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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.

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Granta’s India issue goes into the heart of ‘vikas’. Restlessness written all over it

The Ramayana entering politics is not the collapse of reason alone; sometimes it is also the search for continuity in a decade that has moved faster than people can catch up with

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.