TECH
Whistleblowers Slam Meta’s Rights Report for Ignoring Facebook’s Role in Spreading Hate Speech in India
Frances Haugen and Sophie Zhang have slammed a human rights report from Meta, the company that owns Facebook, for failing to acknowledge its role...
Govt Blocks 94 YouTube Channels, 19 Social Media Accounts in 2021-22
NEW DELHI -Â Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said on Thursday that in 2021-22, the ministry took strong action against YouTube channels working against...
Forget Pegasus, New Spyware ‘Hermit’ Now Being Used by Govts
NEW DELHI --Â Cyber-security researchers have unearthed a new enterprise-grade Android spyware called 'Hermit' that is being used by the governments via SMS messages to...
A Facelift for Facebook
Introducing digital operating permits would allow social-media platforms to remain free-speech agoras for smaller assemblies of networked friends, families, and associates, while drastically reducing...
After Whistleblower’s Accusation, FB Says Detecting Hate Content in Hindi, Bengali
According to Haugen’s complaint filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission “RSS Users, Groups, and Pages promote fear-mongering, anti-Muslim narratives targeted pro-Hindu populations...