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Twitter Expands Free Data Access for App Developers as It Aims to Decentralise Company
- Tuesday November 16, 2021
- Reuters
Twitter said it will expand free access to the social networking site's data to help software developers create tools and products that could promote safer online conversations or curate content.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook's Defence As Farmers' Protest Page Was Briefly Taken Down
- Monday December 21, 2020
- India News | Reported by Roobina Mongia, Edited by Arun Nair
Facebook today clarified that an error on its part caused the blocking of the accounts used by farmers protesting against the government's new agricultural laws on Sunday. The social networking site said its automated systems flagged the pages of Kisan Ekta Morcha as "spam" following increased activity, although the group's Instagram account (owned...
- www.ndtv.com
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Facebook Self Regulation Not Enough, Insists Germany
- Wednesday July 8, 2020
- Reuters
Germany is determined to expand its attempts to regulate online hate speech even as Facebook promises to do more to clean up its site after a global advertiser boycott, with politicians saying the issue is too important to leave to self-regulation.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Hires Government Relations Manager in China Despite Being Blocked
- Tuesday September 12, 2017
- Agence France-Presse
William Shuai was named senior manager of Facebook's government relations in Beijing, similar to positions he held previously with LinkedIn and the Chinese search engine Baidu.
- www.gadgets360.com
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LinkedIn-Russia: US Says Concerned Over Decision to Block Professional Networking Site
- Friday November 18, 2016
- Reuters
LinkedIn is the first major social network to be blocked under a new law that requires firms holding Russian citizens' data to store it on servers on Russian soil.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Centre Blocks Websites, Facebook Pages to Counter Islamic State Propaganda
- Wednesday October 14, 2015
- India News | Press Trust of India
Cracking the whip on terror propaganda being carried on Internet, the government today ordered banning of two websites belonging to Islamic State, and some pages on social networking site, Facebook, after it was found that they contained material detrimental to the country's sovereignty.
- www.ndtv.com
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China Blocks VPN Services that Skirt Online Censorship
- Friday January 23, 2015
- World News | Associated Press
China is blocking VPN services that let users skirt online censorship of popular websites such as Google and Facebook amid a wider crackdown on online information, tech companies and specialists said on Friday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Thai Ministry Says Blocks Facebook to Stem Anti-Coup Criticism
- Wednesday May 28, 2014
- World News | Reuters
Thailand's information technology ministry blocked Facebook on Wednesday and planned to hold talks with other social networking sites to stem protests against the military government, a senior official said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Indian Government made social networking sites block 1,208 URLs in 2013: Sibal
- Wednesday December 11, 2013
- Written by HiteshA
Social networking sites were requested to block these web pages in order to comply with court orders, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook blocks brave Mumbai girl's page
- Sunday June 16, 2013
- Mumbai News | mid-day.com
A day after MiD DAY reported how 24-year-old Purva Bhogle had fought back against a man who had tried to molest her on a local train, her Facebook account has been blocked.
- www.ndtv.com
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Tajikistan blocks US-funded news website
- Friday November 30, 2012
- World News | Associated Press
Tajikistan has blocked a popular U.S.-funded news website, only days after barring access to social networking site Facebook for featuring content allegedly insulting to the Central Asian nation's president.
- www.ndtv.com
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Unable to block 28 accounts, technical difficulties: Twitter to Govt
- Thursday August 23, 2012
- India News | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
Micro-blogging site Twitter has told the government that due to certain technical difficulties they have not been block 28 accounts. The government had asked social media websites, including twitter, to block content which it blamed for spreading rumours that sparked an exodus of people from the northeast from Bangalore and Chennai.
