'Social Media Made Posting Hate Speech Difficult in US, Not So in India': Union Min Vaishnaw Calls for Better Self-regulation
2 years, 10 months ago

'Social Media Made Posting Hate Speech Difficult in US, Not So in India': Union Min Vaishnaw Calls for Better Self-regulation

News 18  

Social media platforms should show improvement in accountability and self-regulation, said Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology, in an interview on Sunday. Vaishnaw said taking action for potential misuse of the platform in terms of igniting law and order situations, compromising people’s dignity is “non-negotiable”. What is the grievances redressal mechanism?” Vaishnaw responded to a question by Times of India on striking a balance between social media companies setting different standards for countries and the Indian government being the country with maximum number of requests to pull down content. He explained that there are three major pillars of the PM’s vision for Railways – “the passenger experience has to change through steps on stations, trains, safety, timeliness, and cleanliness; railways to provide transformational power for the economy, and the share to increase from the current 27-28 percent so that the logistics come down; making railways future-ready for 2047 with latest technology.” On being asked how the government plans to compete Railways with airlines, Vaishnaw said we should not be competing but collaborate in a way so that consumer gets the best service.

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Need stricter laws to curb ‘vulgar content’ on OTT, says Ashwini Vaishnaw
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Need stricter laws to curb ‘vulgar content’ on OTT, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

Hindustan Times  

Stronger laws are required to deal with obscenity in social media, Union minister of information and broadcasting and electronics and information technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, said in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, especially since they lack the editorial checks of traditional media. Vaishnaw was responding to first time BJP MP Arun Govil’s question on whether a mechanism existed to check “telecast …

Need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media: Vaishnaw
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media: Vaishnaw

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The government is mulling stringent laws to check vulgar content on social media posts and other platforms like over-the-top or OTT, saying that such platforms are required to appoint grievance officers and set up a mechanism for addressing user complaints. "There is a need to make existing laws more stringent laws to curb vulgar content on social media …

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw says stringent laws needed to curb vulgar content on social media
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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw says stringent laws needed to curb vulgar content on social media

Hindustan Times  

Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said there is a need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media platforms. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi. There is a need to make existing laws more stringent laws to curb vulgar content on social …

Need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media: I&B Minister Vaishnaw
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media: I&B Minister Vaishnaw

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said there is a need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media platforms. Today, social media is a platform for freedom of press but it is uncontrolled and there is vulgar content, the minister said during the Question Hour. There is a need to make existing …

Doesn't match our culture: Minister for laws to curb social media vulgar content
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Doesn't match our culture: Minister for laws to curb social media vulgar content

India Today  

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday called for laws to curb objectionable content on social media and hoped that the Opposition would have a discussion on the same. The government has urged social media platforms to be more proactive in content moderation, especially when it comes to harmful or illegal content. It said that social media companies …

Growing social media app vows to shake up ‘toxic’ status quo
1 month ago

Growing social media app vows to shake up ‘toxic’ status quo

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. They've cleverly addicted us to our own egos Zoe Kalar, WeAre8 founder Zoe Kalar, the app’s founder, …

Chandrababu says misuse of social media biggest challenge
1 month, 1 week ago

Chandrababu says misuse of social media biggest challenge

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada:Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday emphasised the need for effective measures to control harassment of people over social media. Calling this the biggest challenge, he wanted a debate on how such misuse of social media could be controlled and who should be given the responsibility for controlling social media. Chandrababu Naidu stressed the need for proper …

Anti-India narrative on social media: Why it’s time for government to counter online negativity
3 months, 1 week ago

Anti-India narrative on social media: Why it’s time for government to counter online negativity

Firstpost  

A wave of anti-India sentiment is flooding social media, distorting our global image. India can no longer afford silence and has to reclaim its narrative on the world stage Lately, social media has evolved into a platform where global narratives are created, shaped, and spread at turbo speed. A recent example is the “What’s wrong with India?” campaign on social …

