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Friday, December 19, 2025
TopicHate speech

Topic: Hate speech

Facebook’s reluctance to take down problem posts must force India towards co-regulation

Guidelines of Twitter and Facebook have drawbacks because they do not apply universally and are determined by platforms themselves.

Ex-Bigg Boss contestant wants action against those insulting ‘his God’, Instagram removes post

Instagram user 'Hindustani Bhau', who is former 'Bigg Boss' contestant Vikas Phatak, causes a stir on social media. Several users demand action against him, call for his arrest.

How Congress, BJP are the ‘same’, & Coronavirus ‘denies’ blame for state of Indian economy

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Hate speech issues were internally flagged in Facebook in 2018, claims MP Mahua Moitra

Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra, also a member of the Parliamentary panel on IT, says some former employees of Facebook had reached out to her on the hate speech issue.

On Facebook-BJP controversy & what happens when RBI’s loan moratorium ends

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Facebook-BJP ‘nexus’ on Mirror Now & India Today, Aaj Tak on politics of Aamir’s Turkey visit

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

Opposition’s ‘fake Facebook encounter’ and getting ‘high’ on M.S. Dhoni

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Rahul says BJP and RSS control Facebook, BJP leaders remind him of Cambridge Analytica row

Rahul Gandhi was referring to WSJ report that said Facebook India turned a blind eye to BJP-linked posts flagged internally for promoting violence.

Facebook turned blind eye to BJP leader’s hate speech to protect its business, says WSJ report

The WSJ report comes as social media giants find themselves under deepening pressure to crack down on hate speech. India is by far Facebook's biggest market.

Zuckerberg uses Kapil Mishra’s ‘Delhi riots threat’ to outline Facebook’s hate speech policy

Zuckerberg didn't name Kapil Mishra but referred to the BJP leader's threat of vigilante action against CAA protesters, a post taken down by Facebook.

On Camera

Modi govt’s repeal of MGNREGA is all about extracting money from states, not reform

The claim that VB-GRAMG provides an employment guarantee is incorrect. The only guarantee is to 'empower' the Centre to allow partial implementation in notified areas alone.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.