- www.ndtv.com
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Twitter agrees to block six 'fake' PM accounts
- Thursday August 23, 2012
- India News | Indo-Asian News Service
Social networking site Twitter has agreed to block six fake accounts which were "misrepresenting" Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, officials said on Thursday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Twitter Expands Free Data Access for App Developers as It Aims to Decentralise Company
- Tuesday November 16, 2021
- Reuters
Twitter said it will expand free access to the social networking site's data to help software developers create tools and products that could promote safer online conversations or curate content.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook's Defence As Farmers' Protest Page Was Briefly Taken Down
- Monday December 21, 2020
- India News | Reported by Roobina Mongia, Edited by Arun Nair
Facebook today clarified that an error on its part caused the blocking of the accounts used by farmers protesting against the government's new agricultural laws on Sunday. The social networking site said its automated systems flagged the pages of Kisan Ekta Morcha as "spam" following increased activity, although the group's Instagram account (owned...
- www.ndtv.com
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Facebook Self Regulation Not Enough, Insists Germany
- Wednesday July 8, 2020
- Reuters
Germany is determined to expand its attempts to regulate online hate speech even as Facebook promises to do more to clean up its site after a global advertiser boycott, with politicians saying the issue is too important to leave to self-regulation.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Hires Government Relations Manager in China Despite Being Blocked
- Tuesday September 12, 2017
- Agence France-Presse
William Shuai was named senior manager of Facebook's government relations in Beijing, similar to positions he held previously with LinkedIn and the Chinese search engine Baidu.
- www.gadgets360.com
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LinkedIn-Russia: US Says Concerned Over Decision to Block Professional Networking Site
- Friday November 18, 2016
- Reuters
LinkedIn is the first major social network to be blocked under a new law that requires firms holding Russian citizens' data to store it on servers on Russian soil.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Centre Blocks Websites, Facebook Pages to Counter Islamic State Propaganda
- Wednesday October 14, 2015
- India News | Press Trust of India
Cracking the whip on terror propaganda being carried on Internet, the government today ordered banning of two websites belonging to Islamic State, and some pages on social networking site, Facebook, after it was found that they contained material detrimental to the country's sovereignty.
- www.ndtv.com
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China Blocks VPN Services that Skirt Online Censorship
- Friday January 23, 2015
- World News | Associated Press
China is blocking VPN services that let users skirt online censorship of popular websites such as Google and Facebook amid a wider crackdown on online information, tech companies and specialists said on Friday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Thai Ministry Says Blocks Facebook to Stem Anti-Coup Criticism
- Wednesday May 28, 2014
- World News | Reuters
Thailand's information technology ministry blocked Facebook on Wednesday and planned to hold talks with other social networking sites to stem protests against the military government, a senior official said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Indian Government made social networking sites block 1,208 URLs in 2013: Sibal
- Wednesday December 11, 2013
- Written by HiteshA
Social networking sites were requested to block these web pages in order to comply with court orders, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook blocks brave Mumbai girl's page
- Sunday June 16, 2013
- Mumbai News | mid-day.com
A day after MiD DAY reported how 24-year-old Purva Bhogle had fought back against a man who had tried to molest her on a local train, her Facebook account has been blocked.
- www.ndtv.com
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Tajikistan blocks US-funded news website
- Friday November 30, 2012
- World News | Associated Press
Tajikistan has blocked a popular U.S.-funded news website, only days after barring access to social networking site Facebook for featuring content allegedly insulting to the Central Asian nation's president.
- www.ndtv.com
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Unable to block 28 accounts, technical difficulties: Twitter to Govt
- Thursday August 23, 2012
- India News | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
Micro-blogging site Twitter has told the government that due to certain technical difficulties they have not been block 28 accounts. The government had asked social media websites, including twitter, to block content which it blamed for spreading rumours that sparked an exodus of people from the northeast from Bangalore and Chennai.
- www.ndtv.com
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Twitter agrees to block six 'fake' PM accounts
- Thursday August 23, 2012
- India News | Indo-Asian News Service
Social networking site Twitter has agreed to block six fake accounts which were "misrepresenting" Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, officials said on Thursday.
- www.ndtv.com