Facebook controversy: From US to Sri Lanka, social media company has faced heat over controversial political posts, ads
4 years, 4 months ago

Facebook controversy: From US to Sri Lanka, social media company has faced heat over controversial political posts, ads

Firstpost  

Facebook’s handling of controversial political posts and A Wall Street Journal report that a top Facebook official turned a blind eye to hate speech by a BJP leader and three other “Hindu nationalist individuals and groups” to avoid damaging the social media platform’s business prospects, has predictably caused a furore in India. Be it India, United States, Sri Lanka or the Philippines, Facebook’s handling of controversial political posts and United States As per this Washington Post piece, the genesis of Facebook’s approach to controversial political speech came in 2015, when company executives declined to remove a post of then US presidential candidate Donald Trump calling for a ban on Muslims entering the country. “Actually, the whole idea of a deal is pretty ridiculous.” But Facebook’s efforts pale in comparison to Twitter which in May began fact-checking Trump’s claims that mail-in voting would be “substantially fraudulent” and labelling them as unsubstantiated and even hid the Trump’s Minnesota tweet for “glorifying violence.” Facebook has also been in the eye of the storm elsewhere in the world for its reticence to act on controversial political posts and curb the spread of misinformation, most notably Sri Lanka and The Philippines. Sri Lanka Ahead of the 2019 presidential election in Sri Lanka, Facebook came under fire from civil society groups for refusing to, what else, fact check politicians in As per the report, some Sinhala language posts used photographs of Buddhist statues lying on the ground to suggest that “Muslim extremists” had razed a Sri Lankan heritage site after which AFP confirmed with the temple’s chief monk that no such attack had occurred.

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India blocked over 10,500 URLs promoting Khalistani content
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3 weeks, 1 day ago

India blocked over 10,500 URLs promoting Khalistani content

Op India  

The Government of India has intensified its crackdown on online Khalistani propaganda. According to recent media reports, the authorities have blocked over 10,500 URLs linked to Khalistani content on social media platforms in the last three years. An unnamed official quoted by The Indian Express stated, “Since 2021, we have blocked 10,500 URLs related to the Khalistan referendum under Section …

Social media ban: How will it work and could it happen elsewhere?
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Social media ban: How will it work and could it happen elsewhere?

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. The ruling was passed by the country’s parliament this week and described by prime minister Anthony Albanese …

'Serious concerns': Meta and other social media companies slam Australia's social media ban for teens
3 weeks, 4 days ago

'Serious concerns': Meta and other social media companies slam Australia's social media ban for teens

Firstpost  

Most tech giants have said they will comply with the ban as the government has imposed a fine of up to $50m if they fail to do so The Australian government’s ban on social media for teens has caused an uproar not only among users but also among tech companies including Meta that has accused the administration of passing the …

Tech companies put on notice as Australia passes world-first social media ban for under-16s
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Tech companies put on notice as Australia passes world-first social media ban for under-16s

CNN  

Brisbane, Australia CNN — Australia’s parliament has passed a world-first law banning social media for children under 16, putting tech companies on notice to tighten security before a cut-off date that’s yet to be set. Under the new law, tech companies must take “reasonable steps” to prevent under-age users from accessing social media services or face fines of nearly 50 …

Tech companies put on notice as Australia passes world-first social media ban for under-16s
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Tech companies put on notice as Australia passes world-first social media ban for under-16s

CNN  

Brisbane, Australia CNN — Australia’s parliament has passed a world-first law banning social media for children under 16, putting tech companies on notice to tighten security before a cut-off date that’s yet to be set. Under the new law, tech companies must take “reasonable steps” to prevent under-age users from accessing social media services or face fines of nearly 50 …

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  

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The Australia Today slams Canada govt for blocking channel over Jaishankar’s conference: ‘Have been difficult for…’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Australia Today slams Canada govt for blocking channel over Jaishankar’s conference: ‘Have been difficult for…’

Live Mint  

The Australia Today, a prominent media outlet for the Indian diaspora in Australia, has raised concerns after its social media pages and accounts were blocked in Canada. The restrictions followed the airing of a press conference featuring India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong, which sparked tensions between Canada and India. 'The Australia Today' Slams …

Expect This Election to Play Differently than 2020 on Social Media
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Expect This Election to Play Differently than 2020 on Social Media