DC Edit | Govts, leave social media alone
3 months, 3 weeks ago

DC Edit | Govts, leave social media alone

Deccan Chronicle  

What can governments do about social media platforms? Amid a developing scenario in which both free-speech advocates and authoritarian governments are protesting the treatment being meted out to the CEO of Telegram who is facing the rigour of the law in France, the Uttar Pradesh government has taken an unusual stand to use the social media for boosting its popularity …

Free Speech v. Digital Disinformation: How Is State Intervention In Social Media Content Moderation Being Navigated In USA & India
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Free Speech v. Digital Disinformation: How Is State Intervention In Social Media Content Moderation Being Navigated In USA & India

Live Law  

Recently, the United States Supreme Court in Moody v. NetChoice, LLC refrained from issuing what could have been a landmark judgment on a pivotal issue: whether states can enact laws that limit the power of social media companies to moderate content. This case revolved around the constitutionality of laws enacted by Texas and Florida that aimed to restrict social media …

Delhi High Court Refuses Pre-Censorship Of Content Against Rohingya Community On Facebook, Says Treatment Can't Be Worse Than Disease
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi High Court Refuses Pre-Censorship Of Content Against Rohingya Community On Facebook, Says Treatment Can't Be Worse Than Disease

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has refused to pass an order directing the Union Government to restrain Facebook India from allegedly promoting “hateful and harmful content” against the Rohingya community on the social media platform. A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora said that the suggestion that there should be prior censorship of any …

Gay, teenaged and online: LGBTQ+ Indians fight for safe space
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Gay, teenaged and online: LGBTQ+ Indians fight for safe space

The Hindu  

The suicide of a 16-year-old Indian boy who hit a wall of online abuse after posting selfies in saris and makeup has galavanised calls for social media giants to better protect LGBTQ+ Indians. "In India, the online abuse faced by LGBTQ+ creators, predominantly on Instagram, is pervasive and includes death threats, hate speech, rape threats, bullying and other forms of …

Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hate tweets
1 year, 4 months ago

Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hate tweets

Al Jazeera  

X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has threatened to sue a group of independent researchers whose research documented an increase in hate speech on the site since it was purchased last year by Elon Musk. A lawyer representing the social media site wrote to the Center for Countering Digital Hate on July 20 threatening legal action over …

Thwarting Twitter: on the Karnataka High Court ruling
1 year, 5 months ago

Thwarting Twitter: on the Karnataka High Court ruling

The Hindu  

It is unfortunate that the petition by Twitter, Inc. challenging the validity of the spate of blocking orders passed by the Union government was rejected by the Karnataka High Court. While success in litigation involving the government’s power to restrict speech and expression on grounds permitted in Article 19 of the Constitution was always expected to be difficult, it is …

Social media needs stronger regulation
1 year, 6 months ago

Social media needs stronger regulation

Hindustan Times  

Australia’s digital safety regulator has issued a notice to Twitter for a reported rise in hate speech, threatening the company with a $475,000 fine if it did not provide an adequate explanation within 28 days. The eSafety commissioner said instances of serious abuse faced by Australians on Twitter have surged in the past 12 months. In April, Germany said it …

Twitter Really Is Worse Than Ever
1 year, 7 months ago

Twitter Really Is Worse Than Ever

Wired  

A year ago, Elon Musk announced that he wanted to buy Twitter to clear it of bots and turn “the de facto public town square” into a place for unfettered free speech. After he took over the platform, Musk insisted that “Twitter’s strong commitment to content moderation remains absolutely unchanged.” But around the same time, Twitter fired most of its …

World Press Freedom Day | How free speech in India is compromised by government control over platforms: Book excerpt from ‘Caged Tiger: How Too Much Government is Holding Indians Back’ by Subhashish B
1 year, 7 months ago

