Kanye West is back on X but it is not the same: Sensitive content warnings and lingering hate speech stir debateKanye West, now known as Ye, reappeared on X just three days after his account was deactivated for anti-Semitic and racist remarks. His pro...
13 Feb, 2025, 08.08 PM IST
'Appreciate Elon for...': Kanye West quits X after controversial Super Bowl ad, horrific three-day tweeting spreeKanye West quits X: After a three-day horrific tweeting spree and controversial Super Bowl ad, controversial rapper Kanye West has quit X. ...
10 Feb, 2025, 02.56 PM IST
Musk and friends are smothering the internet’s truth seekersDisinformation research groups in the US face challenges from lawsuits and probes, primarily by Republicans and Elon Musk. These legal acti...
28 Oct, 2024, 11.19 AM IST
From 'Harris the Communist' to 'Trump-Musk Dance Off': How AI is influencing the 2024 US Presidential ElectionAI-generated images are creating confusion in the 2024 US presidential election, with hyper-realistic depictions of Kamala Harris, Elon Mus...
05 Sep, 2024, 08.52 PM IST
Telegram boss's lawyer says probe against Durov is 'absurd'The Kremlin also weighed in on a case that has further strained Russia's relations with France, saying the prosecution of the Russian-born ...
29 Aug, 2024, 07.57 PM IST
AI could help spread false and misleading information on Holocaust, UNESCO report warnsA UNESCO report state, artificial intelligence could potentially propagate false and misleading information about the Holocaust online. Thi...
18 Jun, 2024, 01.40 PM IST
Gemini's flawed AI racial images seen as warning of tech titans' powerFor people at the trend-setting tech festival here, the scandal that erupted after Google's Gemini chatbot cranked out images of Black and ...
17 Mar, 2024, 07.43 AM IST
Russian disinformation is about immigration. The real aim is to undercut Ukraine aidRussian disinformation efforts are targeting U.S. immigration and border security issues to sow division ahead of the 2024 election. Amplif...
02 Mar, 2024, 06.53 AM IST
Social media titans caught in Gaza storm over contentSocial media platforms like TikTok and X face ongoing controversies, from the resurgence of Osama bin Laden's content to accusations of ant...
18 Nov, 2023, 08.33 AM IST
Will Meta's 'friendly' Threads thrive in an unfriendly internetIn a New York Times podcast on Thursday, Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, acknowledged that Threads was more "supportive of public disc...
08 Jul, 2023, 08.28 AM IST
Russia, China are not creating military alliance, Putin saysPutin and Xi professed friendship and pledged closer ties, including in the military sphere, during their March 20-21 summit, as Russia str...
26 Mar, 2023, 04.35 PM IST
Elon Musk reveals Twitter algorithm's open source plans. Read hereBillionaire Elon Musk has recently announced on Twitter that the algorithm of the microblogging site will be made open source "next week". ...
22 Feb, 2023, 09.52 PM IST
How a 75-year-old map triggered a treasure hunt in a Dutch hamletThe map dating from WWII, shows a location where Nazis stored looted treasure.
03 Feb, 2023, 05.37 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
Facebook removes Trump ads with symbols once used by NazisThe company said in a statement Thursday that the ads violated "our policy against organized hate." A Facebook executive who testified at a...
19 Jun, 2020, 10.32 AM IST
- Congress targets Sangh terror
The Congress launched a scathing attack on the RSS and the BJP at its two-day plenary session here, comparing their anti-Muslim tirade with...
20 Dec, 2010, 12.17 AM IST
- Web 2.0 gives new tools to hate groups: experts
Social networks MySpace and Facebook and video-sharing site YouTube are being used as powerful new tools by extremist groups to spread a me...
18 Nov, 2008, 09.09 AM IST