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Centre To Set Up 3 Panels To Handle Social Media Users' Complaints: Report
The grievance appellate committees (GACs) will be able to review content moderation decisions by social media companies like Meta and Twitter, and can overrule decisions of the big tech firms on takedown or blocking requests.
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Government Blocked 104 YouTube Channels, 4 Facebook Accounts for Spreading Misinformation: Anurag Thakur
Union minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said 104 YouTube channels, 45 videos, four Facebook accounts, three Instagram accounts, five Twitter handles and six websites have been blocked for spreading misinformation and threatening national security. Responding to questions in the Rajya Sabha, Thakur said section 69A of the Information Technology Act...
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104 YouTube Channels Blocked For Threatening National Security: Centre
Union minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said 104 YouTube channels, 45 videos, four Facebook accounts, three Instagram accounts, five Twitter handles and six websites have been blocked for spreading misinformation.
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Congress Twitter Account Won't Be Blocked, High Court Sets Aside Order
A division bench of the High Court of Karnataka has set aside an order of a designated economic court that ordered blocking of @INCIndia and @BharatJodo Twitter handles calling it "punitive action."
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"Pursuing Legal Remedies": Congress On Bharat Jodo Song Copyright Case
The Congress on Monday said it was pursuing all legal remedies at its disposal after a court in Bengaluru directed Twitter to block its official handle and that of its Bharat Jodo Yatra over alleged music copyright infringement.
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Block Congress Twitter Account, Says Court, Copyright Violations
A Bengaluru court has ordered the blocking of the Congress's Twitter handle after a music firm filed a copyright case against the party for playing song from the movie KGF-2 at the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi.
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Twitter Ordered to Censor Tweets, Handles Critical of Indian Government's Internet Censorship, More: Report
Twitter has allegedly censored some tweets and/ or blocked handles of various users in India.
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Social Media Handles Spreading "Fake, Inciting Content" Blocked: Minister
The government has blocked several social media handles that were circulating "fake and inciting" content on Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, Minister of State for IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said today.
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Twitter Unlocks Rahul Gandhi's Handle Week After Suspension
Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account has been restored a week after it was suspended. The Congress leader had accused the social media platform of bias.
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"Is Twitter Following Own Policy": Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Hits Back
Congress's Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today questioned Twitter over the blocking of a large number of party handles and the accounts of 23 leaders of the party. The Congress has claimed the handles of 5000 of its workers and leaders have been locked.
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Block 1,178 Handles, Says India. Protecting Free Speech, Twitter Responds
The Indian government has asked microblogging platform Twitter to remove more than a thousand accounts for allegedly spreading misinformation and provocative content around farmers' protests. It has alleged that the 1,178 handles have Pakistani and Khalistani users, official sources have said. The social media site is yet to completely comply with ...
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Prasar Bharati CEO's Twitter Handle Among Accounts Suspended
The Twitter account of public broadcaster Prasar Bharati's chief executive was among those blocked by the social networking company on Monday amid a broad sweep of users found using a hashtag deemed inappropriate by the government.
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Karnataka BJP Got Claims It Got Blocked On Twitter Due To Multiple Verified Accounts: Report
The Karnataka BJP has alleged its twitter handle was blocked for a few hours by social media giant Twitter for "speaking the truth about liberals."
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Polling App 'MyVoteToday' Asked People Who They Wanted To 'Silence', Twitter Blocks It
As it intensifies the crackdown on bots, trolls, and fake accounts, Twitter has blocked several accounts in India, including the handle of polling app 'MyVoteToday' that in a recent poll had asked people who they want to be 'silenced' and listed options of chief ministers, Opposition politicians and journalists, among others.
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Narendra Modi tweets against Internet crackdown
The government's order to block Twitter handles and nearly 300 Web pages which it says threaten communal harmony and a fragile peace, led to outrage on Twitter. Hashtags like Emergency2012 and GOIBlocks protested against the government's decision. Many turned their pictures black in protests and now Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi too has join...
