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A UN report says India's new IT rules do not conform with international human rights norms
The observations were made in Mandates of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection…
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Ban Culture:Why YUVA INDIA finds the ‘banned’ perfectly palatable
As the bans in India swirl around beef, roast, and the reel, there’s a parallel blowback phenomenon…
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An Indian court has banned TikTok for ‘encouraging pornography’
The petition to ban TikTok contended that the content on the social network platform “was cont…
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The hot social media platform after Brazil's X ban: Bluesky
Bluesky has attracted millions of new users just days after Brazil banned its competitor, X.
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Not just TikTok, Twitter and Zoom are also in the dock in India
2020 has seen a fresh wave of outbursts against the social media platforms. Vinit Goe…
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TikTok is under fire from Hong Kong to US, days after ban in India
Days after being banned in India, Chinese video sharing app TikTok is pulling out of Hong Kong and …
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India’s Supreme Court has put the government on a timer to curb misuse of social media
The Supreme Court bench, led by Justice Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose, has also asked the gove…
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Elon Musk's viral Chinese doppelgänger, Yilong Ma, has been suspended from China's versions of TikTok and Twitter
Musk just last week expressed his desire to meet Yilong Ma — a Chinese man who went viral for…
Cheryl Teh
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Encrypted messaging app Signal appears to be blocked in China alongside Jack Ma's Alibaba browser, as Beijing cracks down on social-media platforms
Signal, the encrypted messaging app, is the second social-media app to be reportedly blocked in Chi…
Kate Duffy
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Facebook, Insta and Google took down over 21 million posts in May while WhatsApp and Twitter banned over 19 lakh ‘bad’ accounts
May has been a busy month for social media platforms in India. Between Meta-owned Facebook and Inst…
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Minds, an open-source social media platform wants to fill the void caused by the ban on Chinese apps
The platform which describes itself as a "crypto social network" that upholds internet freedom i…
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The Trump ban across social media wasn't censorship - it was a series of editorial decisions by media companies that call themselves social platforms
Becca Lewis says the difference between how social media companies present themselves and how they …
Becca Lewis
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Indian Army bans 89 apps for its personnel, including Facebook, TikTok, Truecaller, Instagram, Tinder, PUBG
"The existing accounts are required to be deleted and not left deactivated. Any service pers…
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Government looking for options to block social media sites in India
This isn’t the first time that the DoT has sent out for industry insight on the matter. An e…
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A country just banned TikTok because it disrupts 'social harmony' and 'family structure'
Some Nepalese activists say the crackdown on social media is a government attempt to suppress free …