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Monday, November 4, 2024
TopicSocial media regulation

Topic: Social media regulation

Don’t leave regulation in hands of social media platforms. Govt must re-evaluate its role

It can hardly be expected of social media platforms to design self-regulatory mechanisms that encourage them being held liable and penalised for their decisions.

After 4.5 years of work, Modi govt could start over on data protection Bill, says media report

ET report says existing draft with parliament panel’s suggestions might be too burdensome for start-ups, & tech firms, so govt thinks fresh Bill for current times is better option.

‘Personal’ to be dropped from Data Protection Bill name. Here’s what else Parliament panel wants

Joint Committee on Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, submitted its final report Thursday, two years after it was set up, with a slew of recommendations.

Twitter to add labels to identify accounts of more govt leaders, associated institutions

The roll-out will begin from 17 February in 16 countries, including Canada, Germany, Iran, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the UAE, said Twitter. India, however, is not included.

SC seeks reply from govt, Twitter India on plea for regulating spread of hate, fake news

Filed by Vinit Goenka, the plea also said that there are hundreds of fake Twitter handles and bogus Facebook accounts in the name of eminent people and high dignitaries.

Why the Twitter-Trump spat is a turning point in the history of social media

Historically, Twitter & Facebook have walked a fine line when regulating content on their platforms but Twitter adding a fact-check warning label to Trump's posts is a game-changer.

This is how Kashmiris are using Facebook, Twitter despite Modi govt ban on social media

Central govt restored 2G mobile internet services on postpaid as well as prepaid phones in J&K last week. But social media sites remain blacklisted.

Facebook’s algorithms and ‘filter bubble’ is misunderstood, says COO Sheryl Sandberg

Defending Facebook's algorithms, Sheryl Sandberg said the data on what content users want to see is "actually really strong and no one understands this".

Media literacy, awareness — the ways to counter fake news in India: Pamposh Raina

Speaking at Democracy Wall, journalist Pamposh Raina said people need to learn how to use tools to verify images & content to counter fake news.

Supreme Court tells Centre it’s time to frame policy on curbing misuse of social media

The top court gave the govt 3 weeks to decide how long it needed to formulate guidelines as it noted concerns over the inability to trace the origins of some online content.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.