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Facebook and Ray-Ban launched their new smart glasses, the latest effort in a tricky, niche market but which the social media giant sees as a step toward its future.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro issued a decree Monday that changes the rules of content moderation on social media, a move that critics argue could hinder the fight against disinformation.

Facebook “actioned” over 33.3 million content pieces across ten violation categories proactively during June 16–July 31 in India, the social media giant said in its compliance report.

The US Federal Trade Commission refreshed its antitrust case against Facebook, adding more detail on the accusation the social media company crushed or bought rivals and once again asking a judge to force the social media giant to sell Instagram and WhatsApp.

Social media giant Facebook has said that it has banned the Taliban and all content supporting it from its platforms as it considers the group to be a terrorist organisation, according to a media report.

Twitter India chief Manish Maheshwari, who has been given a new US-based role, posted several photos with his colleagues at the social media giant's office in a farewell thread.

Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien this morning sharply criticised Twitter after the Congress said the social media giant had locked it's official account and many other accounts of its party leaders. The action came just days after former Congress

The recently appointed Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw is likely to meet representatives of social media firms this month, sources said on Monday. This comes amid social media giant Twitter's standoff with the government that continues to stretch on.

India was the single largest source of government requests for account information received by Twitter in the July-December 2020 period - accounting for 25 percent of the global volume, the social media giant said Wednesday.

Social media giant Twitter, locked in a bitter battle with the government over the new digital rules, released its inaugural "transparency report" today - more than a month after the new digital rules came into effect.

Twitter will not enjoy legal protection if it does not follow India's new information technology rules, which includes clauses like appointing compliance officers based in the country, the Delhi High Court told the social media giant on Thursday.

Facebook can't be compelled to answer on issues of law and order, which are looked after by the central goverment, the Supreme Court said today as it asked the social media giant to appear before the Delhi Assembly's panel in 2020 riots probe.

Chinese tech giant Tencent's WeChat social media platform has deleted dozens of LGBT accounts run by university students, saying some had broken rules on information on the internet, sparking fear of a crackdown on gay content online.

The Centre on Monday told the Delhi High Court that social media giant Twitter has failed to comply with India's new IT Rules, that could lead to losing its immunity conferred under IT Act.

Facebook "actioned" over 30 million content pieces across 10 violation categories during May 15–June 15 in India, the social media giant said in its maiden monthly compliance report as mandated by the IT rules.

Facebook and Ray-Ban launched their new smart glasses, the latest effort in a tricky, niche market but which the social media giant sees as a step toward its future.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro issued a decree Monday that changes the rules of content moderation on social media, a move that critics argue could hinder the fight against disinformation.

Facebook “actioned” over 33.3 million content pieces across ten violation categories proactively during June 16–July 31 in India, the social media giant said in its compliance report.

The US Federal Trade Commission refreshed its antitrust case against Facebook, adding more detail on the accusation the social media company crushed or bought rivals and once again asking a judge to force the social media giant to sell Instagram and WhatsApp.

Social media giant Facebook has said that it has banned the Taliban and all content supporting it from its platforms as it considers the group to be a terrorist organisation, according to a media report.

Twitter India chief Manish Maheshwari, who has been given a new US-based role, posted several photos with his colleagues at the social media giant's office in a farewell thread.

Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien this morning sharply criticised Twitter after the Congress said the social media giant had locked it's official account and many other accounts of its party leaders. The action came just days after former Congress

The recently appointed Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw is likely to meet representatives of social media firms this month, sources said on Monday. This comes amid social media giant Twitter's standoff with the government that continues to stretch on.

India was the single largest source of government requests for account information received by Twitter in the July-December 2020 period - accounting for 25 percent of the global volume, the social media giant said Wednesday.

Social media giant Twitter, locked in a bitter battle with the government over the new digital rules, released its inaugural "transparency report" today - more than a month after the new digital rules came into effect.

Twitter will not enjoy legal protection if it does not follow India's new information technology rules, which includes clauses like appointing compliance officers based in the country, the Delhi High Court told the social media giant on Thursday.

Facebook can't be compelled to answer on issues of law and order, which are looked after by the central goverment, the Supreme Court said today as it asked the social media giant to appear before the Delhi Assembly's panel in 2020 riots probe.

Chinese tech giant Tencent's WeChat social media platform has deleted dozens of LGBT accounts run by university students, saying some had broken rules on information on the internet, sparking fear of a crackdown on gay content online.

The Centre on Monday told the Delhi High Court that social media giant Twitter has failed to comply with India's new IT Rules, that could lead to losing its immunity conferred under IT Act.

Facebook "actioned" over 30 million content pieces across 10 violation categories during May 15–June 15 in India, the social media giant said in its maiden monthly compliance report as mandated by the IT rules.