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
Quote of the Day by Martin Luther King Jr. : 'The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but...'-Timeless lesson on moral courage and why silence in the face of injustice is the greatest tragedy by the American civil rights activistQuote of the Day by Martin Luther King Jr. : Martin Luther King Jr. poignantly expressed that injustice flourishes when good individuals ch...
14 Jul, 2026, 10.33 PM 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
Bill to curb hate speech tabled in K'taka Assembly; BJP opposesKarnataka government has introduced a bill in the assembly to punish hate speeches. The proposed law seeks severe penalties for those incit...
11 Dec, 2025, 12.11 AM 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
UN head says social media, AI fuelling 'worst human impulses'UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that unchecked social media and AI amplify hate speech, leading to violence. He highlighted th...
26 Nov, 2024, 06.17 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
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
End 'tsunami of hate' over COVID-19 pandemic says UN ChiefUN chief Antonio Guterres has voiced concern over the "tsunami of hate and xenophobia" unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic and appealed for ...
08 May, 2020, 01.45 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