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Amid Israel-Hamas War, Meta Considers Removing Posts With Word 'Zionist'
Meta on Friday confirmed it is assessing when the word "Zionist" should be deemed hate speech as online anti-Semitism escalates amid the Israel-Hamas war.
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Chinese Woman Blasts Trolls Accusing Her Of Being Too Beautiful To Be Oxford Graduate
A woman from China, who was trolled on social media after posting a video of her graduation from Oxford University and accused of lying about her degree, has come out with her side of the story.
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Rashmika Mandanna Sends Love To Fans Who Sent Her Messages After Her Post On Getting "Hate" Online
"I've been seeing and receiving so many messages, and it's made me feel warm inside," wrote Rashmika Mandanna
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Facebook Says Spammers, Scanners Using US Election to Turn Profit Online
Fraudsters from Albania to Vietnam are posting about US politics and the upcoming presidential election to build fake audiences, maximise clicks and make money online, Facebook said on Wednesday.
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Facebook Account "Hacked, Blocked In 2018": BJP MLA, Named In Report
T Raja Singh, the politician at the centre of the huge row that has erupted after the Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook's content policies favoured the ruling BJP, has rejected allegations that he makes communally loaded posts online and claimed that his official Facebook accountwas "hacked and blockedin 2018".
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#NoDenyingIt: Facebook Urged by Holocaust Survivors to Remove Genocide Denial Posts
Holocaust survivors launched a campaign in which they plan to upload daily videos to Facebook urging CEO Mark Zuckerberg to remove posts from the site that deny the Nazi genocide of Jews.
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Facebook Urged to Do More to Stop LGBT+ Hate Speech in Arab Countries
LGBT+ rights groups urged Facebook on Tuesday to act on a rise in online hate speech after the death of an Egyptian activist jailed for waving the rainbow flag.
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"Hateful Conduct Not Allowed": Twitch Suspends Trump's Channel
Reddit on Monday said it yanked a forum used by supporters of President Donald Trump as part of a crackdown on hateful posts at the popular online bulletin board while the game streaming platform Twitch briefly suspended the president.
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Ratan Tata Praised For Speaking Up Against Online Hate And Bullying
Ratan Tata has earned praise on social media for speaking out against online bullying. In a post shared on his official Instagram account on Sunday, the Chairman of Tata Trusts appealed for empathy and urged social media users to display more "kindness" while dealing with each other.
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Twitter Tests Telling Users Their Tweet Replies May Be Offensive
When users hit "send" on their reply, they will be told if the words in their tweet are similar to those in posts that have been reported, and asked if they would like to revise it or not.
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Got More Love Than Hate On Social Media, Says Gurmehar Kaur
After having been at the receiving end of online abuse, and her posts being reduced to memes, student activist Gurmehar Kaur said on Wednesday that the "hate" would never match to the level of "love" and support she received from people through social media.
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Indian-Origin Man In UK Jailed For "Stirring Up Hatred Online"
An Indian-origin British man who posted Islamophobic rants on social media in the wake of the terrorist attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester last year has been sentenced to 20 months in jail.
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'Postcard News' Co-Founder Arrested, Charged With Spreading Fake News
The co-founder of online portal "Postcard News", Mahesh Vikram Hegde, was arrested in Karnataka on Thursday on charges of spreading fake and communally sensitive news. The editor has been charged under cybercrime laws with inciting religious hate and conspiracy.
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Bitcoin's Boom Is A Boon For Extremist Groups
After the bloody Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August, technology companies tightened rules against hate speech and banned many extremists from using Web hosting services, social media platforms and online payment systems.
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In Online Hate Groups, Torrent Of Support For Rajasthan Man Who Hacked Labourer
The horrifying murder of a Muslim man in Rajasthan and his assailant's arrest has opened the floodgates of a torrent of hate online. Two days after the police lifted the block on social media in Rajasamand, multiple posts are doing the rounds that hail the killer, Shambhu Lal.
