5 million pieces of hate s
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): Facebook has written to Congress after the latter had raised the issue of hate speech content in a letter last month. Facebook stated that it had removed 22.5 million pieces of hate speech content from April-June in 2020 which is up from 1.6 million piec
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Will write to Facebook: Telangana BJP MLA after social media platform bans
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 3 (ANI): After Facebook banned the account of BJP MLA from Telangana, T Raja, the legislator said that the social media platform should ban the accounts of leaders of other parties who give inflammatory speeches.
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Parliamentary panel on IT to continue discussion with Facebook representat
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology met for three-and-a-half-hours on Wednesday and agreed to resume its discussion later including with representatives of Facebook.
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TMC MP O'Brien writes to Zuckerberg alleging link between Facebook and BJP
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 2 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Derek O'Brien has written a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg alleging that there is a link between Facebook and the BJP.
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India calls out Pakistan for motivated false propaganda on social media
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 2 (ANI): India on Tuesday called out Pakistan for propagating fake news through social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram.
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BJP has unholy nexus with Facebook, alleges Congress
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 1 (ANI): Continuing its attack on the BJP, the Congress on Tuesday accused the ruling party of having "an unholy nexus" with Facebook "to subvert India's democracy" and sought an investigation.
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Prasad writes to Zuckerberg, says problematic when bias of individuals bec
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 1 (ANI): Amid row over Congress allegations of Facebook's "complicity" in favour the BJP, Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has written a letter to the chief executive of the social media company saying that he has been i
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Assembly committee finds Facebook 'complicit' in Delhi violence
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 1 (ANI): The Peace and Harmony Committee of Delhi Assembly headed by Raghav Chadha has, prima facie, found Facebook "complicit" in northeast Delhi violence and decided to summon officials of the social media giant in order to examine them on "oath and determine on thei
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Rahul Gandhi demands probe into operations of Facebook, WhatsApp in India
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 1 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has called for an investigation into the operations of social media giants, Facebook and WhatsApp, in India and asserted that no one can be allowed to interfere in our nation's affairs.
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Congress alleges bias by Facebook in favour of BJP, seeks JPC probe
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 31 (ANI): Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the allegation of Facebook's "complicity" in favour the BJP and said the Congress will not allow India's hard-won democracy "to be manipulated an
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