GUWAHATI: Arunachal Pradesh sent a police team to a border area along the McMahon Line that separates the Upper Subansiri district from Tibet on Saturday to investigate the alleged abduction of five tribal porters by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Management was alerted by a Facebook publication in which the …
Read More »Why Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Is America’s Most Powerful Unelected Man
On Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the company’s “New Steps to Protect America’s Elections.” They include blocking new political ads in the week leading up to Election Day and attaching tags to posts that contain misinformation, specifically related to the coronavirus, and posts by politicians declaring victory before all …
Read More »RIL offers Jio investors a slice of the retail pie
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has offered Jio Platforms’ 13 financial and strategic investors the option to invest in its Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL) unit, two people familiar with the developments said. These investors include Facebook, Google, KKR, Silver Lake, and TPG. They helped RIL accumulate a total of ₹1.52 …
Read More »Facebook Bans BJP’s T Raja Singh, Labels Him a “Dangerous Individual” | India News
T Raja Singh (File photo) NEW DELHI: Facebook announced Thursday that it banned BJP politician T Raja Singh, whose alleged posts recently placed him at the center of a Wall Street Journal report and consequently in a political maelstrom, from its platform for violating its policies against Hate speech. “We …
Read More »Not on Facebook, how can I get banned ?, asks BJP MLA
T Raja Singh asked if Facebook was operating under pressure from Congress. (Proceedings) Hyderabad: Banned by Facebook on Thursday for hateful content and labeled a “dangerous individual,” controversial Telangana BJP MLA T Raja Singh claimed that it had been more than a year since he left the social network’s website …
Read More »Will write to Facebook: BJP MLA after social media platform banned his account
Hours after a Wall Street Journal report said Facebook had banned Telangana’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA account, T Raja, the lawmaker said the social media platform should ban the accounts of other party leaders. they give speeches swellings. “I received information that Facebook has removed all the pages and …
Read More »Facebook defends India’s chief of policy, Ankhi Das
According to a report, Ankhi Das “made internal posts” detailing his support for the BJP. (Proceedings) New Delhi: A diverse team “representing a varied political spectrum” that has “political experience” is part of its global policy-making process, Facebook said today in response to congressional allegations of its head of pro-BJP …
Read More »Not on Facebook, where the question of the ban is: BJP MLA Raja Singh | India News
HYDERABAD: controversial Telangana BJP MLA T Raja Singh, prohibited by Facebook on Thursday for hateful content, he claimed he did not have an account with the networking site for over a year and wondered if the social media giant was working under “pressure” from Congress. He also accused former Speaker …
Read More »We are not partisan, says Facebook in response to letter from Congress leader KC Venugopal
Facebook is ‘non-partisan’ and strives to ensure that its platforms remain a space where people freely express themselves, Facebook said in its response to the letter from the (organization) secretary general of Congress, KC Venugopal, accusing the platform of social networks of ‘interfering in the electoral democracy of India’. “We …
Read More »7 times his hate speech made headlines
File photo of T Raja Singh Singh, who has recently made national headlines, is not new to the locals of South India. He is known for his inflammatory speeches and has more than 60 cases against him; hate speech represents the majority of them. News18.com Last update: September 3, 2020 …
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