World Press Freedom Day | How free speech in India is compromised by government control over platforms: Book excerpt from ‘Caged Tiger: How Too Much Government is Holding Indians Back’ by Subhashish B

The Hindu  

Published : May 03, 2023 07:00 IST - 6 MINS READ In December 2004, the Delhi Police arrested Avnish Bajaj, the CEO of Baazee.com, because someone in Kharagpur, West Bengal, tried to sell through the website video copies of two Delhi-based students having sex. Social media companies, a term left vague and expansive, need to take down content within 36 …

How hate speech and conspiracies are thriving on Elon Musk’s Twitter
1 year, 7 months ago

How hate speech and conspiracies are thriving on Elon Musk’s Twitter

The Hindu  

Recently, there have been many spelling mistakes in the tweets of Twitter users debating controversial subjects like religion, terrorism, crime, and yes, even Indian history. The word “Ola,” which refers to the Indian ride-hailing service, was used in place of “Allah.” The tweet was posted after CEO Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover of Twitter. Distortions of hate Some of the …

Twitter’s updated hateful content policy restricts reach, but does not enforce full ban
1 year, 8 months ago

Twitter’s updated hateful content policy restricts reach, but does not enforce full ban

The Hindu  

Twitter will no longer remove tweets that violate its hateful content policy, but will instead tag them as having violated the rules of the platform. The new policy is aimed at increasing transparency on enforcement actions, and to promote free speech while restricting its reach – a new approach to content moderation. “These labels bring a new level of transparency …

Musk ‘not aware’ about Twitter deleting content on BBC's Modi documentary
1 year, 8 months ago

Musk ‘not aware’ about Twitter deleting content on BBC's Modi documentary

Hindustan Times  

Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday said that some rules related to social media are ‘quite strict’ in India while adding that he is not aware about ‘what exactly happened’ when Twitter took down content related to a documentary critical to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. don't know what exactly happened with some content situation in India," Musk told UK-based British …

Safe harbour at risk: The Hindu Editorial on the impact of the proposed Digital India Act, 2023
1 year, 9 months ago

Safe harbour at risk: The Hindu Editorial on the impact of the proposed Digital India Act, 2023

The Hindu  

In formally outlining the crux of the proposed Digital India Act, 2023, the Minister of State, IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, made a case for a robust replacement of the IT Act, 2000, which is somewhat obsolete now. He ominously added a question that the government sought to revisit: “should there be a ‘safe harbour’ at all for all intermediaries?” This acquires …

India’s YouTube Vigilante Is Wanted for Murder
1 year, 9 months ago

India’s YouTube Vigilante Is Wanted for Murder

Wired  

On the afternoon of February 14, Junaid Khan, 32, and his nephew Nasir Khan, 25, left their small village of Ghatmeeka in India’s northwestern state of Rajasthan to attend a family function. “When they didn’t return the same night, we got worried,” says Arshad Khan, 44, Junaid’s brother-in-law. We searched for them the whole day.” Two days later, the men’s …

Elon Musk’s Twitter troubles continue, gets sued for failing to curb holocaust deniers, anti-Semitic speech
1 year, 10 months ago

Elon Musk’s Twitter troubles continue, gets sued for failing to curb holocaust deniers, anti-Semitic speech

Firstpost  

Anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial are serious crimes in Germany. That is why the European Union of Jewish Students has sued Elon Musk’s Twitter for not taking down such content, despite such content being flagged regularly. The Tesla CEO and Twitter owner is a fresh new lawsuit in Germany over how the platform deals with holocaust deniers and antisemitic hate speech, …

500% Rise In Hate Speech Cases Against Politicians & Public Functionaries Since 2014: Supreme Court Told
2 years, 1 month ago

500% Rise In Hate Speech Cases Against Politicians & Public Functionaries Since 2014: Supreme Court Told

