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China Shuts Down Over 1,00,000 Fake News Social Media Accounts, Ramps Up Content Cleanup
China has intensified efforts to clean up the internet from false news and rumours, closing more than 100,000 online accounts over the past month that misrepresented news anchors and media agencies, its cyberspace regulator said.
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WhatsApp, Twitter Show Resistance as Government’s Fight Against Fake News Targets Dissent
Twitter and WhatsApp are pushing back after being targeted as part of the government’s recent actions aimed at rooting out cybercrimes and what it calls “fake news” on social media. As part of the amended IT Rules, executives at companies that don’t comply with content removal requests could face jail time. The government sent YouTube 1,670...
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Social Media Is Broken: MIT Report Suggests Solutions to Fix It
Vast powers concentrated in the hands of a few corporations, the spread of fake information and news, threats to privacy, election process and democracy were some of the key issues researchers, policymakers, and users in the US underscored about the social media ecosystem recently. Check out details here.
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Social Media Firms May Soon Have To Maintain Database Of Mobile Numbers: Report
The information technology (IT) ministry has proposed that social media companies should maintain a database of active mobile numbers of all their users for verification purpose under a revised set of rules, according to a source.
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BJP Using Social Media To Spread Hate And Violence: Akhilesh Yadav
Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for "using social media to spread hatred against religions and communities".
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Germany Plans to Fine Facebook, Other Social Media Sites Over Hate Speech
Failure to comply could see a social media company fined up to EUR 50 million, and the company's chief representative in Germany fined up to EUR 5 million.
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China Shuts Down Over 1,00,000 Fake News Social Media Accounts, Ramps Up Content Cleanup
China has intensified efforts to clean up the internet from false news and rumours, closing more than 100,000 online accounts over the past month that misrepresented news anchors and media agencies, its cyberspace regulator said.
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WhatsApp, Twitter Show Resistance as Government’s Fight Against Fake News Targets Dissent
Twitter and WhatsApp are pushing back after being targeted as part of the government’s recent actions aimed at rooting out cybercrimes and what it calls “fake news” on social media. As part of the amended IT Rules, executives at companies that don’t comply with content removal requests could face jail time. The government sent YouTube 1,670...
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Social Media Is Broken: MIT Report Suggests Solutions to Fix It
Vast powers concentrated in the hands of a few corporations, the spread of fake information and news, threats to privacy, election process and democracy were some of the key issues researchers, policymakers, and users in the US underscored about the social media ecosystem recently. Check out details here.
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Social Media Firms May Soon Have To Maintain Database Of Mobile Numbers: Report
The information technology (IT) ministry has proposed that social media companies should maintain a database of active mobile numbers of all their users for verification purpose under a revised set of rules, according to a source.
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BJP Using Social Media To Spread Hate And Violence: Akhilesh Yadav
Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for "using social media to spread hatred against religions and communities".
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Germany Plans to Fine Facebook, Other Social Media Sites Over Hate Speech
Failure to comply could see a social media company fined up to EUR 50 million, and the company's chief representative in Germany fined up to EUR 5 million.
