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Ex-Top Court Judge Apologises After "Lady Lawyers Winked At Me" Remark
Former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju has apologised after his comment about women lawyers drew strong condemnation from the Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association (SCWLA).
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Brazil Asks Meta To Remove Chatbots That 'Eroticise' Children
Brazil's government has asked US technology giant Meta to rid its platforms of chatbots that mimic children and can make sexually suggestive remarks, the attorney general's office (AGU) announced Monday.
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Brazil's Top Court Votes to Hold Social Media Platforms Accountable for User Posts
Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that social media firms are responsible for certain user-posted content in the country. This could result in fines against social media companies in Brazil. The decision could impact the business of platforms including Meta's Facebook and Instagram, as well as TikTok, Elon Musk's X and other internet giants, s...
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'Judges Should Not Be On Facebook, Must Live Like Hermits': Supreme Court
Judges should avoid using social media and refrain from expressing their opinions about judgments online, the Supreme Court has said, observing that they must live like a hermit and work like a horse.
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US Supreme Court Tosses Case Involving Securities Fraud Suit Against Facebook
The US Supreme Court sidestepped on Friday a decision on whether to allow shareholders to proceed with a securities fraud lawsuit accusing Meta's Facebook of misleading investors about the misuse of the social media platform's user data.
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Facebook, Nvidia Ask US Supreme Court to Spare Them from Securities Fraud Suits
Social media platform Facebook and Artificial Intelligence chipmaker Nvidia appealed to the Supreme Court after the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals allowed separate class action securities fraud lawsuits to proceed against them.
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Social Media Users Should Be More Careful About Its Impact, Reach: Supreme Court
Supreme Court said social media users should be careful about its impact and reach as it dismissed a petition filed by Ex-Tamil Nadu MLA SV Shekher who is facing cases for sharing a Facebook post in 2018 containing derogatory remarks against women.
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New Digital Personal Data Protection Bill Said to Be Introduced in Monsoon Session of Parliament
The Centre on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that the government will table the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament in July. A five-judge Constitution bench of Justices KM Joseph, Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and CT Ravikumar fixed the matter for hearing in August.
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Meta, Google Defend Brazilian Law That Absolves Companies From Responsibility for Content Posted by Users
Meta Platforms and Alphabet's Google appeared before Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday to defend a law that says internet companies are not responsible for content that users post unless the companies are subject to a court order.
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WhatsApp Directed to Publicise Its Undertaking Regarding Data Protection Given to the Centre in 2021
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed WhatsApp to widely publicise its undertaking given to the Centre in 2021 stand its users in India do not have to accept its 2021 privacy policy in order to use it. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice KM Joseph asked WhatsApp to give advertisement in five newspapers to publicise its undertaking giv...
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WhatsApp Parent Meta Allowed to Pursue Lawsuit Against NSO Group for Installing Pegasus Malware
The USÂ Supreme Court on Monday let Meta Platforms's WhatsApp pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the WhatsApp messaging app to install spy software allowing the surveillance of 1,400 people, including journalists, human rights activists and dissidents.
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Facebook's Plea to Dismiss CCI Probe Into WhatsApp's Private Policy Rejected by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the pleas by Meta Platforms, the parent company of social media platforms Facebook and WhatsApp, challenging the probe ordered by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) into WhatsApp's updated privacy policy of 2021. A bench of Justices M R Shah and Sudhanshu Dhulia said CCI is an independent authority and t...
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Court Dismisses Pleas Challenging CCI Probe Into WhatsApp Privacy Policy
The Supreme Court Friday dismissed the pleas by Meta Platforms Inc, the parent company of social media platforms Facebook and WhatsApp, challenging the probe ordered by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) into WhatsApp's updated privacy policy.
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How Online Privacy Has Changed Users’ Data Protection Since US Supreme Court Ruling Against Abortion
Facebook messages of a mother-daughter duo over abortion are being investigated in Nebraska after the US Supreme Court ruling on Roe vs Wade. Since the ruling, there has been a concern on how collected location data, text messages, search histories, emails and seemingly innocuous period and ovulation-tracking apps could be used to prosecute people ...
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US Senators Fear Facebook, Instagram Parent Meta Censoring Abortion Posts
US senators seek answers from Facebook, Instagram parent Meta regarding censored information on abortion posts. The senators questioned how many posts about abortion have been removed since the US Supreme Court overturned a long-standing right to such medical care. Meta, referring to a tweet by spokesman Andy Stone, stated that attempts to provide ...
