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People carry posters during a rally against President Donald Trumps executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority nations, in New Yorks Times Square. (Photo: AP)

US to assist people barred by Trump's first travel ban to reapply for...

Lawsuit settlement will allow number of foreigners from seven Muslim-majority countries to work with justice department...

2 Sept 2017 1:58 PM IST

Ruby testified saying that it seemed as if Gaines was raising her weapon to shoot and defended the killing adding that there was no choice. (Photo: Pixabay/ Representational)

Black Lives Matter: Court awards family of woman shot dead by police...

Upholding Gaines, 23 and her son Kodi's civil rights, six female jurors decided that Cpl Royce Ruby was in violation.

19 Feb 2018 6:46 PM IST

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said now is the time when everyone needs to figure out how to contribute to solving racism. He said historically black colleges and universities have been resilient little-known gems for black education. (Photo | AP))

Amends for poor minority representation in Netflix? CEO to donate USD...

Reed Hastings and his wife will be giving USD 40 million each to three historically black colleges and universities in...

17 Jun 2020 8:52 PM IST

The action against ZeroHedge and warning sent to The Federalist related to content in comments sections that consistently violated Googles policy about dangerous and derogatory content, according to the internet company. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Grendel Khan)

Google ads expels firm trying to cash in on hate against Black...

Google stopped giving ads to ZeroHedge, warned The Federalist that it could be blocked from Google Ads for violating...

17 Jun 2020 5:10 PM IST

CEO Tim Cook said he grew up in Alabama during the Civil Rights movement, and said the burden of change must not fall on the underrepresented. (Photo | AFP)

To make the workplace more inclusive, Apple starts USD 100 million...

The initiative's goal is to challenge systemic barriers to opportunity faced by communities of colour, particularly...

12 Jun 2020 5:36 PM IST

Civil rights leaders who met virtually with Zuckerberg and other Facebook leaders Tuesday expressed skepticism that recommendations from the audit would ever be implemented, noting that past suggestions in previous reports had gone overlooked.

Biased algorithms, content moderation, ad policy, voter suppression...

A civil rights audit being conducted over the past two years says not fact-checking Trump's lies among setbacks to...

8 July 2020 5:59 PM IST

Facebook should not be complicit in more offline violence, much less another genocide (referring to charges of spurring Myanmars systematic killing of Rohingya people), but the pattern of inaction displayed by the company is reckless to the point of complicity, the letter stated. This photograph shows Facebook India Policy Chief Ankhi Das posing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo | Facebook - Ankhi Das)

Over 40 rights groups write to Zuckerberg seeking Ankhi Das' removal...

The rights group said the bias in policy led by Ankhi Das had spurred violence against minorities in India.

10 Sept 2020 5:40 PM IST

Facebook should not be complicit in more offline violence, much less another genocide (referring to charges of spurring Myanmars systematic killing of Rohingya people), but the pattern of inaction displayed by the company is reckless to the point of complicity, the letter stated. This photograph shows Facebook India Policy Chief Ankhi Das posing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo | Facebook - Ankhi Das)

Over 40 rights groups write to Zuckerberg seeking Ankhi Das' removal...

The rights groups said the bias in policy led by Ankhi Das had spurred violence against minorities in India.

10 Sept 2020 5:40 PM IST

Enforcement Directorate. (Representational Image)

Aakar Patel | Venal officers target citizens, keeping India as partly...

On civil liberties India has only scored 33 out of 60, while the United States has scored 51

12 April 2022 1:31 AM IST