- 06 May, 2024
Geopolitics & National Security
Digital rights activists accuse Facebook of anti-Palestinian bias
By Zainah El-Haroun RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian activists contended Facebook and other social media platforms have censored criticism of Israel in response to government pressure and launched a…
Meta denies Kazakh claim of exclusive access to Facebook’s content reporting system
ALMATY (Reuters) - Facebook owner Meta Platforms on Tuesday denied a claim by the Kazakh government that it had been granted exclusive access to the social network's content reporting system.…
Philippine Nobel winner Ressa calls Facebook ‘biased against facts’
By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) -Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa used her new prominence to criticise Facebook as a threat to democracy, saying the social media giant fails to…
Facebook initiates action against accounts, posts of Taliban
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): Facebook has initiated action against posts and accounts affiliated to Taliban, as the social media giant identifies the outfit as a terrorist organisation under…
Delhi violence inquiry case: SC refuses to quash Delhi Assembly’s summons against Facebook India VP
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday in its judgment refused to quash the summons issued by the Peace and Harmony committee of the Delhi Assembly…
Social media platforms may polarise society, says SC on Facebook India VP’s plea
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Pronouncing its verdict in Facebook India Vice President Ajit Mohan's petition challenging the issuance of summons against him by the Delhi Assembly Committee in…
Parliamentary panel turns down Facebook’s call for virtual appearance; says will vaccinate officials
By Ashoke Raj New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): The parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday turned down social media giant Facebook's…
Facebook expands fact-checking in India, adds health-specialist partner amid COVID-19 concerns
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): With an aim to combat COVID-19 and all other health-related misinformation, social media giant Facebook is expanding its third-party fact-checking programme in India. According…
Twitter War – Who Decides About India’s Security?
Twitter War – Who Decides About India’s Security? The last few weeks have seen some heightened tension between the Government of India on the one hand and social media intermediaries…