Live Law  

The Supreme Court was yesterday informed that there has been almost 500% rise in reported Hate speech cases against politicians and public functionaries since 2014. "Hate speech expressed at the highest levels of political authority remain unchecked, and new policies have exacerbated a climate of intercommunal tension and impunity for offenders. Further, it is suggested that India may adopt the …

India remains open to self-regulation of social media content, says minister
2 years, 1 month ago

India remains open to self-regulation of social media content, says minister

The Hindu  

India continues to favour a self-regulatory body for social media content disputes, a federal minister told Reuters, despite a lack of consensus among Big Tech companies to form a joint appeals panel. The government on Friday said it would set up an appeals panel amid concerns users had no recourse if they objected to moderation decisions of firms such as …

Something is rotten: Understanding the Bollywood boycott phenomenon
2 years, 3 months ago

Something is rotten: Understanding the Bollywood boycott phenomenon

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 22, 2022 10:40 IST The idea of “boycott” was born in Ireland. “Boycott’s impact on the box office is an unsubstantiated story,” said Gautam Jain, partner in Ormax Media, a media analytics and consultancy firm in Mumbai. “As long as the content is appealing, it is always going to make money.” The boycott calls were able to …

California 1st to make firms disclose social media policies
2 years, 3 months ago

California 1st to make firms disclose social media policies

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will impose first-of-its-kind requirements on social media companies to publish their policies for removing disturbing content including hate speech, with details on how and when they remove that content, under a bill signed into law by Democratic Gov. “California will not stand by as social media is weaponized to spread hate and disinformation that threaten our …

Hate crime and punishment: The Hindu Editorial on violence over ‘hurt sentiments’
2 years, 5 months ago

Hate crime and punishment: The Hindu Editorial on violence over ‘hurt sentiments’

The Hindu  

India’s laws on freedom of expression are clear about the reasonableness of the right to exercise it. But hate speech, directed at communities and intended to fan communal hatred, is not clearly defined in the law. However, there are provisions in the law that can be interpreted as allowing for criminalising offences that are related to hate speech, in particular …

Twitter seeks judicial review of Indian orders to take down content: Report
2 years, 5 months ago

Twitter seeks judicial review of Indian orders to take down content: Report

Live Mint  

Twitter asked an Indian court on Tuesday to overturn some government orders to remove content from the social media platform, a source familiar with the matter said, in a legal challenge which alleges abuse of power by officials. Twitter has been asked by Indian authorities over the past year to act on content including accounts supportive of an independent Sikh …

Twitter to India court: Overturn gov’t orders to remove content
2 years, 5 months ago

Twitter to India court: Overturn gov’t orders to remove content

Al Jazeera  

The US company’s attempt to get a judicial review of some Indian gov’t orders is part of a growing confrontation. Twitter has asked an Indian court to overturn some government orders to remove content from the social media platform, a source familiar with the matter said, in a legal challenge which alleges abuse of power by officials. Twitter has been …

Justice Pardiwala calls for regulation of social media, says it's overrun by 'half truths'
2 years, 5 months ago

Justice Pardiwala calls for regulation of social media, says it's overrun by 'half truths'

India Today  

Justice JB Pardiwala, part of the Supreme Court bench that rapped former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for remark on Prophet Muhammad, called for strict regulations of social media, claiming that media trials are not healthy for rule of law. During a virtual address on Sunday, Justice JB Pardiwala said social media is overrun by people "possessing half truth and information" …

Government to bring legal changes, regulations needed for greater social media accountability: Ashwini Vaishnaw
2 years, 6 months ago

Government to bring legal changes, regulations needed for greater social media accountability: Ashwini Vaishnaw

The Hindu  

Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday said there is a clear consensus in the country on making social media platforms more accountable, and assured that the government will bring legal changes and regulations needed to do so. Within media groups, the self-regulation needed.self regulation will be done.but whereever needed, we will take all steps to make social media more …

Control and delete: The Hindu Editorial on government appellate panels for social media
2 years, 6 months ago

