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Training will be hosted across 30 cities in the next two months
Google aims to train 10K journalists in 2019
It has trained 5,260 journalists in the last six months
With three months left to India’s general elections, global search giant Google…
Users experienced fluctuating numbers of retweets and likes since Feb 12
The issue took a political turn after some users claimed the company was deliberately removing likes
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey failed to attend a Parliamentary meeting this month
A technical glitch in the micro-blogging platform Twitter, caused a global uproar…
The decision was taken by the state IT minister M Manigandan in the state assembly
Lawmaker Thamimun Ansar noted that the platform was being used to trigger debates against law and order
TikTok allows its users to create small lip-sync videos and share it across the platform
The Tamil Nadu government is reportedly planning to initiate a discussion with…
TikTok recently appointed Sandhya Sharma from Mastercard as its public policy director
India accounts for 39% of its 500 Mn global users
The company has put in place protective measures to remove unsuitable contents
Chinese content aggregator ByteDance-owned TikTok (formerly known as…
Govt had asked WhatsApp to develop technology to trace messages
This may mean a complete re-architecture of the product, WhatsApp Executive Carl Woog said
The govt's proposed measures may threaten user privacy protection
To come up with a technology that can…
WhatsApp has been working to formulate a solution to curb fake news
It has been regularly holding meetings with law enforcement agencies
Hansraj Ahir reiterated the government’s stance over the issue in the Lok Sabha
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj…
MeitY introduced the draft guidelines to monitor the spread of fake news
The draft proposal is currently seeking public comments
AIC has sent a letter to MeitY stating its concerns over regulating social media
Asia Internet Coalition (AIC), an internet lobby group,…
FSSAI had earlier appraised MeitY over the issue
It had pointed out instances including the false scares being created on issues such as plastic eggs
FSSAI has suggested MeitY to appoint a nodal officer to take up such issues
The Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY)…
ShareChat caters to 8 Mn users in 14 regional languages
The team seeks help from users in identifying nonadherence of guidelines
The 12-point “content guidelines” prohibit violent content and more
With fake news causing mayhem for social media…
Misuse of social media has brought new challenges to law enforcement, says govt
Draft rules propose increased traceability of social media activity
Public consultation to be open till January 15
The Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY) has kicked…
The Google News Initiative was launched in March
Funding focused on expanding newsroom video operations in selected companies
The initiative will explore ways to challenge fake news in India
Global search giant Google has selected 10 Indian…
WhatsApp has yet to received RBI nod for its payment services
Govt demands access to trace users who send inflammatory messages
Company officials yet to provide an answer to Centre’s questions
Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp’s executives held discussions with…
