EU's Breton urges Big Tech to use new online content rules to restore trustThe rules known as the Digital Services Act (DSA) require the companies to perform risk management, conduct external and independent auditi...
23 Aug, 2023, 10.00 PM IST
Russia fines Google for not deleting 'fake information' about Ukraine conflict: reportA host of sites are under scrutiny in Russia for failing to remove content that Moscow deems illegal.
17 Aug, 2023, 04.41 PM IST
Russia fines Reddit $20,000 for banned content: news agency RIAReddit joins a list of sites under scrutiny in Russia for failing to remove content that Moscow deems illegal, including Wikimedia, streami...
15 Aug, 2023, 08.45 PM IST
Russia fines Reddit for first time over 'banned content,' RIA saysWikipedia is one of the few surviving independent sources of information in Russia since a state crackdown on online content intensified af...
15 Aug, 2023, 05.46 PM IST
Russia fines Apple, Wikimedia for spreading ''false information'' about Ukraine conflictApple paused all product sales in Russia shortly after Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022, and limited i...
03 Aug, 2023, 07.56 PM IST
Russia fines Telegram and Viber over war-related contentDubai-based Telegram was ordered to pay 4 million roubles ($47,525), Interfax said, and the Japanese company behind Viber was fined 1 milli...
20 Jun, 2023, 03.59 PM IST
Russia fines Wikipedia owner for failing to delete Azov battalion content - IfaxA Russian court on Tuesday fined the Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, 3 million roubles ($36,854) for refusing to delete an arti...
06 Jun, 2023, 03.45 PM IST
WhatsApp faces first fine in Russia for failure to delete 'banned' contentMessenger service WhatsApp faces a maximum fine of 4 million roubles (51,500) after Russia accused it of failing to delete banned content, ...
20 May, 2023, 09.50 AM IST
Moscow fines Wikipedia owner $18,000 for Ukraine article: ReportRussia has hit the Wikimedia Foundation with a string of fines in recent months
20 Apr, 2023, 02.47 PM IST
Russia continues information crackdown with new Wikimedia fineWikipedia, which says it offers "the second draft of history", is one of the few surviving fact-checked sources of information in Russian s...
06 Apr, 2023, 06.59 PM IST
Russia threatens to fine Wikipedia if it doesn't delete 'false information'Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzor said on Tuesday it wanted Wikipedia to remove "material with inaccurate information of public...
05 Apr, 2022, 02.29 PM IST
Turkey fines social media giants for breaching online lawOmer Fatih Sayan, chairman of the Information and Communication Technologies Authority, said Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Periscope, YouTu...
04 Nov, 2020, 07.01 PM IST
Can Facebook be held accountable for hate, fake posts?The German political elite feels threatened by nationalist populist propaganda-based successes such as Brexit and Donald Trump's victory.
24 Mar, 2017, 10.45 AM IST
Fine tuning: 15 most edited pages on WikipediaTo celebrate its 15-year anniversary, Wikipedia has released data of pages which have been edited the most over the course of its existence.
19 Jan, 2016, 10.07 AM IST
Man behind the machine - The making of 'Steve Jobs'Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and director Danny Boyle, who have filmed a biopic on the Apple founder, reveal why Jobs continues to be a myster...
08 Oct, 2015, 08.53 AM IST
- Dark protest: Wikipedia blacks out 'free knowledge' for a day
Users of Google, Wikipedia, and Craig's List ran into a virtual wall after these influential online titans enforced a 24-hour blackout on t...
19 Jan, 2012, 08.58 AM IST
- 'Google, Wikipedia are white bread for young minds'
The Internet is putting a bad impact on the students' expertise levels because it often make them rely on unreliable data, says a professor...
14 Jan, 2008, 05.14 PM IST