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As Meta Rolls Back Restrictions, Campaigners Fear Spike In Hate Speech
Meta on Tuesday announced that it was ending its third-party fact-checking program in the US and adopting a crowd-sourced model to police misinformation.
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How Meta's X-Style Community Notes Will Work: All You Need To Know
Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that the group's platforms including Facebook and Instagram would in future imitate rival X's "Community Notes" feature rather than using professional fact-checkers.
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WhatsApp Goes: Platform Reportedly Warns It Will Exit India If Asked to Break End-to-End Encryption
WhatsApp told the Delhi High Court on Thursday that it might stop operations in India if it is asked to break end-to-end encryption on its platform, as per a report. The Meta-owned instant messaging platform gave the statement during the hearing of the petition filed by it and Facebook challenging Rule 4(2) of the Information Technology (Intermedia...
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US Antitrust Regulators Plan Tougher Big Tech Merger Guidelines
New draft guidelines released by U.S. antitrust enforcers on Wednesday lay the groundwork for tougher scrutiny of planned mergers by Big Tech companies like Amazon and Alphabet's Google. The Biden administration has taken a tougher stance on mergers, filing some aggressive challenges. It had two court losses just last week.
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Facebook Acted on Over 27 Million Pieces of Content in India for Guideline Violations in April
Social media giant Meta's Facebook took action against 41 percent of complaints it received from users and Instagram acted against over 54 percent of grievances raised by users in April 2023, according to the company's latest India Monthly Report.
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'Facebook Jail' Rules Relaxed, Users Will Be Told What They Did Wrong
Meta added that the old rules will apply to violations such as terrorism, child exploitation, etc and offenders will face immediate restrictions.
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Facebook, Instagram Removed 2.7 Crore Posts in India During July: All Details
Meta announced on Wednesday that it had removed a total of 2.7 crore posts across Facebook and Instagram in July. The company revealed in its monthly report under the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, that it received 626 and 1033 reports from users on Facebook and Instagram respectively, and claims that it res...
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Facebook Updates Its Policy to Take Down Fake Reviews Aimed At Duping Business Pages
Facebook is cracking down on user reviews to prevent people from leaving fake feedback on business pages. The company has updated its Community Feedback policy to address this widespread issue. Last year, Facebook removed 16,000 groups that were selling and buying fake reviews of various products and services.
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Reddit Launches $1 Million Community Fund to Support Creators and Projects
Reddit announces a Community Fund of $1 Million (roughly Rs. 7.6 crore) to fund community projects and help creators. The criteria to select projects will include creativity, feasibility and community impact. The social media platform is planning to announce the submission guidelines in detail soon.
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Russia-Ukraine War: Meta Says Won’t Allow Calls to Assassinate Head of State in Updated Guidelines
Meta has updated its user guidelines that won’t allow posts calling for the assassination of a head of a state. Meta was earlier allowing some posts on Facebook and Instagram calling for the death of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Vienna Tourist Board Opens OnlyFans Account to Allow Viewing of 'Explicit' Artworks
Major social media channels restrict the dissemination of "explicit" artworks under the category of nudity and “lewd” content. The tourist board called it a “new wave of prudishness.” “That's why we decided to put the capital's world-famous ‘explicit' artworks on OnlyFans."
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Big Tech's Little Mergers Draw More US Antitrust Scrutiny
US Federal Trade Commission staff presented data on small acquisitions by five big technology companies, and the agency scrapped guidelines on vertical mergers which combine a company with a supplier — both steps indicating plans to be tougher on deals.
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IT Rules: Indian Media Cheer Court Order Putting New Code of Conduct on Hold
Some Indian media cheered a court order over the weekend which put on hold a part of new IT rules seeking to regulate content on digital news websites, calling the move significant for press freedom in India.
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Delhi High Court Adjourns Hearing On Pleas Of WhatsApp, Facebook Till August 27
The Delhi High Court on Friday adjourned the hearing, till August 27, on the pleas by WhatsApp and Facebook challenging the central government's Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
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IT Rules: Delhi High Court Plea Seeks Striking Down of Rule 3, 4; Centre Issued Notice
The Delhi High Court issued a notice to the Centre on a plea seeking direction to striking down Rule 3 and 4 of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, as unconstitutional and ultra vires the IT Act, 2000.
