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Do You Post News Online? Proposed Changes To IT Rules May Invite Scrutiny
Under the proposed IT rules, the scope of "news and current affairs content" may be expanded to include posts by individual users.
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Centre Flags Deepfake Threat As Social Media Crackdown Faces Criticism
The crackdown has also drawn scrutiny after several accounts, including those critical of the government, were blocked or restricted.
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Israel's Long History Of Killing Journalists, From 1967 To Gaza War
Five journalists were among the 22 people killed on Monday in Israeli strikes on the Nasser Hospital in the Gaza Strip.
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Russia Restricts WhatsApp, Telegram Calls, Says Need To Fight Criminality
Russia announced curbs on calls on the WhatsApp and Telegram messenger apps on Wednesday, saying that this was necessary to fight criminality, state media reported.
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Amid Conflict With Ukraine, Russia Says Wartime Censorship Is Justified
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that wartime censorship in Russia is justified amid the conflict with Ukraine and the closure of opposition-minded media.
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"X Exploited Technicalities...": Centre Refutes "Press Censorship" Charge
The government today refuted microblogging platform X's claim that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology issued a fresh blocking order on July 3 against 2,355 accounts including international news agency Reuters and Reuters World.
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New US Visa Rules To Ban Foreigners Who "Censor" Americans On Social Media
The United States is introducing a new visa ban rule for those who "censor" Americans posting comments on social media platforms that are owned by US tech firms. The announcement was made by US Secretary of State Maro Rubio.
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"Unlawful Regulation": Elon Musk's X Sues Centre, Alleges Censorship
Social media giant 'X' (formerly Twitter), owned by US billionaire Elon Musk, has filed a lawsuit in the Karnataka High Court against the Indian government, challenging what it calls unlawful content regulation and arbitrary censorship.
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Instagram Tipped to Be Working on an X-Styled Community Notes Feature
Instagram is tipped to be working on implementing Community Notes on its platform. As per the tipster, the Meta-owned platform is adding a new option to write a community note to the published posts. The leaked information comes weeks after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced shutting down of the existing fact-checking programme, citing censorship m...
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Elon Musk's X To Close Brazil Operations Over "Censorship Orders"
Media platform X said on Saturday it would close its operations in Brazil "effective immediately" due to what it called "censorship orders" from Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes.
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Do You Post News Online? Proposed Changes To IT Rules May Invite Scrutiny
Under the proposed IT rules, the scope of "news and current affairs content" may be expanded to include posts by individual users.
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Centre Flags Deepfake Threat As Social Media Crackdown Faces Criticism
The crackdown has also drawn scrutiny after several accounts, including those critical of the government, were blocked or restricted.
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Israel's Long History Of Killing Journalists, From 1967 To Gaza War
Five journalists were among the 22 people killed on Monday in Israeli strikes on the Nasser Hospital in the Gaza Strip.
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Russia Restricts WhatsApp, Telegram Calls, Says Need To Fight Criminality
Russia announced curbs on calls on the WhatsApp and Telegram messenger apps on Wednesday, saying that this was necessary to fight criminality, state media reported.
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Amid Conflict With Ukraine, Russia Says Wartime Censorship Is Justified
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that wartime censorship in Russia is justified amid the conflict with Ukraine and the closure of opposition-minded media.
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"X Exploited Technicalities...": Centre Refutes "Press Censorship" Charge
The government today refuted microblogging platform X's claim that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology issued a fresh blocking order on July 3 against 2,355 accounts including international news agency Reuters and Reuters World.
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New US Visa Rules To Ban Foreigners Who "Censor" Americans On Social Media
The United States is introducing a new visa ban rule for those who "censor" Americans posting comments on social media platforms that are owned by US tech firms. The announcement was made by US Secretary of State Maro Rubio.
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"Unlawful Regulation": Elon Musk's X Sues Centre, Alleges Censorship
Social media giant 'X' (formerly Twitter), owned by US billionaire Elon Musk, has filed a lawsuit in the Karnataka High Court against the Indian government, challenging what it calls unlawful content regulation and arbitrary censorship.
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Instagram Tipped to Be Working on an X-Styled Community Notes Feature
Instagram is tipped to be working on implementing Community Notes on its platform. As per the tipster, the Meta-owned platform is adding a new option to write a community note to the published posts. The leaked information comes weeks after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced shutting down of the existing fact-checking programme, citing censorship m...
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Elon Musk's X To Close Brazil Operations Over "Censorship Orders"
Media platform X said on Saturday it would close its operations in Brazil "effective immediately" due to what it called "censorship orders" from Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes.