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Amid Israel-Hamas War, Meta Considers Removing Posts With Word 'Zionist'
Meta on Friday confirmed it is assessing when the word "Zionist" should be deemed hate speech as online anti-Semitism escalates amid the Israel-Hamas war.
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Chinese Woman Blasts Trolls Accusing Her Of Being Too Beautiful To Be Oxford Graduate
A woman from China, who was trolled on social media after posting a video of her graduation from Oxford University and accused of lying about her degree, has come out with her side of the story.
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Rashmika Mandanna Sends Love To Fans Who Sent Her Messages After Her Post On Getting "Hate" Online
"I've been seeing and receiving so many messages, and it's made me feel warm inside," wrote Rashmika Mandanna
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Facebook Says Spammers, Scanners Using US Election to Turn Profit Online
Fraudsters from Albania to Vietnam are posting about US politics and the upcoming presidential election to build fake audiences, maximise clicks and make money online, Facebook said on Wednesday.
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Facebook Account "Hacked, Blocked In 2018": BJP MLA, Named In Report
T Raja Singh, the politician at the centre of the huge row that has erupted after the Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook's content policies favoured the ruling BJP, has rejected allegations that he makes communally loaded posts online and claimed that his official Facebook accountwas "hacked and blockedin 2018".
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#NoDenyingIt: Facebook Urged by Holocaust Survivors to Remove Genocide Denial Posts
Holocaust survivors launched a campaign in which they plan to upload daily videos to Facebook urging CEO Mark Zuckerberg to remove posts from the site that deny the Nazi genocide of Jews.
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Facebook Urged to Do More to Stop LGBT+ Hate Speech in Arab Countries
LGBT+ rights groups urged Facebook on Tuesday to act on a rise in online hate speech after the death of an Egyptian activist jailed for waving the rainbow flag.
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"Hateful Conduct Not Allowed": Twitch Suspends Trump's Channel
Reddit on Monday said it yanked a forum used by supporters of President Donald Trump as part of a crackdown on hateful posts at the popular online bulletin board while the game streaming platform Twitch briefly suspended the president.
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Ratan Tata Praised For Speaking Up Against Online Hate And Bullying
Ratan Tata has earned praise on social media for speaking out against online bullying. In a post shared on his official Instagram account on Sunday, the Chairman of Tata Trusts appealed for empathy and urged social media users to display more "kindness" while dealing with each other.
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Twitter Tests Telling Users Their Tweet Replies May Be Offensive
When users hit "send" on their reply, they will be told if the words in their tweet are similar to those in posts that have been reported, and asked if they would like to revise it or not.
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Got More Love Than Hate On Social Media, Says Gurmehar Kaur
After having been at the receiving end of online abuse, and her posts being reduced to memes, student activist Gurmehar Kaur said on Wednesday that the "hate" would never match to the level of "love" and support she received from people through social media.
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Indian-Origin Man In UK Jailed For "Stirring Up Hatred Online"
An Indian-origin British man who posted Islamophobic rants on social media in the wake of the terrorist attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester last year has been sentenced to 20 months in jail.
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'Postcard News' Co-Founder Arrested, Charged With Spreading Fake News
The co-founder of online portal "Postcard News", Mahesh Vikram Hegde, was arrested in Karnataka on Thursday on charges of spreading fake and communally sensitive news. The editor has been charged under cybercrime laws with inciting religious hate and conspiracy.
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Bitcoin's Boom Is A Boon For Extremist Groups
After the bloody Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August, technology companies tightened rules against hate speech and banned many extremists from using Web hosting services, social media platforms and online payment systems.
-
In Online Hate Groups, Torrent Of Support For Rajasthan Man Who Hacked Labourer
The horrifying murder of a Muslim man in Rajasthan and his assailant's arrest has opened the floodgates of a torrent of hate online. Two days after the police lifted the block on social media in Rajasamand, multiple posts are doing the rounds that hail the killer, Shambhu Lal.