Bloomberg  

Heading into the US presidential election four years ago, Facebook and Twitter instituted substantial policies to combat misleading political content, touted their investments into content moderation and promised to do all they could to avoid a free-for-all on their platforms. Just before Election Day in 2020, Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg told investors the election would be a test …

Federal government's looming social media ban may be bad for isolated, marginalised teenagers
2 months ago

Federal government's looming social media ban may be bad for isolated, marginalised teenagers

ABC  

Australia will be the first in the world to ban social media for kids if the federal government goes ahead with its proposal to tighten restrictions by the end of the year. Support for young people and families The Butterfly Foundation: National helpline 1800 ED HOPE, 8am-midnight, 7 days a week ReachOut Australia: Confidential online peer support for young people …

YouTube, TikTok and Meta are all in the firing line for children to be banned from their platforms. Here's what we know
3 months, 2 weeks ago

YouTube, TikTok and Meta are all in the firing line for children to be banned from their platforms. Here's what we know

ABC  

Children are growing up with access to endless streams of content — posts from friends and family, mindless but harmless entertainment, as well as posts from extremist influencers, pornography, violent videos, and other material with the potential to cause great harm. Anthony Albanese vows to introduce legislation to ban children from accessing social media by the end of this year …

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 …

Zuckerberg says the White House pressured Facebook over some COVID-19 content during the pandemic
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Zuckerberg says the White House pressured Facebook over some COVID-19 content during the pandemic

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says senior Biden administration officials pressured Facebook to “censor” some COVID-19 content during the pandemic and vowed that the social media giant would push back if it faced such demands again. In a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan, the Republican chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Zuckerberg alleges that the officials, including those from …

Mark Zuckerberg says Biden administration pressured Facebook to censor Covid-19 content in 2021
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Mark Zuckerberg says Biden administration pressured Facebook to censor Covid-19 content in 2021

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mark Zuckerberg has now said that the Biden administration pressured …

White House pressured Facebook over some COVID-19 content during the pandemic, Zuckerberg says
3 months, 4 weeks ago

White House pressured Facebook over some COVID-19 content during the pandemic, Zuckerberg says

LA Times  

Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary committees on Capitol Hill in Washington in 2018. Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg says senior Biden administration officials pressured Facebook to “censor” some COVID-19 content during the pandemic and vowed that the social media giant would push back if it faced such demands again. In …

Meta to ease restrictions on Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts
5 months, 1 week ago

Meta to ease restrictions on Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts

India TV News  

Meta announced that it would roll back certain restrictions which were imposed earlier on former U.S. President Donald Trump- for using Facebook and Instagram. Background of suspension and reinstatement Following the events of January 6, when Meta indefinitely suspended Trump's accounts due to his comments which were praising the individuals involved in storming the U.S. Capitol. Changes in monitoring Meta …

Facebook lifts restrictions on Trump, giving him equal footing with Biden on the social media site
5 months, 1 week ago

Facebook lifts restrictions on Trump, giving him equal footing with Biden on the social media site

LA Times  

Facebook has lifted restrictions it had imposed on former President Trump after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Facebook has lifted restrictions imposed on Donald Trump after his supporters’ Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, placing the former president on an equal footing on the platform with President Biden just days before the Republican National Convention. Meta, Facebook’s …

Why are social media users blocking celebrities over Israel’s Gaza war?
7 months, 1 week ago

Why are social media users blocking celebrities over Israel’s Gaza war?

Al Jazeera  

The growing protest efforts against Israel’s war on Gaza have now spawned a cyberspace movement that has erupted in the past few days, targeting celebrities who are seen as being insensitive towards, or even supportive of, the death and destruction in the Palestinian enclave. The Blockout 2024 is an online movement where social media users are carrying out a digital …

Meta removes over 18 million pieces of harmful content from Facebook and Instagram in February
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Meta removes over 18 million pieces of harmful content from Facebook and Instagram in February

India TV News  

Meta said that it took down more than 13.8 million pieces of bad content across 13 policies for Facebook and over 4.8 million pieces of objectionable content from Instagram across 12 policies in India in February 2024. Meta further added, "Of the other 9,212 reports where specialised review was needed, we analysed content as per our policies and took action …

Opinion: There’s a clear way to regulate Facebook, TikTok and other social media
9 months ago

