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‘Ban Islamophobia’ — Pakistan PM Imran Khan complains against India in letter to Facebook

Imran Khan has appealed to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to ban Islamophobic content on the site, warning of an increase in radicalisation among Muslims.

Parliament joint committee summons Facebook, Twitter over data privacy issue

The joint committee is also considering summoning officials of Amazon and Google to address concerns of protection of data.

WhatsApp is counting on customer service tools, not ads, for revenue

WhatsApp paused plans for targeted advertising late last year, surprising those who thought it would follow in line with its parent company Facebook.

Activist serves notice on Facebook after he’s declared dead, seeks Rs 5 lakh for ‘trauma’

Mohd Abuzar’s account was restored Tuesday, more than a month after it was memorialised, the activist said in a press statement.

Facebook, Twitter, Google can’t be good censors of politics, Niall Ferguson says

Silicon Valley didn't just play a highly questionable role in the 2020 US elections but also in 2016 and Americans did nothing about it.

Regulator FCC acts as Trump intensifies call to weaken US law that shields Twitter, Facebook

The declaration looks for an easy way out by taking the best alternatives for fighting Covid off the table, and pretending a normal state of affairs is also an optimum one.

Facebook, Twitter show they’re willing to make tough decisions. Disinformation fight begins

The response is an improvement since 2016 when foreign govts were able to meddle in the US electoral process. Now, platforms are taking action, even in the face of potential blowback.

Delhi Assembly panel has no right to issue summons to Facebook, its V-P on riots, Centre to SC

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the Supreme Court that the inquiry pertaining to law and order in the national capital is not within the purview of the Delhi government.

India & 6 countries want to see encrypted messages, but Facebook ‘will maintain’ user security

India, Japan, UK, US, Canada, Australia & NZ want access to encrypted messages for law enforcement. But Facebook says it will ‘protect people’s private info’.

Man arrested for ‘objectionable’ Facebook posts on PM Modi, UP CM Yogi Adityanath

The accused was arrested after a BJP office-bearer in UP's Jewar filed a complaint against him.

On Camera

Russian-style socialism dominated Nehru’s imagination. It was disastrous

It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.