How Saudi Royal, Mocked By Elon Musk, Ended Up Backing Him
t took less than three weeks for Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud to flip from outraged investor to crucial supporter of Elon Musk's $44 billion takeover of Twitter Inc. | Read more|
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UK Parliament summons Elon Musk
British lawmakers have called on billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk to give testimony about his planned $44 billion purchase of Twitter, asking him to detail his vision for the social media giant. | Read more|
Social Media Team Of Imran Khan's Party Arrested For Criticising Pak Army Chief
Eight social media activists of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf have been arrested for allegedly running a vilification campaign against Pakistan Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa. | Read more|
Facebook accused of blacklisting OnlyFans’ rivals
Facebook has been accused of colluding with OnlyFans to blacklist rival adult websites in a lawsuit filed in the US. | Read more|
Centre blocks ‘SFJ-linked’ Punjab Politics TV’s apps, website, social media accounts
Once again relying on intelligence inputs and invoking the emergency powers it was given under the new Information Technology Rules issued last year, the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) has banned the digital media resources of foreign-based ‘Punjab Politics TV’, | Read more|
Samsung pulls ad with drag queen after backlash
Samsung has pulled an ad showing a Muslim mother expressing support for her drag queen son in Singapore, after backlash from the Muslim community. | Read more|
Findings on hate speech, misinformation in India led to deeper analysis, says Facebook
The user account created by a Facebook researcher in Kerala two years ago that encountered several instances of hate speech and misinformation on the basis of algorithmic recommendations led the company to undertake a “deeper, more rigorous analysis” of its recommendation systems in India, the social media platform | Read more|
Minister, In The Dock Over Farmers' Killing, Attends Event, Media Barred
Union Minister Ajay Mishra - whose son Ashish has not been arrested despite being named in a murder case connected with the death of eight people at Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri on Sunday - attended a national conference of prison officials on Thursday morning. | Read more|
DIGIPUB and Editors Guild condemns IT ‘surveys’ at Newsclick, Newslaundry
The DIGIPUB News India Foundation on Saturday condemned the I-T Raids at the media organizations News Click and News Laundry offices on Friday. | Read more|
Taliban says any attempt to extend foreign troops evacuation deadline beyond August 31 is clear violation
A Taliban spokesperson has dismissed the UK’s call to extend the August 31 deadline for completing the evacuation underway at Kabul airport, saying any attempt by foreign troops to remain in the country would be a clear violation. | Read more|
14 Arrested In Assam For "Supporting Taliban" On Social Media: Police
Fourteen people were arrested from across Assam for alleged social media posts "supporting the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan", police said today. The arrests were made since Friday night and they have been charged under different sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, IT Act and CrPC, a senior police o | Read more|
Taliban Co-Founder Baradar In Kabul For Talks On Setting Up Government: Official
Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar arrived in Kabul on Saturday for talks on establishing a new "inclusive" government in Afghanistan, a senior official said. Other senior Taliban leaders seen in the capital in recent days include Khalil Haqqani -- one of America's most wanted terrorists with a $5 million bo | Read more|
‘Modiji, how afraid are you’: Congress hits out after Twitter locks official handle
The Congress party, via a post on Instagram on Thursday morning, said their official Twitter handle has been locked by the microblogging site. According to the screenshot of the locked account shared in the post, the Congress’s Twitter account was locked because it “violated Twitter rules” regarding publishing or | Read more|
Twitter Appoints US Employee As Grievance Officer Amid Row With Centre
In the midst of a battle with the government, Twitter has appointed Global Legal Policy Director Jeremy Kessel as the grievance officer for India to follow the centre's new rules for social networking websites. The new rules, however, require an Indian resident for the role. | Read more|
Delhi HC refuses to stay implementation of new IT Rules for digital news portals, renotifies for roster bench
The Delhi High Court on Monday declined to stay the Centre’s May 28 notice asking digital news portals to comply with Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, saying there was ‘no question of the vacation bench granting any interim relief to the petitioners’. | Read more|