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Madras HC suggests Australia-like law to regulate children's internet acce
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Referring to the new law introduced by the Australian government that prohibits children below the age of 16 from holding social media accounts, he said that a similar legislation could be considered in India as well.
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'By banning social media for under 16, we're giving children a childhood':
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Wednesday that the social media ban for children under the age of 16 is now in place in Australia, making it the first country in the world to "give it a crack".
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Govt reaffirms commitment to creative freedom, enforces OTT oversight via
Updated : 1 year ago IST
In a written reply submitted in the Lok Sabha, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw stated that freedom of expression, including creative freedom, is protected under Article 19 of the Constitution. However, to address the negative effects of harmful content, the g
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Delhi HC reserves order on plea moved by Rohingya refugees for removal of
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday reserved the order on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) moved by two Rohingya refugees and sought direction from Facebook India and the Centre to monitor and promptly suspend or remove hate speech and harmful content that originates in India from its platform
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PIL in Delhi HC, seeks direction to Facebook to remove hate speech origina
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The plea stated that the presence of Rohingya refugees in India is a highly politicized matter, and as such they are disproportionately targeted with harmful content on Facebook painting the group as a threat to India, often referring to the group as "terrorists", "infiltrators" and exaggera
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Twitter merges misinformation, spam prevention teams
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], August 24 (ANI): Amid the ongoing legal battle against Elon Musk, Twitter is merging its team for fighting misinformation and harmful content with the team that looks after removing spam accounts.
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Google removed over 1.11 Lakh harmful content pieces, check out why
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], August 3 (ANI): Google removed 1,11,493 harmful pieces of content in June of this year in accordance with the new India IT Rules, 2021.
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EU reaches deal on new legislation to combat illegal content online
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The European Council said on Saturday that it has reached a provisional political agreement with the European Parliament on new legislation to combat hate speech, disinformation and other harmful content online.
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Instagram to introduce 'take a break' feature, nudge teens away from harmf
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 11 (ANI): Instagram will introduce new measures to nudge teenagers away from harmful content and encourage them to "take a break" from the platform.
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UK Government to set new regulations for social media companies
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], December 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK telecommunication regulator, Ofcom, will have the power to make tech firms responsible for protecting people from harmful content such as violence, terrorism, suicide content, cyber-bullying and child abuse under a new bill to be presented to P
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28 pc of parents worry about harmful online content!
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 2 (ANI): A report of Kaspersky's Family Report, more than a quarter (28 per cent) of parents with a child aged between seven and 12 consider harmful content -- violent or sexual -- as the most important risk facing their children while they are online.
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Twitter says it removes more than half of abusive tweets before they are f
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
California [USA], October 24 (ANI): Despite reporting systems in place, Twitter says that it is more proactive in removing harmful content even before someone puts in a complaint.
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