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YouTube Shorts’ Dream Screen AI Feature Upgraded With Video Background Generation Capability
YouTube first began testing a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature for Shorts dubbed Dream Screen in June. The feature earlier could generate AI-generated image backgrounds for the vertical short video format, but on Thursday, the company announced a new capability. Dream Screen can now generate video backgrounds alongside image backgrounds all...
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French Authorities Charge Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in Probe Into Organised Crime on App
Telegram boss Pavel Durov has been placed under formal investigation by a French judge. The charges for which he was initially arrested four days ago include suspected complicity in running an online platform that allows illicit transactions, images of child sex abuse, drug trafficking, and fraud among others.
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SocialFi Is the New Buzzword in Web3 World, Here’s What We Know About It
The concept of SocialFi is to bridge the gap that exists between existing social networking platforms and Web3. It gives users more control over their content, more freedom of speech, and also lets them monetise their content.
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Twitter Not Suited for Emergency Communications, Dutch Officials Say After Storm
Twitter is not the right place to seek information during an emergency, Dutch politicians and a prominent online group said on Wednesday. Citizens were directed to the platform for updates during a large storm. Several politicians and digital rights group Bits of Freedom said that was not appropriate, given that Twitter is a private company.
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Netflix, Amazon, JioCinema-Backed Group Protests New Tobacco Warning Rules in India
An Indian group representing Netflix, Amazon and Disney has told the government its new tobacco warning rules are impossible to implement for streaming giants and will impinge on content creators' freedom of expression, a letter seen by Reuters showed. As part of India's anti-tobacco drive, the health ministry last month ordered streaming platforms...
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Technology Industry Allowing 'Deluge' of Misinformation to Drown Out Reliable Information, RSF Says
Technology firms have allowed a deluge of misinformation to drown out reliable information, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF). A report published on World Press Freedom Day puts a spotlight on the way misinformation drowns out trustworthy news online, while highlighting how this problem has been compounded with the rise of artificial int...
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Google to Allow UK Developers to Offer Google Play Billing Alternatives to Satisfy Regulator's Concerns
Google has made proposals to give app developers in the UK the freedom to break away from Google Play's billing system as the search giant looks to satisfy regulator concerns over in-app billing systems. The company will either let app developers offer a different payment system or give users a choice between an alternative payment system and Googl...
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Twitter Tells Karnataka HC Its Petition Against MeitY's Content Takedown Orders Are Maintainable
Social media company Twitter on Wednesday informed the High Court of Karnataka that its petition challenging the various takedown orders of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) was maintainable, as the concept of reasonableness in Article 19 of the Constitution of India pertaining to Freedom of Speech was applicable to it.
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Government Doesn't Control Social Media Intermediaries: MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar
The government neither controls social media intermediaries nor casts any fetters on the freedom of expression of their users, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a written reply to the Lok Sabha said that the IT Rules, 2021, cast specific obligations on the intermediaries that no i...
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VLC Media Player Website Block in India Lifted After VideoLAN Issues Legal Notice to DoT, MeitY
The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) announced that the ban on VLC Media Player’s site in India by some ISPs since February has been lifted.
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Elon Musk Takeover: Twitter India Said to Start Laying Off Staff as Part of Global Job Cut
Twitter India layoffs are said to have begun on Friday as the world's biggest microblogging client began job cuts as part of Elon Musk's attempts to reduce costs at the company. Must has now started a massive exercise to downsize the company's global workforce, and the firm is expected to lay off over half of its 7,500-strong workforce, according t...
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IRCTC Floats Tender to Appoint Consultant to Monetise Digital Data, Digital Liberties Group Flags Risks
The IRCTC has floated a tender as part of a project aimed at ‘digital data monetisation’, according to the public sector undertaking, which is looking to hire a consultant to monetise data from the railway’s passenger, freight, parcel, catering, tourism, and other operations. Meanwhile, digital liberties group Internet Freedom Foundation has ...
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VLC Media Player Blocked in India Since February for Unknown Reasons, VideoLAN Says
VLC Media Player owned by VideoLAN, has been blocked in India. The company confirmed that the platform's official website was blocked on February 13 and there is no clarity on the reason for the block. No official announcement has been made by the government over the purported block on the open-source media player's website. As per posts on Twitte...
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Facebook, WhatsApp Parent Meta in India Found Exposed to Human Rights Risks Due to Third Party Action
Meta Platforms, which include Facebook and WhatsApp, were found exposed to human right risks such as "restrictions of freedom of expression and information" and "hatred that incites hostility" due to action of third parties, the first human rights report of the social media giant has said.
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Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover a Concern for Human Rights Groups
Human rights groups raised concerns about hate speech on Twitter and the power that its takeover by Elon Musk would give the billionaire. Musk has been called a 'free speech absolutist' and has been critical of Twitter's policies of moderating content on the platform.
