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Government will oversee online news, social media and video streaming platformsIndia’s government has ordered that all online news, social media and video streaming platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime are to be subject to state regulation, raisi…
Read MoreThe Kazakh American Association has released a letter on social media accusing Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest Borat film of ‘justifying harassment’A group of Kazakh-Americans has demanded that Amazon withdraw Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Sacha Baron Cohen’s…
Read MoreAllegation follows new law that lets Hong Kong ask for sensitive data if deemed to threaten national securityBig technology companies may already be complying with secret Chinese requests for user information held in Hong Kong and ought to “come clean”…
Read MoreSocial media site denies any bias towards ruling Hindu nationalist BJP partyFacebook’s alleged political bias and its role in spreading anti-Muslim hate speech in India is to come under scrutiny when senior executives are summoned before a parliamentar…
Read MoreCurb on 1m-member ‘Royalist Marketplace’ comes after legal threat from Thai governmentFacebook has blocked access within Thailand to a group with 1 million members that discusses the country’s king, after the Thai government threatened the company with…
Read MoreSocial media sites suspend process as they assess impact of new national security lawFacebook and its WhatsApp messaging service have “paused” the processing of government requests for user data in Hong Kong, the company said. WhatsApp is pausing such …
Read MoreCompany says it has ‘paused’ its relationship with the social media company as part of global movement against hate speechNew Zealand’s largest newspaper group has temporarily quit Facebook in a bold “experiment” aligning itself with a global boycott o…
Read MorePeople urged to inform social media firms if they see falsehoods shared onlineCoronavirus – live updates See all our coronavirus coverage “Dangerous quack cures” for the coronavirus being shared online should be reported to social media companies immed…
Read MorePhilippines journalist leading war on fake news may be jailed for 12 years on libel charges“The toughest part is not knowing whether it’s going to be a normal day, or a not normal day,” says Maria Ressa, speaking by phone from her office in Manila. A f…
Read MoreProblem arises in translation of leader’s name from BurmeseTech giant ‘sincerely apologises for offence this has caused’ Facebook has blamed a technical error for Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s name appearing as “Mr Shithole” in posts on its platform when…
Read MoreUK-born politician told to edit post after alleging government influenced state investorsA politician in Singapore has corrected a Facebook post that questioned the independence of state investment firms after a government request, in the first use of …
Read MoreFacebook’s decision to allow politicians to promote content already rated false by factcheckers has been widely condemnedSri Lankan civil society groups are sounding the alarm about Facebook’s policies in advance of the 16 November presidential electio…
Read MoreCritics say face-swap app could spread misinformation on a massive scaleA Chinese app that lets users convincingly swap their faces with film or TV characters has rapidly become one of the country’s most downloaded apps, triggering a privacy row. Relat…
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