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YouTube Exemption From Australian Teen Social Media Ban Opposed by Regulator
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, called on the government to reverse its controversial exemption for YouTube from a social media ban for under-16s. In a blog post, YouTube said Inman Grant’s comments ignored the benefits YouTube offered to school students and teachers.
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Shashi Tharoor Deletes Post Calling CPI(M) "Cannibals" Amid Ongoing Row
Amid ongoing controversy over his article praising the Left government in Kerala, Congress Working Committee (CWC) member and MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday withdrew a poster, reportedly from the KPCC, that he had shared on his Facebook page.
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Meta Now Lets Users Say Women Are "Household Objects", Trans People Have "Mental Illness"
Facebook's parent company Meta has announced a series of sweeping changes in its content moderation policies, including doing away with professional fact-checking and restrictions on controversial remarks.
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Facebook, Instagram, TikTok Brace For Australian Social Media Ban Fallout
Australia's controversial new law barring under-16s from social media is one of the toughest crackdowns yet on platforms including Facebook and TikTok as governments worldwide grasp for ways to protect children from harmful content.
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Row Erupts Over Left MLA's Derogatory Remarks On Lord Ram, Sita, Lakshman
A Left MLA in Kerala finds himself amidst a controversy over a Facebook post in which he made derogatory remarks against Lord Ram, Sita, and Lakshman.
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Meta Rolls Out Tools To Separate Ads From Harmful Content
Meta Platforms Inc said on Thursday it is now rolling out a long-promised system for advertisers to determine where their ads are shown, responding to their demands to distance their marketing from controversial posts on Facebook and Instagram.
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Meta Steps Up Chatbot Buzz, Announces Research Tool LLaMA as Rival to Microsoft's ChatGPT, Google's LaMDA
Meta Platforms introduced a research tool for building artificial intelligence-based chatbots and other products, seeking to create a buzz for its own technology in a field lately focused on internet rivals Google and Microsoft. The technology has become popular, and controversial, in recent months as more companies have started to build them and ...
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Assam Student Arrested For Post "Supporting" Terror Group ULFA
Another student has been arrested in Assam for a controversial Facebook post, where he allegedly supported the terror group Ulfa (I) led by fugitive leader Paresh Asom alias Paresh Baruah.
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US Supreme Court Puts Hold on Texas Law Barring Social Media From Censoring Posts
The US Supreme Court has put back a controversial Texas law on hold. The law barred social media platforms from "censoring" posts based on viewpoints and make it a crime for social media platforms to curb hate speech or bigoted tirades, or even point out when posts are demonstrably false.
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After Bulli Bai, Telegram Channel Allegedly Targeting Hindu Women Blocked
After 'Bulli Bai', Facebook pages and a Telegram channel allegedly targetting Hindu women have now surfaced. Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday assured action against them.
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YouTube Exemption From Australian Teen Social Media Ban Opposed by Regulator
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, called on the government to reverse its controversial exemption for YouTube from a social media ban for under-16s. In a blog post, YouTube said Inman Grant’s comments ignored the benefits YouTube offered to school students and teachers.
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Shashi Tharoor Deletes Post Calling CPI(M) "Cannibals" Amid Ongoing Row
Amid ongoing controversy over his article praising the Left government in Kerala, Congress Working Committee (CWC) member and MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday withdrew a poster, reportedly from the KPCC, that he had shared on his Facebook page.
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Meta Now Lets Users Say Women Are "Household Objects", Trans People Have "Mental Illness"
Facebook's parent company Meta has announced a series of sweeping changes in its content moderation policies, including doing away with professional fact-checking and restrictions on controversial remarks.
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Facebook, Instagram, TikTok Brace For Australian Social Media Ban Fallout
Australia's controversial new law barring under-16s from social media is one of the toughest crackdowns yet on platforms including Facebook and TikTok as governments worldwide grasp for ways to protect children from harmful content.
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Row Erupts Over Left MLA's Derogatory Remarks On Lord Ram, Sita, Lakshman
A Left MLA in Kerala finds himself amidst a controversy over a Facebook post in which he made derogatory remarks against Lord Ram, Sita, and Lakshman.
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Meta Rolls Out Tools To Separate Ads From Harmful Content
Meta Platforms Inc said on Thursday it is now rolling out a long-promised system for advertisers to determine where their ads are shown, responding to their demands to distance their marketing from controversial posts on Facebook and Instagram.
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Meta Steps Up Chatbot Buzz, Announces Research Tool LLaMA as Rival to Microsoft's ChatGPT, Google's LaMDA
Meta Platforms introduced a research tool for building artificial intelligence-based chatbots and other products, seeking to create a buzz for its own technology in a field lately focused on internet rivals Google and Microsoft. The technology has become popular, and controversial, in recent months as more companies have started to build them and ...
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Assam Student Arrested For Post "Supporting" Terror Group ULFA
Another student has been arrested in Assam for a controversial Facebook post, where he allegedly supported the terror group Ulfa (I) led by fugitive leader Paresh Asom alias Paresh Baruah.
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US Supreme Court Puts Hold on Texas Law Barring Social Media From Censoring Posts
The US Supreme Court has put back a controversial Texas law on hold. The law barred social media platforms from "censoring" posts based on viewpoints and make it a crime for social media platforms to curb hate speech or bigoted tirades, or even point out when posts are demonstrably false.
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After Bulli Bai, Telegram Channel Allegedly Targeting Hindu Women Blocked
After 'Bulli Bai', Facebook pages and a Telegram channel allegedly targetting Hindu women have now surfaced. Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday assured action against them.
