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Trump wants to deport some foreign students. These activists want to helpPresident Trump signed executive orders targeting foreign students involved in pro-Palestinian protests, with potential deportations for th...
Substack says it will not ban Nazis or extremist speechThe response came weeks after The Atlantic found that at least 16 Substack newsletters had "overt Nazi symbols" in their logos or graphics,...
ETtech Explainer: EU’s $1.3 billion fine on Meta is one of many penalties on Big Tech globallyBig Tech companies worldwide have come under the lens of antitrust regulators, policymakers and enforcement agencies amid concerns about pr...
Andrew Tate loses appeal for release from custody again in RomaniaBritish-US citizen and controversial social media influencer, Andrew Tate, has lost his appeal against a 30-day extension of his detention ...
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...
Internet Freedom in India improves after 4 years of decline: Freedom House"There were fewer reported cases of targeted surveillance and online harassment during protests compared with the previous year, and the co...
India busts Malaysia-based outfit’s terror attack plotThe Indian intelligence establishment is learnt to have intercepted crucial financial transactions with links to wanted Islamic preacher Za...
View: Why Facebook and other "platforms" must be made liable for their contentSocial media “platforms”, which enable their users to publish their thoughts and emotions directly, have become the largest and most influe...
View: Taking Facebook to task over hate speech is a test of India's democracyFacebook, which owns WhatsApp and Instagram, has tried to cast itself as an innocent intermediary, an empty stage where users do their own ...
View: If the West is setting rules for social media engagement, why can’t we?While framing rules for social platforms, a balance must be ensured between privacy & surveillance with proper oversight.
Proposed changes in IT rules will lead to over-censorship, undermine encryption, warns MozillaIt has also asserted that any regulatory intervention to this "complex issue" must be preceded by a wide ranging and participatory discussi...
Election Commission launches unique app for voters to report poll code violationsThe unique Internet-based beta version of the application is called 'cVIGIL', which stands for "citizens' vigil".
India's ranking in press freedom falls to 138: RSFThe RSF cited the case of the killing of journalist- activist Gauri Lankesh who was shot down outside her house in Bengaluru in September l...
182 Pakistani 'madrassas' sealed since 2014 Peshawar school attackThe madarassas were closed in Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa because of their involvement in promoting extremism and other suspicious...
Eye in the sky: Drones to monitor Bihar pollsDrones will be used for the first time for surveillance in the upcoming
Election Commission conducts review meeting ahead of Lok Sabha polls in GujaratEC officials visited Gujarat today and took stock of the situation, by conducting review meetings with political party leaders, top police ...
Upgrade tech to intercept GenNext websites: IB to telecom companiesIB has requested the DoT to instruct all telecom service providers to upgrade their software to intercept websites using web 2.0 technology...