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YouTube Shorts’ Dream Screen AI Feature Upgraded With Video Background Generation Capability
YouTube first began testing a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature for Shorts dubbed Dream Screen in June. The feature earlier could generate AI-generated image backgrounds for the vertical short video format, but on Thursday, the company announced a new capability. Dream Screen can now generate video backgrounds alongside image backgrounds all...
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French Authorities Charge Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in Probe Into Organised Crime on App
Telegram boss Pavel Durov has been placed under formal investigation by a French judge. The charges for which he was initially arrested four days ago include suspected complicity in running an online platform that allows illicit transactions, images of child sex abuse, drug trafficking, and fraud among others.
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SocialFi Is the New Buzzword in Web3 World, Here’s What We Know About It
The concept of SocialFi is to bridge the gap that exists between existing social networking platforms and Web3. It gives users more control over their content, more freedom of speech, and also lets them monetise their content.
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Twitter Not Suited for Emergency Communications, Dutch Officials Say After Storm
Twitter is not the right place to seek information during an emergency, Dutch politicians and a prominent online group said on Wednesday. Citizens were directed to the platform for updates during a large storm. Several politicians and digital rights group Bits of Freedom said that was not appropriate, given that Twitter is a private company.
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Netflix, Amazon, JioCinema-Backed Group Protests New Tobacco Warning Rules in India
An Indian group representing Netflix, Amazon and Disney has told the government its new tobacco warning rules are impossible to implement for streaming giants and will impinge on content creators' freedom of expression, a letter seen by Reuters showed. As part of India's anti-tobacco drive, the health ministry last month ordered streaming platforms...
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Technology Industry Allowing 'Deluge' of Misinformation to Drown Out Reliable Information, RSF Says
Technology firms have allowed a deluge of misinformation to drown out reliable information, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF). A report published on World Press Freedom Day puts a spotlight on the way misinformation drowns out trustworthy news online, while highlighting how this problem has been compounded with the rise of artificial int...
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Google to Allow UK Developers to Offer Google Play Billing Alternatives to Satisfy Regulator's Concerns
Google has made proposals to give app developers in the UK the freedom to break away from Google Play's billing system as the search giant looks to satisfy regulator concerns over in-app billing systems. The company will either let app developers offer a different payment system or give users a choice between an alternative payment system and Googl...
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Twitter Tells Karnataka HC Its Petition Against MeitY's Content Takedown Orders Are Maintainable
Social media company Twitter on Wednesday informed the High Court of Karnataka that its petition challenging the various takedown orders of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) was maintainable, as the concept of reasonableness in Article 19 of the Constitution of India pertaining to Freedom of Speech was applicable to it.
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Government Doesn't Control Social Media Intermediaries: MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar
The government neither controls social media intermediaries nor casts any fetters on the freedom of expression of their users, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a written reply to the Lok Sabha said that the IT Rules, 2021, cast specific obligations on the intermediaries that no i...
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VLC Media Player Website Block in India Lifted After VideoLAN Issues Legal Notice to DoT, MeitY
The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) announced that the ban on VLC Media Player’s site in India by some ISPs since February has been lifted.
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Elon Musk Takeover: Twitter India Said to Start Laying Off Staff as Part of Global Job Cut
Twitter India layoffs are said to have begun on Friday as the world's biggest microblogging client began job cuts as part of Elon Musk's attempts to reduce costs at the company. Must has now started a massive exercise to downsize the company's global workforce, and the firm is expected to lay off over half of its 7,500-strong workforce, according t...
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IRCTC Floats Tender to Appoint Consultant to Monetise Digital Data, Digital Liberties Group Flags Risks
The IRCTC has floated a tender as part of a project aimed at ‘digital data monetisation’, according to the public sector undertaking, which is looking to hire a consultant to monetise data from the railway’s passenger, freight, parcel, catering, tourism, and other operations. Meanwhile, digital liberties group Internet Freedom Foundation has ...
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VLC Media Player Blocked in India Since February for Unknown Reasons, VideoLAN Says
VLC Media Player owned by VideoLAN, has been blocked in India. The company confirmed that the platform's official website was blocked on February 13 and there is no clarity on the reason for the block. No official announcement has been made by the government over the purported block on the open-source media player's website. As per posts on Twitte...
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Facebook, WhatsApp Parent Meta in India Found Exposed to Human Rights Risks Due to Third Party Action
Meta Platforms, which include Facebook and WhatsApp, were found exposed to human right risks such as "restrictions of freedom of expression and information" and "hatred that incites hostility" due to action of third parties, the first human rights report of the social media giant has said.
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Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover a Concern for Human Rights Groups
Human rights groups raised concerns about hate speech on Twitter and the power that its takeover by Elon Musk would give the billionaire. Musk has been called a 'free speech absolutist' and has been critical of Twitter's policies of moderating content on the platform.
