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Regret Not Speaking Out: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg On US Pressure To Censor Covid-19 Posts
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes US government pressure on his social media platforms to take down certain Covid-19 content in 2021 was "wrong", according to a letter submitted to a US congressional committee.
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TikTok Creators, US Lawmakers Oppose Potential Ban on Chinese-Owned Video Sharing App
TikTok, the Chinese-owned short video sharing platform, could face a ban in the US, and creators along with some US Democratic Party lawmakers have opposed the possible ban on the service. The popular app, which has over 150 million users in the country, is facing a potential ban in the US over concerns that user data in the US could be passed on t...
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Elon Musk Accused of Undermining Twitter's Integrity, Safety by US Senators, Could Face FTC Probe
Elon Musk has been accused of undermining the safety and integrity of Twitter after taking over the platform, by seven Democratic senators. In a letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan, the senators warned that Elon Musk was acting in disregard of users, and urged the regulator to investigate any breach of a consent decree that the FTC inked with Twitter in ...
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Facebook, Social Media Companies Urged by US Groups to Act Against Election Disinformation
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other social media companies should act to blunt the effect of false information in this year's US midterm congressional elections, requests rights groups. After the 2020 presidential race won by US Democratic President Joe Biden, several social media platforms backed away from designing policies to fight election dis...
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Musk-Twitter Deal Cheered by US Republicans, Democrats Not Too Happy
Republicans welcomed news that billionaire Elon Musk, who calls himself a free speech absolutist, was purchasing Twitter, but Democrats slammed it as a sign that more needed to be done to rein in Big Tech.
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Mehbooba Mufti Extends Support To DMK's Opposition Parties Initiative
People's Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti on Monday extended full support to efforts of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin to unite all opposition parties on a single platform for "thwarting BJP's agenda".
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PM Modi Calls For 'One Nation One Legislative Platform' For Tech Boost To Parliamentary System
Emphasising the resolve to strengthen the parliamentary system, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday proposed the idea of "One Nation One Legislative Platform" with the aim to connect all the democratic units of the country.
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Amazon, Google, Other Big Tech to Face Another Bipartisan Antitrust Bill in US
A bipartisan group of lawmakers, headed by Senators Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, and Republican Chuck Grassley, plan to introduce a bill that would bar Big Tech platforms, like Amazon and Google, from favouring their products and services.
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"Open To Trinamool": Tripura Royal To Lead Northeast Alliance Against BJP
The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance and the Assam Jatiya Parishad have come together to initiate a new political platform in the northeast to take on the BJP's might in the region. They are open to the idea of allying with the Trinamool.
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Twitter 'Is a Biased Platform,' Interfering in India’s Political Process: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused Twitter of being biased and interfering in the country's political process by blocking his account.
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"Will Twitter Define Our Politics For Us?" Rahul Gandhi's Sharp Criticism
Rahul Gandhi today ripped into Twitter for locking his account and accused the social media platform of "interfering in our political process" and attacking the democratic structure of the country.
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Election Process Threatened By Social Media Manipulation: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday said that election process, which is the very foundation of a democratic government, stand threatened by "social media manipulation" and digital platforms can be "imminently uncontrollable at times"
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Big Tech CEOs and US Lawmakers Clash Over Disinformation at Congress Hearing
US lawmakers unleashed a torrent of criticism against social media top executives, blaming the companies for amplifying false content and calls to violence, while promising new regulations to stem rampant online disinformation.
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Facebook, Google Lobbyists Fight Bill That Would Help US News Industry
Facebook and Google lobbyists threw their weight against new US legislation that seeks to aid struggling news publishers by allowing them to negotiate collectively against the tech companies over revenue sharing and other deals.
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Trump's Facebook, Instagram Accounts Blocked For Rest Of His Term
Facebook banned President Donald Trump from the platform "indefinitely" due to his efforts to incite the violence in the US capital this week, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday. Zuckerberg said the 24-hour ban announced Wednesday was extended because of Trump's "use of our platform to incite violent insurrection against a democratically...
