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Sri Lanka: Police arrest Islamic preacher for inciting extremism on social
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 12 (ANI): A 47-year-old moulavi, an Islamic preacher, was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Colombo on charges of using social media platforms to air extremist views, the police said on Sunday.
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Sri Lanka blocks social media platforms after Sinhalese-Muslim clashes
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 6 (ANI): Sri Lankan on Monday temporarily blocked Facebook, WhatsApp and some social media platforms as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of false information a day after clashes broke out between ethnic Sinhalese group and minority Muslims.
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Tech fixes and human psychology needed to stop spreading fake information
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Apr 27 (ANI): Researchers suggest that just technological fixes are not enough to stop rival countries from spreading fake information on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Use of human psychology is also required to battle these disinformation campaig
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Fake news menace: Review petition filed before SC
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 27 (ANI): A review petition has been filed before the Supreme Court in connection with a plea requesting the court to issue guidelines to the Centre to frame rules regarding prevention of fake news on social media platforms.
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Canadian govt to file lawsuit against Facebook
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], Apr 25 (ANI): Canada on Thursday said that it will file a lawsuit against Facebook, alleging that the social media platform has committed "serious" breaches of local laws.
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#Enough, PFA's firm step to obliterate racial abuse
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Manchester [UK], Apr 19 (ANI): The spike in racist incidents with the football players have led to an emergence of a campaign called #Enough, organised by Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) which will encourage players not to use any social media platform from 9:00 am BST April 1
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Prakash Raj slams 'fake' posts of him backing Congress
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Apr 17 (ANI): Veteran actor Prakash Raj, who is contesting from Bengaluru Central seat as an independent candidate in the Lok Sabha elections, on Wednesday hit out at the Congress for posting photographs on social media platforms, which claimed he backed the gr
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ShareChat pulls down over 4 lakh posts violating community guidelines
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 17 (ANI): Social media platform ShareChat said on Wednesday it has removed 4.87 lakh pieces of content, for violating community guidelines as well as terms of use.
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Proposed UK law seeks to ban under-18 from hitting 'Like' on social media
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Apr 15 (ANI): UK does not want its teens hitting the "Like" or "Heart" buttons on social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram to prevent advertisers from collecting data on youngsters.
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Twitter lights up with poll day tweets; 1.2 mn tweets recorded on April 11
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), April 11 (ANI): Conversations and debates on elections filled Twitter on Thursday with the social media platform recording over 1.2 million tweets related to the Lok Sabha elections on a single day on 11 April, as the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections ended with pe
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Facebook helps reunite missing boy with his family after 8 years
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Rachakonda (Telangana) [India], Apr 4 (ANI): Social media platform Facebook played a role in reuniting a mother with her son who had reportedly gone missing eight years ago, police said.
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Justin Bieber apologises to fans for announcing fake pregnancy
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washinton D.C [U.S], Apr 3 (ANI): Soon after the rumours about fake pregnancy of Justin Bieber's wife Hailey Rhode Bieber flooded various social media platforms, the news seemed not to have been very well taken by his fans.
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