The outrage over idli quickly turned into a sambhar war over which state does better. A British professor’s tweet brings South Indians together on the social media platform. No, the history teacher wasn’t talking about colonialism, not even about cricket. The academic’s dig into the humble idli, a basic breakfast …
Read More »Mumbai Police Investigate Social Media Accounts, Police Chief Parambir Singh
Mumbai police have come under severe scrutiny following the death of Sushant Singh Rajput. Mumbai: A large number of fake social media profiles that have allegedly been monitoring the Mumbai police and their boss in connection with the Sushant Singh Rajput case are being investigated, an official said today. A …
Read More »PM Modi’s wave inside the Atal tunnel inspires new memes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened the Atal Tunnel in Rohtang, Himachal Pradesh on Saturday. After a long struggle of almost ten years, the longest high-altitude highway tunnel is now being built. It is carved under the Rohtang Pass. Also read: PM Modi inaugurates Atal tunnel in Rohtang, the images of …
Read More »‘Social media platforms will be responsible for not counteracting misuse’: CEC
Chief Elections Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora said on Friday that social media platforms will be held accountable if they do not make the proper arrangements to counter misuse and take swift action against adverse positions before assembly elections. of Bihar. “The adverse use of social media platforms has emerged as …
Read More »Facebook India MD skips Delhi assembly committee meeting
Facebook India Vice President and Managing Director Ajit Mohan declined to appear before a Delhi Assembly committee that is investigating the social media giant’s alleged failure to crack down on hate speech, saying the issue falls within the exclusive domain of the Union of India. The assembly panel on peace …
Read More »‘Politically sophisticated’ attempt to influence Delhi elections on Facebook before it was removed: former employee
A “politically sophisticated” attempt to influence the Delhi elections in February unfolded on Facebook before it was quietly withdrawn, a recently fired employee at the social media company said in a memo. Former Facebook data scientist Sophie Zhang has also cited examples in the memo of how the company failed …
Read More »Facebook bans BJP MLA T Raja Singh after row of hate speech, pressure from opn parties
File photo of BJP MLA T Raja Singh. The statement says the process for evaluating potential violators is extensive and is what led to Facebook’s decision to delete Singh’s account. News18.com New Delhi Last update: September 3, 2020 12:03 PM IST FOLLOW US: Facebook, under pressure for weeks for its …
Read More »Showdown likely as Parliament’s IT panel convenes on WSJ report on Facebook
A showdown is at stake Wednesday at the meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology chaired by Shashi Tharoor of Congress, where Members of Parliament (MPs) will hear the allegations made by Rupert Murdoch-owned publication The Wall Street Journal ( WSJ) in recent reports against the social media …
Read More »Bois Locker Room News: “Sidharth” is actually a girl; fake account used to suggest plan for sexual assault | Delhi News
[ad_1] Representative image NEW DELHI: It was a girl who had created a fake profile on Snapchat and texted a classmate, talking about her own sexual assault, research revealed in # BoisLocker-Room chats. The boy in the conversation had refused to participate in the sexual assault and stopped responding as …
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