Twitter Government Fight

Twitter and WhatsApp are pushing back after being targeted as part of the government’s recent actions aimed at rooting out cybercrimes and what it calls “fake news” on social media. As part of the amended IT Rules, executives at companies that don’t comply with content removal requests could face jail time. The government sent YouTube 1,670...

Britain government has proposed a new law that will require social media companies to proactively tackle disinformation posted by foreign states such as Russia, the government said. The law will take care of fake accounts on platforms such as Meta's Facebook and Twitter, set up on behalf of foreign states to influence elections or court proceedings...

Twitter says it's stepping up its fight against misinformation with a new policy cracking down on posts that spread potentially dangerous false stories. The change is part of a broader effort to promote accurate information during times of conflict or crisis.

Ukrainian people and their government have been making full use of social media platforms including Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, and Telegram to apprise the world of the effects of the Russian invasion as well as to collect donations to fight back.

After the conflict began, the official Twitter handle of the Ukrainian government sought donations to fight back against Russia.

A Nigerian rights group has asked the High Court to force the government to publish an agreement with Twitter that led to the restoration of the social media company's services last month following a six-month ban.

Calling for accountability of big social media companies, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said Twitter invoked a US copyright act to block his account but it should also be cognisant of the law in India where it is operating.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the government's handling of the novel coronavirus pandemic amid India's fight against Covid.

Sachin Tendulkar took to Twitter to extend his best wishes to the whole nation as India kicked off the largest vaccine drive on Saturday.

Actor Kangana Ranaut arrived in Mumbai today to heavy security and an intense battle with the Maharashtra government shortly after scoring a big win against the city's civic body BMC, which had started demolishing alleged illegal structures at her office.

Twitter France public affairs chief Audrey Herblin-Stoop said the company would continue to work closely with the government to build a safer Internet and fight against illegal hate speech, while protecting an open internet, freedom of expression and fair competition.

Mahindra joined hands with the government to fight the novel Coronavirus Pandemic, wherein the company has decided to make ventilators, that will play a crucial role during these unprecedented times. The Mahindra teams from Igatpuri and Mumbai plants decided to come forward by participating for a cause as they prepared the first ventilator prototyp...

The government had assured e-commerce companies that their operations would not be disrupted amid a nationwide lockdown to fight the coronavirus, but most are facing crippling disruptions after just three days, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.

Enforcement agencies should be able to break end-to-end encryption to hunt down distributors of child pornography online, a parliamentary panel has urged as the South Asian nation looks to regulate social media.

The escalation with the FBI galvanised Apple's US peers and forced them to choose between helping the government fight crime and protecting their customers' privacy.

Twitter and WhatsApp are pushing back after being targeted as part of the government’s recent actions aimed at rooting out cybercrimes and what it calls “fake news” on social media. As part of the amended IT Rules, executives at companies that don’t comply with content removal requests could face jail time. The government sent YouTube 1,670...

Britain government has proposed a new law that will require social media companies to proactively tackle disinformation posted by foreign states such as Russia, the government said. The law will take care of fake accounts on platforms such as Meta's Facebook and Twitter, set up on behalf of foreign states to influence elections or court proceedings...

Twitter says it's stepping up its fight against misinformation with a new policy cracking down on posts that spread potentially dangerous false stories. The change is part of a broader effort to promote accurate information during times of conflict or crisis.

Ukrainian people and their government have been making full use of social media platforms including Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, and Telegram to apprise the world of the effects of the Russian invasion as well as to collect donations to fight back.

After the conflict began, the official Twitter handle of the Ukrainian government sought donations to fight back against Russia.

A Nigerian rights group has asked the High Court to force the government to publish an agreement with Twitter that led to the restoration of the social media company's services last month following a six-month ban.

Calling for accountability of big social media companies, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said Twitter invoked a US copyright act to block his account but it should also be cognisant of the law in India where it is operating.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the government's handling of the novel coronavirus pandemic amid India's fight against Covid.

Sachin Tendulkar took to Twitter to extend his best wishes to the whole nation as India kicked off the largest vaccine drive on Saturday.

Actor Kangana Ranaut arrived in Mumbai today to heavy security and an intense battle with the Maharashtra government shortly after scoring a big win against the city's civic body BMC, which had started demolishing alleged illegal structures at her office.

Twitter France public affairs chief Audrey Herblin-Stoop said the company would continue to work closely with the government to build a safer Internet and fight against illegal hate speech, while protecting an open internet, freedom of expression and fair competition.

Mahindra joined hands with the government to fight the novel Coronavirus Pandemic, wherein the company has decided to make ventilators, that will play a crucial role during these unprecedented times. The Mahindra teams from Igatpuri and Mumbai plants decided to come forward by participating for a cause as they prepared the first ventilator prototyp...

The government had assured e-commerce companies that their operations would not be disrupted amid a nationwide lockdown to fight the coronavirus, but most are facing crippling disruptions after just three days, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.

Enforcement agencies should be able to break end-to-end encryption to hunt down distributors of child pornography online, a parliamentary panel has urged as the South Asian nation looks to regulate social media.

The escalation with the FBI galvanised Apple's US peers and forced them to choose between helping the government fight crime and protecting their customers' privacy.