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Ex-Top Court Judge Apologises After "Lady Lawyers Winked At Me" Remark
Former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju has apologised after his comment about women lawyers drew strong condemnation from the Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association (SCWLA).
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Brazil Asks Meta To Remove Chatbots That 'Eroticise' Children
Brazil's government has asked US technology giant Meta to rid its platforms of chatbots that mimic children and can make sexually suggestive remarks, the attorney general's office (AGU) announced Monday.
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Brazil's Top Court Votes to Hold Social Media Platforms Accountable for User Posts
Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that social media firms are responsible for certain user-posted content in the country. This could result in fines against social media companies in Brazil. The decision could impact the business of platforms including Meta's Facebook and Instagram, as well as TikTok, Elon Musk's X and other internet giants, s...
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'Judges Should Not Be On Facebook, Must Live Like Hermits': Supreme Court
Judges should avoid using social media and refrain from expressing their opinions about judgments online, the Supreme Court has said, observing that they must live like a hermit and work like a horse.
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US Supreme Court Tosses Case Involving Securities Fraud Suit Against Facebook
The US Supreme Court sidestepped on Friday a decision on whether to allow shareholders to proceed with a securities fraud lawsuit accusing Meta's Facebook of misleading investors about the misuse of the social media platform's user data.
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Facebook, Nvidia Ask US Supreme Court to Spare Them from Securities Fraud Suits
Social media platform Facebook and Artificial Intelligence chipmaker Nvidia appealed to the Supreme Court after the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals allowed separate class action securities fraud lawsuits to proceed against them.
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Social Media Users Should Be More Careful About Its Impact, Reach: Supreme Court
Supreme Court said social media users should be careful about its impact and reach as it dismissed a petition filed by Ex-Tamil Nadu MLA SV Shekher who is facing cases for sharing a Facebook post in 2018 containing derogatory remarks against women.
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New Digital Personal Data Protection Bill Said to Be Introduced in Monsoon Session of Parliament
The Centre on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that the government will table the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament in July. A five-judge Constitution bench of Justices KM Joseph, Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and CT Ravikumar fixed the matter for hearing in August.
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Meta, Google Defend Brazilian Law That Absolves Companies From Responsibility for Content Posted by Users
Meta Platforms and Alphabet's Google appeared before Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday to defend a law that says internet companies are not responsible for content that users post unless the companies are subject to a court order.
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WhatsApp Directed to Publicise Its Undertaking Regarding Data Protection Given to the Centre in 2021
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed WhatsApp to widely publicise its undertaking given to the Centre in 2021 stand its users in India do not have to accept its 2021 privacy policy in order to use it. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice KM Joseph asked WhatsApp to give advertisement in five newspapers to publicise its undertaking giv...
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WhatsApp Parent Meta Allowed to Pursue Lawsuit Against NSO Group for Installing Pegasus Malware
The USÂ Supreme Court on Monday let Meta Platforms's WhatsApp pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the WhatsApp messaging app to install spy software allowing the surveillance of 1,400 people, including journalists, human rights activists and dissidents.
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Facebook's Plea to Dismiss CCI Probe Into WhatsApp's Private Policy Rejected by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the pleas by Meta Platforms, the parent company of social media platforms Facebook and WhatsApp, challenging the probe ordered by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) into WhatsApp's updated privacy policy of 2021. A bench of Justices M R Shah and Sudhanshu Dhulia said CCI is an independent authority and t...
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Court Dismisses Pleas Challenging CCI Probe Into WhatsApp Privacy Policy
The Supreme Court Friday dismissed the pleas by Meta Platforms Inc, the parent company of social media platforms Facebook and WhatsApp, challenging the probe ordered by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) into WhatsApp's updated privacy policy.
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How Online Privacy Has Changed Users’ Data Protection Since US Supreme Court Ruling Against Abortion
Facebook messages of a mother-daughter duo over abortion are being investigated in Nebraska after the US Supreme Court ruling on Roe vs Wade. Since the ruling, there has been a concern on how collected location data, text messages, search histories, emails and seemingly innocuous period and ovulation-tracking apps could be used to prosecute people ...
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US Senators Fear Facebook, Instagram Parent Meta Censoring Abortion Posts
US senators seek answers from Facebook, Instagram parent Meta regarding censored information on abortion posts. The senators questioned how many posts about abortion have been removed since the US Supreme Court overturned a long-standing right to such medical care. Meta, referring to a tweet by spokesman Andy Stone, stated that attempts to provide ...