Opinion: There’s a clear way to regulate Facebook, TikTok and other social media

LA Times  

Powerful technology has perhaps never presented a bigger set of regulatory challenges for the U.S. government. Congress can create an independent authority responsible for establishing and enforcing baseline safety and privacy rules for social media companies. At minimum, companies would be banned from accepting payment from terrorist groups looking to verify social media accounts, as the Tech Transparency Project found …

Facebook, Instagram outage: Memes on X mock Mark Zuckerberg and his India visit
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Facebook, Instagram outage: Memes on X mock Mark Zuckerberg and his India visit

Hindustan Times  

Facebook-Instagram Global Outage: Meta platforms Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Messenger suffered a brief outage on Tuesday evening when thousands of users in India and several other countries were unable to access the platforms or logged out from them for over an hour. #Instagramdown, Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg were trending on the social media platform as users expressed how they were …

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 …

Under-16s could face limits on social media
1 year ago

Under-16s could face limits on social media

The Telegraph  

Under-16s could be forced to ask their parents for permission before using social media under proposals being considered by Rishi Sunak. Ministers are devising plans for a consultation on the potential harms to children from social networks such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok in the new year, which could lead to teenagers being forced to obtain their parents’ permission to …

Facebook crackdown against fake Chinese accounts that tried to spread fake news about India | Deets Here
1 year ago

Facebook crackdown against fake Chinese accounts that tried to spread fake news about India | Deets Here

India TV News  

In its recent quarterly threat report, social media giant Meta has underlined a mounting concern involving fake Facebook accounts emanating from China, spreading fabricated news about India. These accounts, masquerading as Indian users, were extensively engaged in propagating deceptive information related to Indian politics and various national security matters. Notably, the Tibet-focused accounts posed as pro-independence activists who also accused …

Thousands of fake Facebook accounts shut down by Meta were primed to polarize voters ahead of 2024
1 year ago

Thousands of fake Facebook accounts shut down by Meta were primed to polarize voters ahead of 2024

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Someone in China created thousands of fake social media accounts designed to appear to be from Americans and used them to spread polarizing political content in an apparent effort to divide the U.S. ahead of next year’s elections, Meta said Thursday. “Foreign threat actors are attempting to reach people across the internet ahead of next year’s elections, and …

How Big Tech Is Shaping the Israel-Palestine Conflict & What It Means for Others
1 year, 2 months ago

How Big Tech Is Shaping the Israel-Palestine Conflict & What It Means for Others

The Quint  

Since Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a 'surprise attack' against Israel on 7 October, major tech companies like Meta, Google, and X have outlined the following steps to 'ensure the safety of users': Hamas ban: "Hamas is banned from our platforms, and we remove praise and substantive support of them when we become aware of it, while continuing to allow …

Facebook should pay for what it did to my people, Rohingya
1 year, 4 months ago

Facebook should pay for what it did to my people, Rohingya

Al Jazeera  

For six years, I have been stuck in an overcrowded refugee camp in Bangladesh with little hope for the future. For the past six years, since the Myanmar military started conducting “clearance operations” on Rohingya villages, I have been living across the border in Bangladesh, in a refugee camp called Cox’s Bazar. I blame Facebook, its parent company Meta, and …

Column: A few sick days made it clear — Twitter is dying, and so is social media as we know it
1 year, 4 months ago

Column: A few sick days made it clear — Twitter is dying, and so is social media as we know it

LA Times  

The state of the social media feed in 2023? The alternatives weren’t much better — Threads, Meta’s competing product, launched by Mark Zuckerberg to much fanfare just weeks ago, felt vaguely cheery but ultimately vacant. I’ve been logging onto Twitter at the start of every working day since, oh, 2011; it’s easy to let muscle memory take over and keep …

Why Social Media Platforms like TikTok Are Being Blamed for Fueling Riots in France?
1 year, 5 months ago

Why Social Media Platforms like TikTok Are Being Blamed for Fueling Riots in France?

