Second coming of once-banned conspiracy theorists after Twitter amnestyTwitter has turned into what campaigners call a cesspool of misinformation, hate-filled conspiracies and racial slurs amid what appears to ...
09 Jan, 2023, 03.53 PM IST
Twitter to introduce new controls for ad placements: emailThe new controls are part of Twitter's effort to reassure and lure back advertisers that have pulled ads off the platform since it was purc...
09 Dec, 2022, 09.43 AM 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
French president Emmanuel Macron, Elon Musk discuss Twitter content rulesOn Thursday, Macron - on a visit to the United States - said in an interview with television show Good Morning America that he believed the...
03 Dec, 2022, 08.19 AM IST
Twitter's ban on Donald Trump after Capitol attack was 'grave mistake', says Elon MuskLast week, Musk announced the reactivation of Trump's account after a slim majority voted in a Twitter poll in favor of reinstating Trump, ...
27 Nov, 2022, 10.10 AM IST
Elon Musk announces 'amnesty' for banned Twitter accounts after pollThe future of content moderation on Twitter has become an urgent concern.
25 Nov, 2022, 11.00 PM IST
Karnataka blinks, allows app-based auto aggregators to charge 5% fee; ex-Nykaa CFO joins PayU IndiaThe Karnataka government on Friday announced that it has decided to allow app-based aggregators to charge a convenience fee of 5% to custom...
25 Nov, 2022, 08.38 PM IST
Elon Musk announces 'amnesty' for banned Twitter accountsThe announcement comes as Elon Musk faces pushback that his criteria for content moderation is subject to his personal whim, with reinstate...
25 Nov, 2022, 01.37 PM IST
Elon Musk floats 'general amnesty' of suspended Twitter accountsThe move comes as Musk has faced pushback that his criteria for content moderation is subject to his personal whim, with reinstatements dec...
24 Nov, 2022, 07.30 AM IST
Zubair arrest: Harassment of human rights defenders now alarmingly commonplace in India, says AmnestyHarassment and arbitrary arrests of human rights defenders for tirelessly seeking truth and justice have become alarmingly commonplace in I...
28 Jun, 2022, 04.39 PM IST
Human rights groups raise hate speech concerns after Elon Musk's takeover of TwitterElon Musk, chief executive of electric car maker Tesla, has described himself as a "free speech absolutist" who has been critical of Twitte...
26 Apr, 2022, 03.02 PM IST
Crowds outside Myanmar's prisons greet freed detaineesThe head of the army-installed government, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, announced the amnesty covering more than 5,600 people on Monday. St...
20 Oct, 2021, 11.05 AM IST
Afghan Taliban defence minister orders crackdown on abusesThe message from one of the Taliban's most senior ministers underlines the problems Afghanistan's new rulers have sometimes had in controll...
24 Sep, 2021, 05.05 PM IST
Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn move to secure Afghan citizens' accounts amid Taliban takeoverFacebook has temporarily removed the ability for people to view or search the friends lists of accounts in Afghanistan.
20 Aug, 2021, 07.59 AM IST
Pegasus used against Indian journalists and activists; government deniesDetails put out by The Guardian, one of the media partners in the project, states that 38 Indian journalists were targeted for specific sur...
19 Jul, 2021, 08.00 AM IST
Forget big oil. Google is the new target for activists60 human rights groups want Google to end its efforts to launch a censored search engine in China.
17 Dec, 2018, 06.15 AM IST
Hyper-nationalism and Pakistan-bashing: Congress seems unable to dig deeper into its secular wellspringIf hyper-nationalism and Pakistan-bashing are par for the course in the Modi regime, what’s also becoming predictable is a Congress party c...
28 Aug, 2016, 11.14 AM IST