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As Meta Rolls Back Restrictions, Campaigners Fear Spike In Hate Speech
Meta on Tuesday announced that it was ending its third-party fact-checking program in the US and adopting a crowd-sourced model to police misinformation.
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How Meta's X-Style Community Notes Will Work: All You Need To Know
Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that the group's platforms including Facebook and Instagram would in future imitate rival X's "Community Notes" feature rather than using professional fact-checkers.
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WhatsApp Goes: Platform Reportedly Warns It Will Exit India If Asked to Break End-to-End Encryption
WhatsApp told the Delhi High Court on Thursday that it might stop operations in India if it is asked to break end-to-end encryption on its platform, as per a report. The Meta-owned instant messaging platform gave the statement during the hearing of the petition filed by it and Facebook challenging Rule 4(2) of the Information Technology (Intermedia...
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US Antitrust Regulators Plan Tougher Big Tech Merger Guidelines
New draft guidelines released by U.S. antitrust enforcers on Wednesday lay the groundwork for tougher scrutiny of planned mergers by Big Tech companies like Amazon and Alphabet's Google. The Biden administration has taken a tougher stance on mergers, filing some aggressive challenges. It had two court losses just last week.
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Facebook Acted on Over 27 Million Pieces of Content in India for Guideline Violations in April
Social media giant Meta's Facebook took action against 41 percent of complaints it received from users and Instagram acted against over 54 percent of grievances raised by users in April 2023, according to the company's latest India Monthly Report.
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'Facebook Jail' Rules Relaxed, Users Will Be Told What They Did Wrong
Meta added that the old rules will apply to violations such as terrorism, child exploitation, etc and offenders will face immediate restrictions.
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Facebook, Instagram Removed 2.7 Crore Posts in India During July: All Details
Meta announced on Wednesday that it had removed a total of 2.7 crore posts across Facebook and Instagram in July. The company revealed in its monthly report under the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, that it received 626 and 1033 reports from users on Facebook and Instagram respectively, and claims that it res...
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Facebook Updates Its Policy to Take Down Fake Reviews Aimed At Duping Business Pages
Facebook is cracking down on user reviews to prevent people from leaving fake feedback on business pages. The company has updated its Community Feedback policy to address this widespread issue. Last year, Facebook removed 16,000 groups that were selling and buying fake reviews of various products and services.
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Reddit Launches $1 Million Community Fund to Support Creators and Projects
Reddit announces a Community Fund of $1 Million (roughly Rs. 7.6 crore) to fund community projects and help creators. The criteria to select projects will include creativity, feasibility and community impact. The social media platform is planning to announce the submission guidelines in detail soon.
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Russia-Ukraine War: Meta Says Won’t Allow Calls to Assassinate Head of State in Updated Guidelines
Meta has updated its user guidelines that won’t allow posts calling for the assassination of a head of a state. Meta was earlier allowing some posts on Facebook and Instagram calling for the death of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Vienna Tourist Board Opens OnlyFans Account to Allow Viewing of 'Explicit' Artworks
Major social media channels restrict the dissemination of "explicit" artworks under the category of nudity and “lewd” content. The tourist board called it a “new wave of prudishness.” “That's why we decided to put the capital's world-famous ‘explicit' artworks on OnlyFans."
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Big Tech's Little Mergers Draw More US Antitrust Scrutiny
US Federal Trade Commission staff presented data on small acquisitions by five big technology companies, and the agency scrapped guidelines on vertical mergers which combine a company with a supplier — both steps indicating plans to be tougher on deals.
-
IT Rules: Indian Media Cheer Court Order Putting New Code of Conduct on Hold
Some Indian media cheered a court order over the weekend which put on hold a part of new IT rules seeking to regulate content on digital news websites, calling the move significant for press freedom in India.
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Delhi High Court Adjourns Hearing On Pleas Of WhatsApp, Facebook Till August 27
The Delhi High Court on Friday adjourned the hearing, till August 27, on the pleas by WhatsApp and Facebook challenging the central government's Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
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IT Rules: Delhi High Court Plea Seeks Striking Down of Rule 3, 4; Centre Issued Notice
The Delhi High Court issued a notice to the Centre on a plea seeking direction to striking down Rule 3 and 4 of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, as unconstitutional and ultra vires the IT Act, 2000.