News 18  

Social media companies are once again under scrutiny, this time in France as the country’s president blames TikTok, Snapchat and other platforms for helping fuel widespread riots over the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old driver. Macron, who in tandem castigated video games for the rioting, said the French government would work with social media sites to take down “the …

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen had been a huge Facebook fan. Now he's threatening to ban it
1 year, 5 months ago

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen had been a huge Facebook fan. Now he's threatening to ban it

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. His announcement came just a day before a quasi-independent review board on Thursday recommended …

Facebook defamation ruling highlights costly legal dangers of social media posts, say lawyers
1 year, 5 months ago

Facebook defamation ruling highlights costly legal dangers of social media posts, say lawyers

ABC  

The case of a Queensland woman who has been ordered to pay $279,000 in damages to a couple she defamed in a Facebook group highlights a growing problem of people being unaware they are legally responsible for what they post online, lawyers say. Key points: A Queensland woman has been ordered to pay $279,000 to her ex-neighbours for defaming them …

Malaysia says it will take legal action against Meta over harmful content on Facebook
1 year, 6 months ago

Malaysia says it will take legal action against Meta over harmful content on Facebook

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Malaysia's government said Friday it …

Will order shutdown of Facebook operations in India: Karnataka HC warns social media giant
1 year, 6 months ago

Will order shutdown of Facebook operations in India: Karnataka HC warns social media giant

India Today  

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday warned social media giant Facebook that it would issue an order to close down its operation in India. This came after the social media giant’s alleged non-cooperation with the Karnataka Police over investigating a case in connection with an Indian citizen imprisoned in Saudi Arabia. Some miscreants opened a fake Facebook account in his …

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 …

‘What is Happening to Us is Coming For You’
1 year, 10 months ago

‘What is Happening to Us is Coming For You’

The Diplomat  

When Rodrigo Duterte took office in June 2016 as the president of the Philippines, he fulfilled an election promise by launching a “war on drugs.” The controversial campaign led to an indiscriminate killing spree by police and vigilantes in the months following the inauguration. The Philippines became “ground zero for terrible effects that social media can have on a nation’s …

Trump immediately starts trashing Facebook after it unbans him from platform
1 year, 10 months ago

Trump immediately starts trashing Facebook after it unbans him from platform

Raw Story  

Facebook parent company Meta on Wednesday announced it was letting former President Donald Trump back on its platform -- and Trump immediately responded by trashing them. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump attacked Meta for ever banning him in the first place after he spread lies about the 2020 election on Facebook that incited the deadly January …

Facebook wanted out of politics. It was messier than anyone expected
1 year, 11 months ago

Facebook wanted out of politics. It was messier than anyone expected

Live Mint  

After the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. said it wanted to scale back how much political content it showed users. “As Mark said almost two years ago, people wanted to see less politics overall on Facebook while still being able to engage with political content if they want to, and that’s exactly what we’ve been doing," …

Brazil rioters plotted openly online, pitched huge ‘party’
1 year, 11 months ago

Brazil rioters plotted openly online, pitched huge ‘party’

Associated Press  

MIAMI — The map was called “Beach Trip” and was blasted out to more than 18,000 members of a public Telegram channel called, in Portuguese, “Hunting and Fishing.” But instead of outdoor recreation tips, the 43 pins spread across the map of Brazil pointed to cities where bus transportation to the capital could be found for what promoters promised would …

TikTok, Facebook OK'd Ads With Misinformation About Voting: Report
2 years, 2 months ago

TikTok, Facebook OK'd Ads With Misinformation About Voting: Report

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Social media platforms Facebook and TikTok failed at enforcing their policies after each being hit with ads containing “blatant” misinformation about the 2022 midterm elections, a report found Friday. Stemming from an investigation by watchdog Global Witness and New York University’s Cybersecurity for Democracy team, the new report describes researchers’ efforts to post 20 ads with misinformation …

Facebook Must Compensate Rohingyas Over Hate Speech: Amnesty
2 years, 2 months ago

Facebook Must Compensate Rohingyas Over Hate Speech: Amnesty

News 18  

Facebook should pay reparations to the hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas forced from their homes in Myanmar in a campaign exacerbated by rampant online hate speech, Amnesty International said in a report Thursday. Victims’ associations and rights advocates say the violence was ramped up by Facebook’s algorithms, saying they play up extremist content that encourages harmful disinformation and hate speech. …

Russia's 'most-complex' disinformation push since Ukraine invasion taken down, Facebook owner says
2 years, 2 months ago

Russia's 'most-complex' disinformation push since Ukraine invasion taken down, Facebook owner says

