Coast Guard’s new symbol policy under Trump sparks debate over Swastikas and NoosesThe Coast Guard policy debate has created big discussion online as reports claim swastikas and nooses may be marked as “potentially divisiv...
21 Nov, 2025, 03.46 AM IST
Major social media platforms fail to protect LGBTQ users: Advocacy group GLAADGLAAD's annual report criticises major social media platforms for rolling back protections for LGBTQ+ users, worsening online hate and hara...
14 May, 2025, 12.06 PM IST
'Ridiculous' US lawsuit by Elon Musk's X Corp should be dismissed: hate speech watchdogThe Center for Countering Digital Hate also called the "ridiculous" and "baseless" lawsuit against them an attempt to silence others who sa...
17 Nov, 2023, 10.54 PM IST
Twitter worst among major social media platforms when it comes to LGBTQ safety, GLAAD saysIn its annual Social Media Safety Index, GLAAD gave Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Twitter low or failing scores, saying the plat...
15 Jun, 2023, 07.18 PM IST
YouTube to stop removing content making false claims on past electionsThe platform also said the rest of its policies against hate speech, harassment and incitement to violence would continue to apply to all u...
03 Jun, 2023, 12.50 AM IST
Twitter removes policy against deadnaming transgender peopleTwitter enacted the policy against deadnaming, or using a transgender person's name before they transitioned, as well as purposefully using...
19 Apr, 2023, 02.56 PM IST
Civil rights audit at Google proposes better tackling of hate speech, misinformationThe review also said that to better tackle misinformation related to elections, the company should ensure that employees with language flue...
04 Mar, 2023, 09.50 AM IST
Facebook says refinements in AI helped curb hate speech, sexual and violent contentIt said the "prevalence" of hate speech in the first quarter of 2021 was between 0.05 and 0.06%.
21 May, 2021, 06.11 PM IST
Twitter permanently bans Kangana Ranaut's account after ‘hateful’ videoThe suspension came after Ranaut put out a video demanding President's rule in West Bengal. She took to Instagram to say that her account h...
04 May, 2021, 07.01 PM IST
Facebook says hate speech, violent content dropped in Oct-Dec 2020The improvement in prevalence is mainly due to changes Facebook made for reducing problematic content in News Feed, Vice President (integri...
12 Feb, 2021, 12.07 PM IST
YouTube comes under fire for lax approach on overseas election misinformationBut half a world away in Myanmar, which held a general election just five days after the U.S. vote and faced a tidal wave of online misinfo...
18 Dec, 2020, 01.04 PM IST
Facebook includes prevalence of hate speech in latest community standards enforcement reportFacebook said in quarter three of 2020, hate speech prevalence was 0.10% – 0.11% or 10 to 11 views of hate speech for every 10,000 views of...
20 Nov, 2020, 01.50 PM IST
Facebook BJP favour row: FB executive Ankhi Das files police complaint, cites online threatsAs per media reports, Das has said in her complaint that since the evening of August 14, she has been receiving violent threats to her life...
18 Aug, 2020, 09.46 PM IST
Actively working on removing misinformation from platform: YouTubeYouTube said consumption of videos - recommended by the platform containing misinformation is significantly below one per cent, and it is w...
24 Jul, 2020, 08.52 PM IST
After backlash, Youtube says better policies against hate speech in the worksThe company declined to disclose specific information on how many channels or videos would be taken down as part of the policy changes.
06 Jun, 2019, 07.57 AM IST
To avoid being harassed online, you need to protect your identity: ReportReport is based on experiences of users on social media platforms and 18 individuals including legislators, journalists and victims of onli...
23 Nov, 2016, 12.47 AM IST
- Hate crimes against Sikh, Hindus on FBI tracking list
The manual came amid increasing incidents of anti-Hindu hate crimes across the country.
26 Mar, 2015, 04.30 PM IST