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Facebook changes rules, says it can block content to avoid regulatory or legal risks

The global tweak to its terms of service, which takes effect on 1 October, gives Facebook the room to do whatever it deems necessary to maintain its business objectives.

Facebook threatens to block Australians from sharing news as it escalates antitrust battle

The move seeks to push back against a proposed law that wants Facebook & Google to compensate publishers for the value they provide to their platforms.

Delhi assembly panel wants Facebook named co-accused in communal riots, hints at ‘conspiracy’

Delhi legislative assembly committee on peace and harmony says it has found Facebook ‘prima facie guilty of a role in the violence’, will summon its officials.

Facebook didn’t act when BJP violated political ad rules, WSJ now alleges

WSJ report also says Facebook India policy head disparaged Congress, supported Modi in internal messages. But company says her posts taken out of context.

Congress writes to Mark Zuckerberg again over allegations of Facebook’s bias towards BJP

The letter by the Congress came after a Time magazine article, which the opposition party claimed revealed more information on Facebook India's relationship with BJP.

Algorithms, AI alone can’t help Facebook tackle online extremism. It needs people too

The focus is often on removing terrorist and violent extremist content. However, that alone will only tackle a symptom of radicalisation, not the root causes.

Virat-Anushka’s big announcement and Swara Bhaskar questions Rhea Chakraborty ‘witch-hunt’

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Facebook not among those eligible to get central govt ads but Google, Twitter make the cut

Modi govt devised a policy for social media ads in May. Before the new policy kicked in, no social media firm was eligible to directly get advertisements from Centre.

Facebook enters Congress list of excuses for Modi’s victories, after EVM and Balakot

Modi wins because of Modi. Period. You don’t have to be a fan of his toxic, narcissistic politics to acknowledge his electoral success.

Former civil servants ask Facebook to audit hate speech policy without Ankhi Das’ ‘influence’

The group, including retired IAS officers Harsh Mander and Chandrashekhar Balakrishnan, pull up Facebook for not censoring hate speech in India over business interests.

On Camera

India needs an emissions-based vehicle tax system to boost newer technologies

Maruti Suzuki chairman RC Bhargava said that hybrid vehicles are cleaner than BEVs. An EREV or PHEV may be cleaner than a mild hybrid, but none of them are zero-emissions like a BEV.

Govt-run banks no longer need external help for capital buffers, issuing bonds to fund lending

Govt has not had to recapitalise PSBs since FY22. These banks, now highly profitable, are now increasingly meeting their capital requirements from their own resources.

‘Experiment’ that paved way — how 3 women IPS officers in Kashmir’s militant hotbeds defied scepticism

Shopian SSP Tanushree, Pulwama SSP PD Nitya & Sopore SSP Divya Dev played major role in attempts to restore people's trust in administration, opened doors for other women officers in J&K.

Rahul has laid 3 painful questions to rest. If he doesn’t shoot & scoot now, he can revive Congress

Congress party's score of 99 in the Lok Sabha elections has vaporised three painful questions dogging Rahul Gandhi for two decades. His record so far deserves a closer look.