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Epstein Paid Reputation Firms To Bury Coverage Of Child Sex Offences
Jeffrey Epstein tapped online reputation management firms to bury negative coverage of his 2008 sex offense conviction and flood the internet with favorable content in a years-long effort to rehabilitate his public image.
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Elon Musk's Grok Account Briefly Suspended On X? What AI Chatbot Said
Users noticed X's typical "account suspended" notification when the chatbot's @grok handle briefly went offline.
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For Offensive Content Online, Can't File Case Under Scrapped Law: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today directed no citizen can be prosecuted under section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, which it had scrapped way back in 2015.
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Supreme Court Directs the Centre to Submit Status Reports on Actions to Eliminate Online Offensive Content
The Supreme Court is seeking status reports of the internet intermediaries and the government on the steps taken so far to eliminate circulation of child pornography, rape videos and images. The direction was given by a bench of two judges. The bench has scheduled the matter for the next hearing on November 3.
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"Abusive Content": Andhra High Court Serves Notice To 93 For Online Posts
Andhra Pradesh High Court has issued notices to 44 people for offensive posts on social media directed at the judiciary over its decision to hand the Dr Sudhakar case to the CBI; on Tuesday, 49 others had been served similar notices
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Twitter Tests Telling Users Their Tweet Replies May Be Offensive
When users hit "send" on their reply, they will be told if the words in their tweet are similar to those in posts that have been reported, and asked if they would like to revise it or not.
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6 Arrested In Delhi For Sharing Offensive Content Against Children: Cops
Six people have been arrested for sharing online pictures and videos containing sexually offensive content against children, the police said today.
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Singapore Police Probe Indian-Origin YouTuber's Rap Video For 'Racism'
Singapore police on Tuesday said it was investigating an online rap video allegedly containing offensive content, featuring an Indian-origin duo, made in response to a recent advertisement by an e-payment website.
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Section 66(A) Scrapped: Congress Admits Flaw in its Law on Offensive Online Content
New Delhi, March 24 (PTI) After the Supreme Court today struck down Section 66 (A) of the Information Technology Act, which allowed arrests for offensive online content, the Congress acknowledged that the law enacted by its government in 2008 was poorly drafted and vulnerable to misuse.
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Section 66(A) Gone. Supreme Court Sides With Free Speech Online.
The Supreme Court has scrapped a contentious law that was seen as a major infringement of the freedom of speech online because it allowed the arrest of a person for posting "offensive" content. Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, "is unconstitutional and we have no hesitation in striking it down," said Justice RF Nariman, reading out the...
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Epstein Paid Reputation Firms To Bury Coverage Of Child Sex Offences
Jeffrey Epstein tapped online reputation management firms to bury negative coverage of his 2008 sex offense conviction and flood the internet with favorable content in a years-long effort to rehabilitate his public image.
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Elon Musk's Grok Account Briefly Suspended On X? What AI Chatbot Said
Users noticed X's typical "account suspended" notification when the chatbot's @grok handle briefly went offline.
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For Offensive Content Online, Can't File Case Under Scrapped Law: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today directed no citizen can be prosecuted under section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, which it had scrapped way back in 2015.
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Supreme Court Directs the Centre to Submit Status Reports on Actions to Eliminate Online Offensive Content
The Supreme Court is seeking status reports of the internet intermediaries and the government on the steps taken so far to eliminate circulation of child pornography, rape videos and images. The direction was given by a bench of two judges. The bench has scheduled the matter for the next hearing on November 3.
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"Abusive Content": Andhra High Court Serves Notice To 93 For Online Posts
Andhra Pradesh High Court has issued notices to 44 people for offensive posts on social media directed at the judiciary over its decision to hand the Dr Sudhakar case to the CBI; on Tuesday, 49 others had been served similar notices
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Twitter Tests Telling Users Their Tweet Replies May Be Offensive
When users hit "send" on their reply, they will be told if the words in their tweet are similar to those in posts that have been reported, and asked if they would like to revise it or not.
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6 Arrested In Delhi For Sharing Offensive Content Against Children: Cops
Six people have been arrested for sharing online pictures and videos containing sexually offensive content against children, the police said today.
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Singapore Police Probe Indian-Origin YouTuber's Rap Video For 'Racism'
Singapore police on Tuesday said it was investigating an online rap video allegedly containing offensive content, featuring an Indian-origin duo, made in response to a recent advertisement by an e-payment website.
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Section 66(A) Scrapped: Congress Admits Flaw in its Law on Offensive Online Content
New Delhi, March 24 (PTI) After the Supreme Court today struck down Section 66 (A) of the Information Technology Act, which allowed arrests for offensive online content, the Congress acknowledged that the law enacted by its government in 2008 was poorly drafted and vulnerable to misuse.
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Section 66(A) Gone. Supreme Court Sides With Free Speech Online.
The Supreme Court has scrapped a contentious law that was seen as a major infringement of the freedom of speech online because it allowed the arrest of a person for posting "offensive" content. Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, "is unconstitutional and we have no hesitation in striking it down," said Justice RF Nariman, reading out the...
