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MeitY reiterates rules for social media companies after deep-fake controve
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has issued an advisory to social media companies and reiterated the existing advisory, sources said on Tuesday.
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UK: PM Sunak announces new tech partnership to stop illegal migration
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The United Kingdom's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that there will be a voluntary partnership between social media companies and the government to tackle the information, which criminals share on illegal Channel crossings, that was being shared on the online space.
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China: A surveillance state like no other
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 2 (ANI): Within the evolution of traditional and social media globally, a number of authoritarian governments have developed a policy instrument to control netizens called digital authoritarianism.
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Wave of violence in Israel must concern democratic world: Report
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], April 23 (ANI): The democratic world must take notice of the Al-Aqsa violence in Israel and the social media companies, who are now complicit in spreading social terror, must also raise its voice against acts of terrorism, else next Ramzan would be as violent as this one,
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Why social media companies cannot be included as accused or abettor in cri
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 21 (ANI): The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Thursday sought a reply from the Tamil Nadu government, Tamil Nadu Police as to why social media companies cannot be included as accused or abettor in criminal cases involving social media platforms.
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Twitter writes to government, says appointed nodal contact person, residen
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): Twitter has written to the government that it is making every effort to comply with new guidelines concerning social media companies and has appointed a nodal contractual person (NCP) and Resident Grievance Officer (RGO) on contractual basis and was in advan
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Twitter, Facebook brief Parliamentary panel over safeguarding citizens' ri
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 22 (ANI): The representatives of social media companies - Twitter and Facebook - appeared before parliamentary standing committee for Information and Technology (IT) in connection with "safeguarding citizens' rights and prevention of misuse of social/online news me
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Parl panel on IT summons Facebook and Twitter officials on Jan 21
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): The Parliamentary standing committee on Information Technology (IT) has summoned officials of social media companies Facebook and Twitter on January 21, in connection with the prevention of misuse of social media.
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UK Government to set new regulations for social media companies
Updated : 5 years, 3 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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Trump asks federal regulators to examine social media, free speech: Whi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 29 (Sputnik/ANI): The Trump administration has asked US federal regulators to determine whether current internet laws protect social media companies from being sued for altering or otherwise censoring free speech, the White House said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Study reveals social media makes it difficult to identify real news
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 30 (ANI): In a recent study researchers found that people viewing a blend of news and entertainment on a social media site tended to pay less attention to the source of content they consumed - meaning they could easily mistake satire or fiction for real news.
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JUUL tells Facebook, Instagram to remove teen vaping posts
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
California [United States], November 13 (ANI): JUUL, an electronic cigarette company, is asking social media companies including Facebook and Instagram to remove posts from their platform which depict teens JUULing or vaping.
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