Now you have to verify your age before using Pornhub, XVideos, and Stripchat. Learn all about Europe's new digital lawPornhub, XVideos and Stripchat have now been classed as "very large online platforms" subject to more stringent controls under the Digital ...
20 Dec, 2023, 08.27 PM IST
Elon Musk's X sues advocacy group Media Matters for report on ads next to hate groups' postsAdvertisers have been fleeing the site formerly known as Twitter over concerns about their ads showing up next to pro-Nazi content - and ha...
21 Nov, 2023, 08.48 AM IST
IBM and EU pull ads from Elon Musk's X as concerns about antisemitism fuel backlashIBM said this week that it stopped advertising on X after a report said its ads were appearing alongside material praising Nazis — a fresh ...
18 Nov, 2023, 12.32 AM IST
You are what you post: How ideology-detecting algorithms can catch online hate before it spreadsOnline behaviour and contexts change between countries and social platforms.
27 Feb, 2023, 07.03 PM IST
How harmful messaging can be disincentivised by levying a ‘sin tax’ on advertising in social mediaSocial media have found that the most addictive way of grabbing the attention of viewers is to shower them with hate and sensational falseh...
10 Jan, 2023, 10.58 PM IST
Activists file case against Meta over Tigray hate postsThe case filed in the High Court claims that Meta responded inadequately to hateful content on its platform, especially in relation to the ...
14 Dec, 2022, 03.13 PM IST
As Elon Musk is learning, content moderation is a messy jobNeo-Nazi Andrew Anglin, the founder of an infamous neo-Nazi website, was reinstated Thursday, one of many previously banned users to benefi...
05 Dec, 2022, 11.12 AM IST
US Supreme Court to scrutinize social media companies for federal protectionsThe justices took up an appeal by the parents and other relatives of Nohemi Gonzalez, a 23-year-old woman from California who was studying ...
03 Oct, 2022, 09.05 PM IST
Elon Musk's Twitter ambitions to collide with Europe's tech rulesOfficials agreed just days ago on the landmark legislation, expected to take effect by 2024. It's unclear how soon it could spark a similar...
27 Apr, 2022, 06.47 PM IST
India on top of Facebook's 2021 Integrity Prioritisation ListAfter flagging multiple risks, the internal memo of the social media giant stated it needs to "come out of risk" this year in India with re...
12 Nov, 2021, 08.48 AM IST
Facebook will fuel violent unrest around the world, whistleblower Frances Haugen says"The events we're seeing around the world, things like Myanmar and Ethiopia, those are the opening chapters because engagement-based rankin...
26 Oct, 2021, 10.30 AM IST
Facebook knew about, failed to police, abusive content globally, reveal internal documentsMore than 90% of Facebook's monthly active users are outside U.S.A or Canada.
25 Oct, 2021, 05.40 PM IST
Facebook knew about, failed to police, abusive content globally: DocumentsThe documents are among a cache of disclosures made to the US Securities and Exchange Commission and Congress by Facebook whistleblower Fra...
25 Oct, 2021, 05.14 PM IST
EU hails Biden's 'new dawn' but wants tough tech rulesThe EU and the United States are the world's top trading powers, along with China, and have close cultural, historical, business and defenc...
20 Jan, 2021, 04.24 PM IST
View: Internet platforms can’t be allowed to monetise hateThe problem lies in their profit model. They offer great free services. Their profits come from advertising, often subliminal advertising. ...
20 Sep, 2020, 10.18 AM IST
View: Global brands shouldn't enable a media ecosystem that poisons our societyA code for responsible advertising, encompassing digital and traditional formats, which recognises the calamitous currents of our times, ne...
03 Jul, 2020, 11.45 PM IST
Can Facebook be held accountable for hate, fake posts?The German political elite feels threatened by nationalist populist propaganda-based successes such as Brexit and Donald Trump's victory.
24 Mar, 2017, 10.45 AM IST