ABC  

Russia's largest and most complex propaganda push since the war in Ukraine has been taken down, according to the owner of Facebook and Instagram. Key points: The network ran dozens of sham websites designed to look like legitimate news outlets It also involved more than 1,600 fake Facebook profiles Meta says it was disbanded before gaining a large audience The …

Facebook violated rights of Palestinian users, report finds
2 years, 3 months ago

Facebook violated rights of Palestinian users, report finds

The Hindu  

Actions by Facebook and its parent Meta during last year's Gaza war violated the rights of Palestinian users to freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, political participation and non-discrimination, a report commissioned by the social media company has found. The report’s authors said they found “no evidence of racial, ethnic, nationality or religious animus in governing teams” and noted Meta …

Facebook fails third time in blocking hate speech
2 years, 4 months ago

Facebook fails third time in blocking hate speech

The Hindu  

Facebook is letting violent hate speech slip through its controls in Kenya as it has in other countries, according to a new report from the nonprofit groups Global Witness and Foxglove. Each time Global Witness has submitted ads with blatant hate speech to see if Facebook’s systems would catch it, the company failed to do so. In Ethiopia, the ads …

Sri Lanka restores social media platforms after 15 hours
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka restores social media platforms after 15 hours

Hindustan Times  

The Sri Lankan government on Sunday lifted the ban it had imposed on social media platforms such as WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram after declaring a nationwide public emergency and effecting a 36-hour curfew ahead of a planned anti-government rally over the worst economic crisis in the island nation. NetBlocks, a watchdog organisation that monitors cybersecurity and the governance of …

Sri Lanka minister on social media ban asks authorities ‘to think progressively’
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka minister on social media ban asks authorities ‘to think progressively’

Hindustan Times  

A Sri Lanka minister on Sunday urged authorities to "think progressively" after the country faced a social media blackout ahead of what has been called an 'Arab Spring' style protest. Colombo: A Sri Lankan police officer stands in a street as curfew begins in Colombo, Sri Lanka, {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} An internet watchdog on Saturday said that a couple …

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka blocks social media to contain anti-govt protests
2 years, 8 months ago

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka blocks social media to contain anti-govt protests

Deccan Chronicle  

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka blocked access to social media platforms on Sunday after authorities imposed a weekend nationwide curfew to contain protests over a worsening economic crisis. "On the request of the defence ministry, service providers advised to temporarily restrict social media platforms," the broadcaster said, quoting Sri Lanka's media regulator. Foreign exchange shortage A critical lack of foreign currency has …

Sri Lanka crisis: Government restores access to social media following backlash
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka crisis: Government restores access to social media following backlash

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka restored access to social media sites and messaging apps on Sunday afternoon, after its early morning decision to block usage sparked wide criticism. Condemning the social media ban, the Bar Association of Sri Lanka said it was a “vital aspect” of the freedom of expression of people, and “as important as traditional media”. The Human Rights Commission of …

Photos: Sri Lanka protesters defy curfew after social media ban
2 years, 8 months ago

Photos: Sri Lanka protesters defy curfew after social media ban

Al Jazeera  

Armed troops in Sri Lanka had a tense confrontation with a crowd protesting a worsening economic crisis on Sunday, April 3 after a social media blackout failed to halt another day of anti-government demonstrations. The Samagi Jana Balawegaya, Sri Lanka’s main opposition alliance, denounced the social media blackout and said it was time for the government to resign. “They should …

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 …

Rahul Gandhi attacks Facebook, says 'Meta worse for democracy'
2 years, 9 months ago

Rahul Gandhi attacks Facebook, says 'Meta worse for democracy'

India TV News  

Highlights Rahul Gandhi cited a foreign media report to attack Facebook According to the report, Facebook offers cheaper deals for election ads to BJP Congress chief Sonia Gandhi also raised the issue in the Lok Sabha today Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi attacked social media giant Facebook on Wednesday and alleged that it was "worse for democracy". He also shared …

Russia blocks access to Facebook amid war with Ukraine
2 years, 9 months ago

Russia blocks access to Facebook amid war with Ukraine

Al Jazeera  

Russia’s communications regulator says it blocked Meta Platforms Inc’s Facebook in response to what it said were restrictions of access to Russian media on its platform, more than a week after Moscow invaded its neighbour Ukraine. The regulator, Roskomnadzor, said on Friday there had been 26 cases of discrimination against Russian media by Facebook since October 2020, with access restricted …

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