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The new Information Technology (IT) rules impose a legal obligation on social media companies to make all efforts to prevent prohibited content and misinformation, the government said on Saturday, making it clear that platforms operating in…

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NEW DELHI: Google has grave reservations about developing a self-regulatory bodyfor the social media sector in India to hear user complaints, though the proposal has support from Facebook and Twitter, sources with knowledge of the…

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Facebook’s most recent monthly report has revealed that the social media behemoth “actioned” around 17.5 million pieces of content in India during May across 13 different violation categories, while Twitter in its compliance report has also…

Twitter banned more than 46,000 accounts of Indian users in May over violation of its guidelines, the microblogging platform said in its monthly compliance report on Sunday. According to the report, Twitter removed 43,656 accounts for child…

The Centre has announced this week that it plans to create an appeals panel with veto authority to overturn social media companies’ content moderation decisions, after withdrawing the draft revisions to the IT rules. If approved, it will be…

Meta-owned instant messaging app WhatsApp banned 1.85 million accounts in India in March this year, the company has said in the latest version of its User Safety Monthly Report.WhatsApp has taken action against several accounts that have…

New Delhi: Social media firms must be “accountable” for the content on their platforms and cannot take cover behind “algorithms,” Rajeev Chandrasekhar, union minister of state for electronics and information technology, told ET in an…

NEW DELHI: Creating a culture of rule-based accountability among large digital platforms is important to ensure that internet remains open and safe for all users, minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Monday.…