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Centre To Set Up 3 Panels To Handle Social Media Users' Complaints: Report
The grievance appellate committees (GACs) will be able to review content moderation decisions by social media companies like Meta and Twitter, and can overrule decisions of the big tech firms on takedown or blocking requests.
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Government Blocked 104 YouTube Channels, 4 Facebook Accounts for Spreading Misinformation: Anurag Thakur
Union minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said 104 YouTube channels, 45 videos, four Facebook accounts, three Instagram accounts, five Twitter handles and six websites have been blocked for spreading misinformation and threatening national security. Responding to questions in the Rajya Sabha, Thakur said section 69A of the Information Technology Act...
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104 YouTube Channels Blocked For Threatening National Security: Centre
Union minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said 104 YouTube channels, 45 videos, four Facebook accounts, three Instagram accounts, five Twitter handles and six websites have been blocked for spreading misinformation.
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Congress Twitter Account Won't Be Blocked, High Court Sets Aside Order
A division bench of the High Court of Karnataka has set aside an order of a designated economic court that ordered blocking of @INCIndia and @BharatJodo Twitter handles calling it "punitive action."
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"Pursuing Legal Remedies": Congress On Bharat Jodo Song Copyright Case
The Congress on Monday said it was pursuing all legal remedies at its disposal after a court in Bengaluru directed Twitter to block its official handle and that of its Bharat Jodo Yatra over alleged music copyright infringement.
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Block Congress Twitter Account, Says Court, Copyright Violations
A Bengaluru court has ordered the blocking of the Congress's Twitter handle after a music firm filed a copyright case against the party for playing song from the movie KGF-2 at the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi.
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Twitter Ordered to Censor Tweets, Handles Critical of Indian Government's Internet Censorship, More: Report
Twitter has allegedly censored some tweets and/ or blocked handles of various users in India.
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Social Media Handles Spreading "Fake, Inciting Content" Blocked: Minister
The government has blocked several social media handles that were circulating "fake and inciting" content on Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, Minister of State for IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said today.
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Twitter Unlocks Rahul Gandhi's Handle Week After Suspension
Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account has been restored a week after it was suspended. The Congress leader had accused the social media platform of bias.
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"Is Twitter Following Own Policy": Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Hits Back
Congress's Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today questioned Twitter over the blocking of a large number of party handles and the accounts of 23 leaders of the party. The Congress has claimed the handles of 5000 of its workers and leaders have been locked.
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Block 1,178 Handles, Says India. Protecting Free Speech, Twitter Responds
The Indian government has asked microblogging platform Twitter to remove more than a thousand accounts for allegedly spreading misinformation and provocative content around farmers' protests. It has alleged that the 1,178 handles have Pakistani and Khalistani users, official sources have said. The social media site is yet to completely comply with ...
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Prasar Bharati CEO's Twitter Handle Among Accounts Suspended
The Twitter account of public broadcaster Prasar Bharati's chief executive was among those blocked by the social networking company on Monday amid a broad sweep of users found using a hashtag deemed inappropriate by the government.
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Karnataka BJP Got Claims It Got Blocked On Twitter Due To Multiple Verified Accounts: Report
The Karnataka BJP has alleged its twitter handle was blocked for a few hours by social media giant Twitter for "speaking the truth about liberals."
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Polling App 'MyVoteToday' Asked People Who They Wanted To 'Silence', Twitter Blocks It
As it intensifies the crackdown on bots, trolls, and fake accounts, Twitter has blocked several accounts in India, including the handle of polling app 'MyVoteToday' that in a recent poll had asked people who they want to be 'silenced' and listed options of chief ministers, Opposition politicians and journalists, among others.
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Narendra Modi tweets against Internet crackdown
The government's order to block Twitter handles and nearly 300 Web pages which it says threaten communal harmony and a fragile peace, led to outrage on Twitter. Hashtags like Emergency2012 and GOIBlocks protested against the government's decision. Many turned their pictures black in protests and now Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi too has join...
