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India pti-Madhuri Adnal | Updated: Thursday, August 20, 2020, 23:31 New Delhi, Aug 20: The parliamentary standing committee on Information Technology has summoned Facebook on September 2 to discuss the issue of alleged misuse of social media platforms in the wake of claims that the US firm did ...

India pti-Madhuri Adnal | Updated: Thursday, August 20, 2020, 23:31 New Delhi, Aug 20: The parliamentary standing committee on Information Technology has summoned Facebook on September 2 to discuss the issue of alleged misuse of social media platforms in the wake of claims that the US firm did ...

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology on Thursday summoned Facebook representatives for a discussion on September 2 about allegations that the social media giant had chosen to ignore hate speech made by Bharatiya Janata Party leaders on its platform, PTI reported. The committee’s chairperson Shashi Tharoor had on ...

The parliamentary standing committee on Information Technology has summoned Facebook on September 2 to discuss the issue of alleged misuse of social media platforms in the wake of claims that the US firm did not apply hate speech rules to certain BJP politicians.A day before, the panel will also ...

Facebook on Wednesday said it had removed around 800 QAnon groups for posts that celebrate violence, show intent to use weapons, or try to attract followers with patterns of violent behavior. The social media giant also imposed restrictions on 1,950 more public and private QAnon accounts that it could ...

AIMIM supporter accused of posting inflammatory content aimed at creating communal unrest Mumbai: Social media platforms Facebook and YouTube on Monday told the Bombay high court that they would block access of their websites to an All India Majlis-e- Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) supporter, accused of posting inflammatory content aimed at ...

The report also states that Das gave the BJP “favourable treatment on election-related issues”. "In April of last year, days before voting began in India’s general election, Facebook announced it had taken down inauthentic pages tied to Pakistan’s military and the Congress party, the BJP’s main rival party. But ...

A police complaint was filed on Sunday against Aroor MLA Shanimol Osman for posting a map of the country without Kashmir, along with her Independence Day wishes on August 15.The complaint was lodged by the CPI(M) Aroor unit."We received the complaint against the MLA and we are looking ...

Facebook ignored its hate speech policy and allowed anti-Muslim posts on its platform to avoid ruining the social media company’s relationship with India's governing party, says a report in the Wall Street Journal. The WSJ report published on Friday said a top Facebook executive in India refused to apply the ...

At least three people have been killed in riots after an alleged blasphemous Facebook post about the Prophet Muhammed triggered riots in the southern Indian city of Bangalore, authorities said on Wednesday. Police clashed with thousands of protesters on Tuesday evening, tear-gassing crowds and opening fire with live ammunition. Local media reports ...