Tag: Social Media
17 Results
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Twittering Machine
The weakening of democracy comes at a time of multiple crises. We are witnessing a dangerous new era of superpower confrontation. With the aggravation of the climate crisis, a large number of countries face severe economic contraction due to Covid.
October 4, 2021 -
Weddings with a difference
To begin with, South Asian weddings, with their rituals and rites and multi-day celebrations, are particularly amenable to image-making.
October 1, 2021 -
Social media influencers to corner Rs 900 cr in 2021: Report
A self-regulatory body of advertisers has also come out with operating guidelines for such 'influencers'.
September 17, 2021 -
CBI files separate chargesheets against four persons in case relating to derogatory remarks against Judges on social media
The accused have been identified as Dhani Reddy Konda Reddy, Pamula Sudheer, Adarsh [email protected] Reddy and Lavanuru Samba Siva Reddy @Siva Reddy.
September 13, 2021 -
When a distraction became activism
When the Taliban controlled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, they had imposed the wearing of the burqa, requirement of a male ‘guardian’ in public spheres, prohibition to work, interdiction to pursue higher education, risk of sexual violence, and forced marriages of young girls to the Taliban fighters
September 1, 2021 -
No parallel debate on social media: SC to Pegasus petitioners
The top court stressed that the debate has to be within the courtroom and not outside and the debate should not cross the limits.
August 10, 2021 -
Govt. has no plans of blocking social media platforms: Chandrasekhar
"Indian democracy has its bedrock in its Constitution and constitutionally guaranteed fundamental rights for every citizen. No social media platform or any other intermediary can destroy our democracy,"
August 5, 2021 -
Muslims can vote for anyone they want: AIMPLB
AIMPLB chairman, Maulana Rabey Hasani Nadwi said that people should vote after introspection but no one should be compelled to vote for a particular party or individual.
July 20, 2021 -
New IT rules will ensure responsible social media ecosystem : Vaishnaw
"These guidelines are empowering and protecting users and will ensure a safer and responsible social media ecosystem in India,"
July 11, 2021 -
Trump can’t beat social media, but…
No one involved with this case could be serious about winning in federal court. But that is not the “court” to which the former president is playing.
July 10, 2021 -
QAnon has receded from social media — but it’s just hiding
Facebook and Twitter have removed tens of thousands of accounts dedicated to the baseless conspiracy theory, which depicts former President Donald Trump as a hero fighting a secret battle against a sect of devil-worshipping pedophiles.
July 9, 2021 -
Digital debate
The meaningful debate going forward ought to be on ensuring robust checks and balances on regulatory agencies charged with overseeing the digital world to prevent state overreach, and not on the urgent need for regulation which is self-evident.
July 9, 2021 -
Are we missing thewood for the trees?
Thanks to callous mishandling, priceless documents are dog-eared and annotated.
July 8, 2021 -
Trump sues social media firms, says they violated First Amendment rights
Trump has filed proposed class-action lawsuits against the companies as well as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai.
July 8, 2021 -
Judges shouldn’t get swayed by opinions on social media: CJI
The CJI also insisted media trials cannot be a guiding factor in deciding cases.
June 30, 2021 -
‘Social media narrative’: Delhi Police moves SC against HC bail to riots accused
Opposing this observation, the police alleged that this is an "unfounded and perverse insinuation" that the present case was registered by the government to suppress dissent.
June 16, 2021 -
Govt asks social media platforms to remove content mentioning ‘Indian variant’ of coronavirus
The IT ministry said the matter has already been clarified by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on May 12, 2021 through a press statement.
May 22, 2021