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Regret Not Speaking Out: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg On US Pressure To Censor Covid-19 Posts
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes US government pressure on his social media platforms to take down certain Covid-19 content in 2021 was "wrong", according to a letter submitted to a US congressional committee.
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TikTok Creators, US Lawmakers Oppose Potential Ban on Chinese-Owned Video Sharing App
TikTok, the Chinese-owned short video sharing platform, could face a ban in the US, and creators along with some US Democratic Party lawmakers have opposed the possible ban on the service. The popular app, which has over 150 million users in the country, is facing a potential ban in the US over concerns that user data in the US could be passed on t...
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Elon Musk Accused of Undermining Twitter's Integrity, Safety by US Senators, Could Face FTC Probe
Elon Musk has been accused of undermining the safety and integrity of Twitter after taking over the platform, by seven Democratic senators. In a letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan, the senators warned that Elon Musk was acting in disregard of users, and urged the regulator to investigate any breach of a consent decree that the FTC inked with Twitter in ...
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Facebook, Social Media Companies Urged by US Groups to Act Against Election Disinformation
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other social media companies should act to blunt the effect of false information in this year's US midterm congressional elections, requests rights groups. After the 2020 presidential race won by US Democratic President Joe Biden, several social media platforms backed away from designing policies to fight election dis...
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Musk-Twitter Deal Cheered by US Republicans, Democrats Not Too Happy
Republicans welcomed news that billionaire Elon Musk, who calls himself a free speech absolutist, was purchasing Twitter, but Democrats slammed it as a sign that more needed to be done to rein in Big Tech.
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Mehbooba Mufti Extends Support To DMK's Opposition Parties Initiative
People's Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti on Monday extended full support to efforts of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin to unite all opposition parties on a single platform for "thwarting BJP's agenda".
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PM Modi Calls For 'One Nation One Legislative Platform' For Tech Boost To Parliamentary System
Emphasising the resolve to strengthen the parliamentary system, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday proposed the idea of "One Nation One Legislative Platform" with the aim to connect all the democratic units of the country.
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Amazon, Google, Other Big Tech to Face Another Bipartisan Antitrust Bill in US
A bipartisan group of lawmakers, headed by Senators Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, and Republican Chuck Grassley, plan to introduce a bill that would bar Big Tech platforms, like Amazon and Google, from favouring their products and services.
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"Open To Trinamool": Tripura Royal To Lead Northeast Alliance Against BJP
The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance and the Assam Jatiya Parishad have come together to initiate a new political platform in the northeast to take on the BJP's might in the region. They are open to the idea of allying with the Trinamool.
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Twitter 'Is a Biased Platform,' Interfering in India’s Political Process: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused Twitter of being biased and interfering in the country's political process by blocking his account.
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"Will Twitter Define Our Politics For Us?" Rahul Gandhi's Sharp Criticism
Rahul Gandhi today ripped into Twitter for locking his account and accused the social media platform of "interfering in our political process" and attacking the democratic structure of the country.
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Election Process Threatened By Social Media Manipulation: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday said that election process, which is the very foundation of a democratic government, stand threatened by "social media manipulation" and digital platforms can be "imminently uncontrollable at times"
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Big Tech CEOs and US Lawmakers Clash Over Disinformation at Congress Hearing
US lawmakers unleashed a torrent of criticism against social media top executives, blaming the companies for amplifying false content and calls to violence, while promising new regulations to stem rampant online disinformation.
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Facebook, Google Lobbyists Fight Bill That Would Help US News Industry
Facebook and Google lobbyists threw their weight against new US legislation that seeks to aid struggling news publishers by allowing them to negotiate collectively against the tech companies over revenue sharing and other deals.
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Trump's Facebook, Instagram Accounts Blocked For Rest Of His Term
Facebook banned President Donald Trump from the platform "indefinitely" due to his efforts to incite the violence in the US capital this week, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday. Zuckerberg said the 24-hour ban announced Wednesday was extended because of Trump's "use of our platform to incite violent insurrection against a democratically...
