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‘Meta-worse for democracy,’ says Rahul in attack on Facebook
16 Mar

‘Meta-worse for democracy,’ says Rahul in attack on Facebook

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Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi attacked Facebook on Wednesday and said that it was worse for democracy. He shared a compilation of news reports on Twitter, accusing Facebook of helping the BJP reach out to voters during the elections. Rahul Gandhi also shared a report of Al Jazeera and The Reporters' Collective which claimed that Facebook had offered BJP cheaper deals for election advertisements as compared to the other political parties. Congress President Sonia Gandhi said in Lok Sabha, "I urge the government to put an end to the systematic interference and influence of Facebook and other social media giants…
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Russia blocks Facebook, passes ‘fake news’ law
05 Mar

Russia blocks Facebook, passes ‘fake news’ law

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Russia said it would block Facebook for excluding state media and CNN said it would stop broadcasting in Russia after a new law punishing "fake news" raised the stakes in Moscow's fight with foreign corporations. Russia blocked a wave of media companies and new, big names announced they were shutting down Russia sales, including Microsoft Corp and video game maker Electronic Arts Inc. Russia said that Meta Platforms Inc's Facebook was being blocked for restricting state-backed channels, and it also blocked websites of the BBC, Deutsche Welle and Voice of America for what it said was false information about the war in…
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Meta announces enforcement on ads around social issues
13 Dec

Meta announces enforcement on ads around social issues

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Meta has announced the launch of enforcement around ads on social issues in India. Rolled out earlier this month, the enforcement will require anyone running ads on social issues on Facebook and Instagram to be authorized and include disclaimers on their ads, enabling people to see the name of the person or organization running these ads.Meta has made significant investments in teams and technologies to better protect elections, empower people to vote and create a safe platform to share diverse beliefs. Ahead of the 2019 General Elections in India, advertisers in India that wanted to run electoral and political ads…
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Facebook’s 2-day virtual event
24 Oct

Facebook’s 2-day virtual event

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Facebook has hosted its first-ever gaming event FBGamingPressStart in India. Spread across two days, the virtual event saw informative sessions from game developers, publishers, and creators on how to build and scale their gaming presence on Facebook, find new audiences and grow their community. The event’s opening address was made by Gio Hunt, VP of Gaming Business and Operations, Facebook, Ajit Mohan, Managing Director and Vice President, India, and Manohar Hotchandani, Business Development Director, Facebook. On the first day, #FBGamingPressStart was focused on providing gaming publishers and developers with insights on how to leverage Facebook to supercharge their games through…
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SC says Facebook needs to be accountable, upholds Delhi Assembly’s right to summon it in riots case
09 Jul

SC says Facebook needs to be accountable, upholds Delhi Assembly’s right to summon it in riots case

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Noting attempts by Australia, the UK and the US in reining in social media platforms, given complaints about their manipulative behaviour in a free speech-advocating democracy, the Supreme Court on Thursday said such platforms with a potential to influence public opinion must be held accountable for spread of disruptive messages and hate speeches.While dealing with the controversy over the Delhi Assembly committee summoning Facebook Vice-President Ajit Mohan for spread of hate messages during Delhi riots, a bench of Justices S K Kaul, Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy said, “Entities like Facebook have to remain accountable to those who entrust them…
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Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts suspended for two years
05 Jun

Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts suspended for two years

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Former US President Donald Trump was barred indefinitely from Facebook and Instagram in January in the wake of posts he made on the US Capitol riots. Facebook said Mr Trump's actions were "a severe violation of our rules". Mr Trump said the move was "an insult" to the millions who voted for him in last year's presidential election. Facebook's move comes as the social media giant is also ending a policy shielding politicians from some content moderation rules. It said that it would no longer give politicians immunity for deceptive or abusive content based on their comments being newsworthy. Mr…
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12 May

WhatsApp’s new terms and privacy policy will be updated from 15th May

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Within just 3 days WhatsApp’s new terms and privacy policy will be updated. Starting on May 15, the popular instant messaging app will change its privacy policy to gather more information about its users, including things like your time zone, IP address, location, and even information about what type of device you are using. In January of 2021, WhatsApp announced that it would update its privacy policy and share your info with Facebook and other Facebook companies, but due to mass confusion, the company decided to give users a few weeks to make a choice. Now, what happened if you don’t agree…
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