Australia gives Twitter 28 days to clean up 'toxicity and hate'Australia's e-safety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, has warned Twitter that it has 28 days to demonstrate a serious attempt to tackle onl...
22 Jun, 2023, 06.23 AM IST
'You just lied! Elon Musk calls out BBC reporter during interview after he claims rise in hate speech on TwitterWhen asked to mention any incident or an example, the journalist said he doesn’t “actually use the feed anymore”.
13 Apr, 2023, 12.59 PM IST
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...
04 Mar, 2023, 09.50 AM IST
SC seeks Centre, states' response to plea against hate crimes and speechesIn his petition, Abdullah has also sought invoking the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and other stringent provisions to curb hat...
20 Oct, 2022, 07.38 PM IST
Kenyan ministers rally around Meta's Facebook after watchdog's ultimatumThe National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) on Friday accused Facebook of contravening Kenya's constitution and laws for failin...
01 Aug, 2022, 02.47 PM IST
Supreme Court seeks report from Uttarakhand on hate speechA bench of Justice AM Khanwilkar permitted the petitioner to flag the local authorities about the proposed event so that the administration...
14 Apr, 2022, 12.45 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
India on top of Facebook's 2021 Integrity Prioritisation ListAfter flagging multiple risks, the internal memo of the social media giant stated it needs to "come out of risk" this year in India with re...
12 Nov, 2021, 08.48 AM 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
Pakistan taking advantage of pandemic to enhance cross-border terrorism: IndiaFirst Secretary in India's Permanent Mission to the UN Ashish Sharma on Monday said the hate speech by Pakistan is not merely directed towa...
03 Nov, 2020, 12.16 PM IST
Pakistan continues to support cross-border terrorism taking advantage of COVID-19 pandemic: India at UNThe Indian diplomat also said that Pakistan is trying to create divisions among the religious communities as well. "Fortunately, their prov...
03 Nov, 2020, 08.21 AM IST
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...
22 Aug, 2020, 07.22 PM 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
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 ...
11 May, 2018, 08.09 AM IST
Law Commission working on hate speech definitionLaw Commission has been working on a report to suggest laws to tackle hate speeches and whether the EC can be empowered to disqualify a pol...
11 Aug, 2014, 04.07 AM IST
Hate speech laws not being effectively executed: Supreme Court JudgeThe root of the problem in tackling the menace of hate speech is not absence of laws but lack of their effective execution, SC Judge Justic...
08 May, 2014, 09.15 PM IST
Fine-tuning vexed hate speech problemConcern at this pre-poll juncture over political hate speech makes clear that quite a lot of such divisive ruptures in India are directly l...
15 Mar, 2014, 06.44 AM IST