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A small number of ‘superspreaders’ are propagating most of the misinformation on Twitter, study finds
Building on our understanding on the spread of misinformation on social media, a team of analysts a…
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New regulation to tackle deepfakes soon; Vaishnaw meets social media platforms
Terming deepfakes as a new threat to democracy, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said that …
PTI
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"Will take major steps on Deepfake issue, wait till 24th November": Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Union Minister for Electronics & Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar has echoed Prime Minister Narendra…
ANI
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MeitY reiterates rules for social media companies after deep-fake controversy of Actress Rashmika
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has issued an advisory to social media compa…
ANI
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Troubles and ethics behind the 'cute' trend of growing Kidfluencers
The rapid development of the digital era has given rise to various new phenomena, including kidflue…
PTI
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Facebook and Twitter told that freedom of speech is subject to reasonable restrictions by Indian government
He said all the social media platforms will have to adhere to the constitution of India. The…
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Social media slams Kohli's 'pathetic' on-field celebrations
Former India skipper Virat Kohli's aggression and "embarrassing" celebrations on the cricket field …
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India's parliamentary committee summons Facebook, Twitter officials over misuse of social media platforms
The Parliamentary Committee on Information Technology has issued summons to officials of Facebook a…
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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 lawyer sent a letter to Microsoft accusing it of misusing Twitter's data after retrieving 26 billion tweets in a year
Elon Musk previously threatened to sue Microsoft because "they trained illegally using Twitter data…
Pete Syme
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China made its first public arrest for misusing ChatGPT after a man generated fake news about a train crash that killed nine
The suspect is being held under suspicions of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" a charge tha…
Huileng Tan
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Donald Trump's winning formula can still be misused by companies — sites and links you share reveal your stance on a topic
Researchers have now found that it’s possible for companies find patterns in how and what you sh…
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From transphobia to Ted Kaczynski: How TikTok's algorithm enables far-right self-radicalization
Many extremist groups use the Internet to spread their ideologies and recruit newcomers. Social med…
Morgan Keith
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FTC bans online mental health company BetterHelp from sharing user data for targeted ads, as federal crackdowns on info misuse intensify
The digital therapy provider was fined $7.8 million for sharing user information with social media …
Aaron McDade
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One in two Indians face extortion and data misuse thanks to instant loan apps
More than one in two Indian consumers who use instant loan apps are facing very high interest charg…
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Elon Musk hits back at former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who accused the billionaire of mocking the LGBTQ community by misusing gender pronouns
Musk said "forcing" gender pronouns on people and "implicity ostracizing" them is "neither good nor…
Kate Duffy
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Twitter agrees to pay $150 million to settle allegations that it misused user information for advertising purposes
Twitter did not inform users it was using phone numbers and email addresses to help businesses do t…
Gabrielle Bienasz
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India rejects criticism for new IT rules relating to social media by three UN rapporteurs
The enactment of these rules had become necessary following widespread concerns about increasin…
PTI
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Facebook’s Oversight Board has over 9,000 responses in the case related to Donald Trump’s suspension from the platform— a decision is coming soon
The move to block Trump from reaching out to his millions of followers had unsettled many around…
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Twitter 'stood up' to Trump but was 'bullied' in India, says a journalist who was caught up in the platform's standoff with Modi
Twitter restricted journalists and activists in India as it wrestled with authorities' requests to …