BRICS adopts New Delhi Declaration: Inside the 140-point document on Global South's ambitionsBRICS leaders adopted the New Delhi Declaration at the 18th summit, reaffirming their commitment to cooperation, multilateralism and a more...
14 Sep, 2026, 01.31 PM IST
University of Utah student Sara Larsen, daughter of Videra Health CEO, faces intense backlash over ‘Happy Kirkiversary’ cake celebrating Charlie Kirk’s assassinationUniversity of Utah student Sara Larsen is facing intense backlash for posing with a "Happy Kirkiversary" cake celebrating Charlie Kirk’s mu...
13 Sep, 2026, 08.10 PM IST
Police looking into 'shameful' racist online comments about Nepal-Tibet disaster, Air India: Singapore Senior Minister ShanmugamSingapore is investigating racist online commentary regarding the Nepal-Tibet disaster. Authorities are also examining Singapore Airlines' ...
06 Sep, 2026, 10.56 AM IST
Why Meta is paying for controversial content - and what that means for the posts you seeABC News Verify found Facebook had monetised Australian accounts described as having white nationalist, neo-Nazi or anti-vaccine links. Acc...
13 Aug, 2026, 10.30 AM IST
Fear and hate force Rohingya refugee schools to shut in MalaysiaRohingya children in Malaysia are now afraid to attend school after receiving threats. At least nine refugee schools have shut nationwide d...
27 Jul, 2026, 06.35 AM IST
US judge blocks Trump administration policy targeting visas of social media researchersA federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration policy impacting foreign researchers. This policy could have denied visas or...
15 Jul, 2026, 11.28 AM IST
YouTube defends video that falsely claims Sydney massacre survivor is 'crisis actor'Lord was questioned about a complaint made by survivor Arsen Ostrovsky about a video posted on YouTube. Ostrovsky was attacked online after...
08 Jul, 2026, 08.18 AM IST
EU chief says 'time for change' on children's social media accessUrsula von der Leyen, the head of the European Union, is advocating for revisions to how children access social media platforms. A recent s...
16 Jun, 2026, 09.59 PM IST
EU, France, Germany slam US visa bans as 'censorship' dispute deepensThe European Union, France, and Germany have strongly condemned U.S. visa bans targeting European citizens. These individuals are involved ...
24 Dec, 2025, 10.41 PM IST
Karnataka govt tables bill empowering officials to order takedown of online hate crime contentThe opposition BJP has strongly protested the bill. The bill, which has invoked provisions from the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and the I...
10 Dec, 2025, 11.34 PM IST
Hate speech on X spiked in the months after Elon Musk's purchase, study findsPrevious studies have indicated that hate speech spiked on X shortly after the Elon Musk acquired the platform — then called Twitter — and ...
15 Feb, 2025, 02.19 PM IST
Facebook, X, YouTube to do more against online hate speech, EU saysOther firms that have agreed with the voluntary code set up in May 2016 are Dailymotion, Instagram, Jeuxvideo.com, LinkedIn, Microsoft host...
20 Jan, 2025, 06.25 PM IST
Regulating online hate speech 'not censorship': UN rights chiefThe UN rights chief declared that regulating online hate speech and harmful content is not censorship. Meta recently announced it would rem...
10 Jan, 2025, 06.18 PM IST
Elon Musk says Canada law to stop online hate "Sounds insane"Tesla CEO Elon Musk weighed in on a debate over Canada's proposed hate speech law, the Online Harms Bill. Musk expressed concern over the l...
08 May, 2024, 01.33 PM IST
Trial of 2016 Twitter troll to test limits of online speechThe misinformation campaign was carried out by a group of conspirators, prosecutors said, including a man in his 20s who called himself Ric...
20 Mar, 2023, 08.59 AM IST
Twitter loses online hate speech court battle in FranceThe decision provides ammunition to campaigners elsewhere in Europe who want tougher controls to prevent the spread of racist and discrimin...
21 Jan, 2022, 12.11 PM IST
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...
27 Aug, 2016, 04.46 PM IST