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"Google Close To Shut Down": Donald Trump On Censorship Reports
Former US president Donald Trump has lashed out at Google over reports that was censoring news and photos of the Republican presidential candidate.
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Fake News Or Censorship? Bombay High Court's Split Judgment On IT Rules
In a split judgement on petitions challenging the amended Information Technology (IT) Rules on fake news, one judge of the Bombay High Court on Wednesday held that they amounted to censorship.
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Grok AI Chatbot, Developed by Elon Musk, Debuts In India
Mr Musk launched xAI in July in response to Big Tech's AI efforts, which he has criticized for excessive censorship and a lack of adequate safety measures.
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Fact-Check Provision In New IT Rules Is Press Censorship: Newspapers Body
The Indian Newspaper Society on Wednesday said the provision in IT Rules, 2021 amendments allowing a fact-check body to label contents related to it "fake" or "misleading" is tantamount to "censorship" and violates of freedom of expression.
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Salman Rushdie Lashes Out At "Absurd Censorship" Of Roald Dahl Books
Author Salman Rushdie is among the leading literary voices to speak out against a British publisher's "absurd censorship" after it rewrote certain sections of Roald Dahl's classic children's books because the language was deemed offensive.
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TMC MP Alleges Protest Censorship In Rajya Sabha During PM Modi's Speech
TMC MP Derek O' Brien on Thursday hit out at the government alleging censorship of the opposition protests in the Rajya Sabha during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech in the House.
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Students At Mumbai's TISS Screen BBC Series On PM Modi Despite Warning
BBC documentary row: Such screenings, as protest against censorship and "hiding facts" of the 2002 Gujarat riots, have been held across India
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Opposition Leaders Tweet Link To BBC Series On PM, Slam "Censorship"
Opposition leaders have ripped into the Centre over the removal of the controversial BBC series on Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Twitter and YouTube. Some of them tweeted alternative links where the first of the two-part series can be watched.
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VLC Media Player Developer VideoLAN Issues Legal Notice to DoT, MeitY Over Website Ban in India
VLC Media Player developer VideoLAN has asked the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to provide reasoned orders related to the blocking of its website in India. In a legal notice, President and lead VLC developer of VideoLAN Jean-Baptiste Kempf stated that the website was blocke...
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Social Media Firms Object to Personal Liability of Employees Under IT Rules, Industry Study Says
A majority of social media companies are opposed to the provision under the IT Rules to hold chief compliance officers personally liable for ensuring compliance with the Act and rules. The study revealed that personal liability could lead to increased censorship of content due to concerns of employee safety. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Electronics a...
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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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Elon Musk's Vision for Twitter Could Face Hurdles in Asia
For Elon Musk and Twitter, Asia is a huge growth opportunity, but also a challenge. Musk's censorship scrapping policy on Twitter will see a plethora of perplexing regulations, wielded by sometimes authoritarian governments, pushed to the limits by a horde of first-time internet users.
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AIADMK Wants "Non Factual" Thalaivi Scenes On MGR, Jayalalithaa Deleted
The opposition party AIADMK in Tamil Nadu today objected to certain references about party stalwarts -- the late Mr MG Ramachandran and Ms J Jayalalithaa -- in the latter's multi-lingual biopic Thalaivi, and wanted the scenes deleted.
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Shivraj Singh Chouhan Calls For Censoring Obscene Content On Digital Platforms
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday underlined the need to censor "obscene" content on OTT (Over The Top) platforms and said the Centre is seriously thinking in this regard.
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Facebook, Twitter CEOs Oppose Changes That May Dictate Content Moderation
The CEOs of Facebook and Twitter have vehemently opposed any changes that would allow the US government to dictate content moderation, saying these platforms are a new industry and should have a different regulatory model.
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"Google Close To Shut Down": Donald Trump On Censorship Reports
Former US president Donald Trump has lashed out at Google over reports that was censoring news and photos of the Republican presidential candidate.
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Fake News Or Censorship? Bombay High Court's Split Judgment On IT Rules
In a split judgement on petitions challenging the amended Information Technology (IT) Rules on fake news, one judge of the Bombay High Court on Wednesday held that they amounted to censorship.
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Grok AI Chatbot, Developed by Elon Musk, Debuts In India
Mr Musk launched xAI in July in response to Big Tech's AI efforts, which he has criticized for excessive censorship and a lack of adequate safety measures.
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Fact-Check Provision In New IT Rules Is Press Censorship: Newspapers Body
The Indian Newspaper Society on Wednesday said the provision in IT Rules, 2021 amendments allowing a fact-check body to label contents related to it "fake" or "misleading" is tantamount to "censorship" and violates of freedom of expression.
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Salman Rushdie Lashes Out At "Absurd Censorship" Of Roald Dahl Books
Author Salman Rushdie is among the leading literary voices to speak out against a British publisher's "absurd censorship" after it rewrote certain sections of Roald Dahl's classic children's books because the language was deemed offensive.
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TMC MP Alleges Protest Censorship In Rajya Sabha During PM Modi's Speech
TMC MP Derek O' Brien on Thursday hit out at the government alleging censorship of the opposition protests in the Rajya Sabha during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech in the House.
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Students At Mumbai's TISS Screen BBC Series On PM Modi Despite Warning
BBC documentary row: Such screenings, as protest against censorship and "hiding facts" of the 2002 Gujarat riots, have been held across India
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Opposition Leaders Tweet Link To BBC Series On PM, Slam "Censorship"
Opposition leaders have ripped into the Centre over the removal of the controversial BBC series on Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Twitter and YouTube. Some of them tweeted alternative links where the first of the two-part series can be watched.
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VLC Media Player Developer VideoLAN Issues Legal Notice to DoT, MeitY Over Website Ban in India
VLC Media Player developer VideoLAN has asked the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to provide reasoned orders related to the blocking of its website in India. In a legal notice, President and lead VLC developer of VideoLAN Jean-Baptiste Kempf stated that the website was blocke...
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Social Media Firms Object to Personal Liability of Employees Under IT Rules, Industry Study Says
A majority of social media companies are opposed to the provision under the IT Rules to hold chief compliance officers personally liable for ensuring compliance with the Act and rules. The study revealed that personal liability could lead to increased censorship of content due to concerns of employee safety. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Electronics a...
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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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Elon Musk's Vision for Twitter Could Face Hurdles in Asia
For Elon Musk and Twitter, Asia is a huge growth opportunity, but also a challenge. Musk's censorship scrapping policy on Twitter will see a plethora of perplexing regulations, wielded by sometimes authoritarian governments, pushed to the limits by a horde of first-time internet users.
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AIADMK Wants "Non Factual" Thalaivi Scenes On MGR, Jayalalithaa Deleted
The opposition party AIADMK in Tamil Nadu today objected to certain references about party stalwarts -- the late Mr MG Ramachandran and Ms J Jayalalithaa -- in the latter's multi-lingual biopic Thalaivi, and wanted the scenes deleted.
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Shivraj Singh Chouhan Calls For Censoring Obscene Content On Digital Platforms
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday underlined the need to censor "obscene" content on OTT (Over The Top) platforms and said the Centre is seriously thinking in this regard.
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Facebook, Twitter CEOs Oppose Changes That May Dictate Content Moderation
The CEOs of Facebook and Twitter have vehemently opposed any changes that would allow the US government to dictate content moderation, saying these platforms are a new industry and should have a different regulatory model.
