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PM Modi’s gift fits a long tradition of political candyPontrefact cakes are liquorice sweets. They are small and black with a medicinal-sweet taste which liquorice lovers adore, and everyone els...
Skin Doctor case: Can you be arrested over your social media posts in India?Social media influencer Dr. Neelam Singh, 'The Skin Doctor', was arrested by Delhi Police for alleged posts targeting businessman Sunjay Ka...
VPN use banned in J-K's Doda for 2 monthsIn Doda, authorities have banned VPN usage to safeguard public safety, cybersecurity, and digital governance integrity, except for governme...
Making point via Private Members' Bills: Nearly 300 listed for introduction in ParliamentThe current monsoon session of the Indian Parliament sees the introduction of around 300 private members' bills, including proposals to lim...
Pakistan's private ARY news channel taken off air for airing Imran Khan's speechARY is not currently available and instead a message is benign shown on it about ban by the regulator. The ARY channel is considered sympat...
Supreme Court pulls up Centre on inaction over hate speech, asks why it is a 'mute spectator'The apex court rapped the central government for not enacting a law against hate speech - a move recommended by the Law Commission - adding...
Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits example of demographic shift after hate speeches: Delhi HCJustice Chandra Dhari Singh said that the methodology of hate speeches is not restricted to any religion or community and there are instanc...
Facebook allows Ukraine war posts urging violence against invading Russians, Vladimir PutinThe social media company is also temporarily allowing some posts that call for death to Russian President Vladimir Putin or Belarusian Pres...
Facebook is stonewalling questions, says Delhi Assembly committee on riotsFacebook India’s Public Policy Director Shivnath Thukral mentioned pulling down any content found that read against the community standards.
Hateful content: Delhi Assembly panel summons Facebook officialThe summon by the Delhi Assembly panel on peace and harmony follows a recent Wall Street Journal report which claimed that one of Facebook'...
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...
Delhi panel to initiate proceedings on Fb's 'inaction on hateful content' on Tuesday"Summons have been sent necessitating the appearance of certain expert witnesses, specifically Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and Nikhil Pahwa alon...
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...
Congress writes to Facebook CEO over alleged "bias"; demands probe into the conduct of India leadership teamThe Congress on Tuesday wrote to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, accusing Facebook India of "interfering" with the country's electoral democr...
Shashi Tharoor's plan to summon Facebook before House panel over hate speech report stirs rowHis comments fuelled a row with BJP MP Nishikant Dubey alleging that the chairman of the committee did not have the authority to act withou...
Political slugfest: Congress-BJP trade barbs over WSJ report on FacebookThe massive political row was sparked by a report in the Wall Street Journal last week which alleged that senior Facebook executives had op...
Parliamentary panel on IT to look into Facebook's content takedown concerns"I will look into the issues raised & of course seek to hear from those named," Shashi Tharoor, Kerala Member of Parliament from the Indian...
Law panel proposes 2 years jail for hate speech & Rs. 5k fineTaking into account victimisation of people on account of their origin, the region they belong to and their place of birth, the Commission ...
Microsoft takes stand against hate speech, unveils new tools for its applicationsUsers will now be able to communicate directly with the firm to report hate speech and request petition to reinstate content via online for...
Election Commission issues stern warning over hate speechesResponding to a similar question, EC said the poll watchdog has "zero tolerance" against prohibited activities or speeches during the condu...