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Fahim Khan arrested in Lucknow for abusive, communal comments on FB
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Police in Lucknow have arrested a man for making derogatory and abusive statements against the Central government, police and other dignitaries during a Facebook...
US lawmakers grill Snap, TikTok, YouTube over child safety
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Tech giants Snap, TikTok, and YouTube are being grilled by US senators over worries that their apps, like Facebook, are harmful to children.
Senator Richard...
Hindu professor arrested in Dhaka for “spreading hatred” on social media
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The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), the elite anti-crime and anti-terrorism unit of the Bangladesh Police, has arrested Ruma Sarkar, an assistant professor at the...
Facebook to pay $4.79mn fine for ‘discriminating in favor of foreigners against US citizens’
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In a case that turns on its head the common perception of foreigners suffering bias in the US, Facebook is to pay a fine...
Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer major global outage
Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram went down for millions of users, including in Bharat, on Monday evening, as they were unable to send or receive...
Trump sues to reinstate his Twitter account
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Former US President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit in Florida seeking to force Twitter to reinstate his account, arguing the platform's ban violates...
US lawmakers blast FB over Instagram wrecking teens and weaponizing children’s vulnerability
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US lawmakers blasted Facebook for three hours over the tech giant's handling of internal research that showed how its Instagram photo sharing platform was...
In Kashmir, govt employees can no longer use social media to spread separatism
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Over 5 lakh employees of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir have finally lost their infinite liberty to not only play politics and observe...
Congress trolls rain threats and abuses on journalist Shiv Aroor for sharing Rahul Gandhi’s comment
Journalist Shiv Aroor is being threatened and abused by Congress trolls wishing him ill only because he shared a video of Rahul Gandhi's comment....
Taliban slam Facebook for ‘blocking freedom of speech’
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The Taliban have criticised Facebook for blocking freedom of speech in Afghanistan as a result of the crackdown by the US firm, Geo News...