Control and delete: The Hindu Editorial on government appellate panels for social media

The Hindu  

The Government’s plan to set up a panel that can overturn content moderation decisions made by social media platforms is problematic in many ways. The trigger for these Government-appointed committees to come to life will be, say, an appeal by a social media user who feels aggrieved by an order of the platform’s grievance officer. But this is exactly what …

India is considering a panel to rule on social media takedowns
2 years, 6 months ago

India is considering a panel to rule on social media takedowns

Al Jazeera  

Digital rights activists warn the move will increase direct gov’t control over social media platforms in India. Apar Gupta, executive director of the Internet Freedom Foundation, a nonprofit that advocates for digital rights, tweeted that should the move go through, it will “increase” direct government control over social media platforms. Rather than curing defects highlighted by Courts, they increase direct …

Rahul Gandhi alleges social media companies are not neutral
2 years, 6 months ago

Rahul Gandhi alleges social media companies are not neutral

Op India  

On Tuesday, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi bashed the social media platforms for their alleged partial and biased stand and accused them of having a major say in the Indian political system. He said that the social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp favor the ruling political party in India and that it’s respective CEOs never met, never considered …

India's Social Media Guidelines Won't Change With Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover: MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar
2 years, 7 months ago

India's Social Media Guidelines Won't Change With Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover: MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar

ABP News  

New Delhi: Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Wednesday that the government's guidelines for social media platforms would not change despite billionaire Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter. "Despite Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, IT guidelines governing the social media platforms remain the same. READ | '@elonmusk Blocked You': Twitter Users Blocked By Him Call Out 'Free Speech Absolutist' Elon Musk …

Sonia Gandhi says social media being abused to hack democracy
2 years, 9 months ago

Sonia Gandhi says social media being abused to hack democracy

The Hindu  

The danger of social media being abused to hack democracy was rising and the government should put an end to the “systematic interference” of Facebook and other social media giants in electoral politics of the world’s largest democracy, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said on Wednesday. Raising the issue during the Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha, Ms. Gandhi stated that …

In Perspective | The only answer to India vs Big Tech on moderation
2 years, 10 months ago

In Perspective | The only answer to India vs Big Tech on moderation

Hindustan Times  

Last week, news agency Reuters reported what it described as a “heated meeting” between Indian government officials and big technology companies Google, Facebook, and Twitter on fake news and content moderation. Quoting unnamed sources, the news agency said India’s information and broadcasting ministry criticised the companies for dragging their feet on fake news, which forced India to point out content …

Children and social media traps
2 years, 10 months ago

Children and social media traps

The Hindu  

R eading the newspaper one recent morning, I was struck by a headline: “Meta sued over 11-year-old’s suicide”. It’s indeed scary that our children like to spend more time on these social media platforms than with us parents. In the U.S. Congress, a former Facebook employee-turned-whistleblower Frances Haugen said these photo-sharing and messaging apps do have deliberately designed algorithms that …

Zero tolerance towards manipulation, says Twitter after Rahul Gandhi shoots letter
2 years, 10 months ago

Zero tolerance towards manipulation, says Twitter after Rahul Gandhi shoots letter

India Today  

In response to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s letter to Twitter CEO Parag Agarwal to highlight the company’s “unwitting complicity in curbing free and fair speech”, the microblogging website said that it has a zero-tolerance approach to manipulation and spam. Rahul Gandhi had said that while the number of his Twitter followers increased by 4 lakh on average for the first …

Rahul Gandhi says losing Twitter followers, firm says zero tolerance for manipulation
2 years, 10 months ago

Rahul Gandhi says losing Twitter followers, firm says zero tolerance for manipulation

India Today  

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has written to Twitter, urging it not to become “a pawn in the destruction of the idea of India”. In response to Rahul Gandhi’s letter, the microblogging website said that it has a zero-tolerance approach to manipulation and spam. Rahul Gandhi, in his letter, included an analysis of his account and a comparison with those …

