Recently a Verizon ad appeared next to “a video from the conspiracy group QAnon drawing on hateful and anti-Semitic rhetoric.”
26 Jun 2020 5:47 PM
Popular US icecream brand Ben & Jerry’s becomes latest to join Facebook ad boycott
24 Jun 2020 4:31 PM
In an `Open Letter’ to public, retired civil servants talked about “continued misrepresentation” of Mander’s speech at Jamia Milia Islamia
12 Jun 2020 1:30 PM
A significant number of moderators for most platforms are contracted through companies such as Cognizant, Genpact, and Accenture.
16 May 2020 3:10 PM
Riots erupted as anti-Muslim anger was whipped up on social media, forcing the Sri Lankan government to impose emergency and block Facebook.
13 May 2020 8:10 PM
The social media giant is leaning on AI to filter out objectionable content as the coronavirus has sidelined most of its human moderators
13 May 2020 4:56 PM
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on faith leaders to promote solidarity based on human rights and human dignity
13 May 2020 2:13 PM
A lot of people are using racist hashtags such as #Kungflu, #chinesevirus and #communistvirus as they tweet about the pandemic
28 Mar 2020 3:20 PM
The court also transferred all cases related to linkage of social media profiles with Aadhaar pending in different high courts to self.
22 Oct 2019 1:16 PM
While the new board cannot make policy, the company will be required to respond publicly to any recommendations the board makes.
18 Sep 2019 9:02 AM
Roughly 1,00,000 videos propagating hate speech, 17,000 channels and 500 million comments have been removed during the time period
06 Sep 2019 7:27 PM
The time has come to seriously evaluate the role played by social media in spreading disinformation and hate speech in election season.
23 Jun 2019 1:42 AM
Facebook has been under scrutiny from regulators around the world over data sharing practices.
10 May 2019 3:28 PM
Sri Lanka has a complicated history with social media, providing context to the government’s ban on it after the Easter Sunday attacks.
25 Apr 2019 2:57 PM
Warner noted the real-life implications of hate speech on social media.
12 Apr 2019 12:26 PM
HateHatao app lets users report instances of hate speech, threats and crimes along with the evidence in form of screenshots, videos, and pictures.
05 Feb 2019 12:11 AM
The SC issued notice returnable in 4 weeks on special leave petition against Allahabad HC order rejecting plea for action for hate speech.
20 Aug 2018 8:58 PM
Some 700,000 Rohingya fled their homes last year after an army crackdown that the United States denounced as ethnic cleansing.
17 Aug 2018 9:19 AM
The dark side of untrammelled discourse, the thinking went, would sort itself out as online communities moderated themselves.
11 Aug 2018 7:54 AM