Newlywed bride asked to say ‘beta’ for a future child; her one-word reply is now going viral. WatchA bride's simple word choice at her Indian wedding has gone viral. During a ritual, she replaced the traditional 'beta' with 'baccha' when ...
30 Apr, 2026, 12.32 PM IST
Legislation on hate speech lies in domain of legislature, not courts: SCThe Supreme Court has ruled that current laws are adequate to control hate speech nationwide. The court stated that creating new criminal o...
29 Apr, 2026, 11.18 PM IST
Late-night fallout: FCC reviews ABC's licences after Jimmy Kimmel's remark on Melania TrumpThe FCC is reviewing ABC licences after a controversy linked to Jimmy Kimmel’s joke about Melania Trump. The issue has created political ba...
29 Apr, 2026, 01.47 AM IST
PM Modi flays Opposition for women's quota bill defeatPrime Minister Narendra Modi has strongly criticized opposition parties for the defeat of a bill aimed at fast-tracking women's reservation...
19 Apr, 2026, 05.30 AM IST
Telangana takes a stand: Bill targets hate speech and hate crimes with strict penaltiesTelangana is set to introduce a new law against hate speech and hate crimes. The proposed bill aims to curb online and offline incidents ca...
30 Mar, 2026, 05.41 PM IST
New York seeks dismissal of lawsuit by Elon Musk's X over hate speech lawNew York asked a judge to dismiss Elon Musk’s X lawsuit against a law forcing social media to reveal how they handle hate and misinformatio...
04 Nov, 2025, 08.20 AM IST
TikTok hires former Israeli instructor Erica Mindel as hate speech policy chief amid rising antisemitism scrutinyTikTok has a new Public Policy Manager for Hate Speech. Erica Mindel, a former Israeli military instructor, takes on the role. This happens...
15 Aug, 2025, 07.38 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
Meta struggles to curb hate speech before US vote: researchersNon-profit Global Witness tested how Facebook was dealing with hate speech ahead of the presidential vote by analyzing 200,000 comments on ...
05 Nov, 2024, 09.40 AM IST
Meta expands hate speech policy to remove more posts targeting 'Zionists'Meta will delete posts misusing 'Zionists' to target Jews or Israelis with antisemitic stereotypes or harm. After consulting 145 stakeholde...
09 Jul, 2024, 10.40 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
Facebook fact checkers say curbing misinformation requires more proactive effortsAccording to the research report cited by WSJ, most users considered Facebook responsible for moderating this content.
26 Oct, 2021, 10.48 AM 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 responds to Congress' charge of political bias, says it is non-partisan and denounces hateThe Congress accused Facebook of interfering in India's democratic process and social harmony and being soft on members of the ruling BJP o...
03 Sep, 2020, 05.03 PM IST
Facebook bans BJP politician Raja Singh for his post containing hate speechFacebook - which counts India among its largest markets with over 300 million users - has been in the eye of a storm after a Wall Street Jo...
03 Sep, 2020, 12.34 PM IST
Facebook says it denounces hate & bigotry on its platform, says need to do more to tackle hate speech"Facebook is and always has been an open, transparent and non-partisan platform where people can express themselves freely. Over the last f...
22 Aug, 2020, 07.22 PM IST
Facebook ad boycott campaign to go global, organizers saySince the campaign launched earlier this month, more than 160 companies, including Verizon Communications and Unilever Plc, have signed on ...
29 Jun, 2020, 11.17 PM IST