'Hate Promotes Virality, Virality Increases Revenue' : Delhi Assembly Seeks Facebook Records Of Complaints About Communal Posts Prior To Riots
3 years, 1 month ago

'Hate Promotes Virality, Virality Increases Revenue' : Delhi Assembly Seeks Facebook Records Of Complaints About Communal Posts Prior To Riots

Live Law  

The Delhi Assembly's Committee on Peace and Harmony constituted to probe into the Delhi riots that took place in February 2020 grilled senior executives of Facebook India on Thursday for its alleged role in failing to curb provocative and inflammatory content that led to the riots. Opining that the query does not pertain to the personal data of users, Chadha …

Congress alleges Facebook used by BJP as weapon to spread hatred; seeks JPC probe, laws to restrict it
3 years, 1 month ago

Congress alleges Facebook used by BJP as weapon to spread hatred; seeks JPC probe, laws to restrict it

India TV News  

The Congress on Friday alleged that Facebook was being used as a weapon by the BJP to spread hate and fake news in the country and demanded that a JPC probe be conducted on the issue and laws be enacted to restrict Facebook and WhatsApp. Congress leaders Rohan Gupta and Praveen Chakravarty said at a joint press conference that it …

OPINION | Why IT Act needs to be changed?
3 years, 1 month ago

OPINION | Why IT Act needs to be changed?

India TV News  

Today I want to talk about an issue which most of us face in our daily life. Millions of Indians are active on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and WhatsApp, and almost every day one finds trolls abusing, defaming and threatening others, using fake information, images and videos. Since common people, public figures and celebrities face abuses, threats …

Centre seeks details of algorithm processes used by Facebook amid hate speech allegations
3 years, 1 month ago

Centre seeks details of algorithm processes used by Facebook amid hate speech allegations

Firstpost  

The move assumes significance as a series of reports recently citing internal documents showed “a struggle with misinformation, hate speech and celebrations of violence” in India - Facebook’s biggest market with over 40 crore users New Delhi: The government has written to Facebook seeking details of the algorithms and processes used by the social media giant, following allegations that the …

Facebook undermining India’s democracy, alleges Congress
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook undermining India’s democracy, alleges Congress

The Hindu  

The Congress on Monday said Facebook was “compromising” India’s democracy and influencing elections, and demanded a probe by a joint parliamentary committee. While it’s obvious Govt of India won’t do anything about it, it’s unacceptable that @Facebook has one set of standards for USA and another for India,” stated former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh in a tweet. Raising media reports …

Facebook failed to curb misinformation, hate speech in India, leaked documents show
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook failed to curb misinformation, hate speech in India, leaked documents show

ABC  

Facebook has been selective in curbing hate speech, misinformation and inflammatory posts in India, particularly anti-Muslim content, according to leaked documents obtained by US media. Key points: The leaked files show Facebook has been aware for years of hate speech on social media that was stoking violence in India In some cases, Facebook's own algorithm appeared to have "intensified" hate …

Facebook Faltered In Curbing Hateful User Content In India
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook Faltered In Curbing Hateful User Content In India

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING NEW DELHI, India — Facebook in India has been selective in curbing hate speech, misinformation and inflammatory posts, particularly anti-Muslim content, according to leaked documents obtained by The Associated Press, even as its own employees cast doubt over the company’s motivations and interests. In the note, titled “An Indian Test User’s Descent into a Sea of Polarizing, …

Facebook dithered in curbing divisive user content in India
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook dithered in curbing divisive user content in India

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI, India — Facebook in India has been selective in curbing hate speech, misinformation and inflammatory posts, particularly anti-Muslim content, according to leaked documents obtained by The Associated Press, even as the internet giant’s own employees cast doubt over its motivations and interests. The leaked documents include a trove of internal company reports on hate speech and misinformation in …

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