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Police in India have summoned Twitter’s top official in the country
Police in India have summoned Twitter’s top official in the country to answer allegations that the US firm did not stop the spread of a video Read more…
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Social media or government – which is now the more powerful?
Social media is getting too big for its boots. Enter the term ‘India Twitter,’ India Facebook’ or ‘India WhatsApp’ and you see the problem. Read more…
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India to Twitter: Comply with IT rules or face ‘unintended consequences’
India has told Twitter it has one last chance to comply with new IT rules, or face “unintended consequences” according to an official letter. Read more…
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WhatsApp files lawsuit against Indian Government blocking of privacy rules
WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit in Delhi against the Indian government seeking to block regulations that compel it to break privacy protections. Read more…
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Indian police serve notice on Twitter about investigation into ‘tagging’
Indian police visited a Twitter office to serve notice about an investigation into the social media giant’s tagging of party spokesman’s post Read more…
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Singapore orders Facebook, Twitter to correct false virus statement
Singapore ordered Facebook and Twitter to carry a correction notice for a false statement about a new virus variant originating in Singapore. Read more…
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India asks Twitter to take down tweets critical of its coronavirus handling
The Indian government asked social media platform Twitter to take down dozens of tweets, critical of its handling of the coronavirus outbreak Read more…
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Cries for help go out on Twitter amid the despair of India’s COVID crisis
People in India are bypassing the conventional lines of communication and turning to Twitter to crowdsource help for COVID patients. Read more…
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Should social media be regulated – yes, no, maybe, other, pass?
Lawmakers in the US are getting increasingly frustrated with social media and it seems as if they mean business. Read more…
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Twitter testing an ‘undo send’ function for possible future subscriptions
Twitter Inc is testing an “undo send” function that would give users a short time to withdraw a tweet before it is posted. Read more…