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While the current trend in Europe appears to be censoring social media content, the Czech Republic is considering the opposite. Czech MPs have passed the first reading of a legal amendment that would criminalise social media firms if they ban content that is deemed to be in the public interest. Its being seen as an attempt by the Czech right-wing to fight back against the so-called cancel culture seen elsewhere in Europe. The motion was brought forward to the lower house of parliament by ...

CHRISTINA CHAN-MEETOO Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication Head of Mediacom Studio University of Mauritius On 14 April 2021, the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA) released a Consultation Paper on proposed amendments to the ICT Act for regulating the use and addressing the abuse and misuse of Social Media in Mauritius. What are the […]

Using JPC as shield against clash tantamount to offence: Hasan 286 DHAKA, March 1, 2021 (BSS)- Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said using neutral organization- Jatiya Press Club (JPC) as a shield against clash is tantamount to an offence. “Jatiya Press Club is a neutral national organization and it is an institution of journalists. It is open for all irrespective of opinions and political parties. So, it is really unaccepted to carry out attacks on police from there,” he said. Ha...

Despite growing evidence that exposure to and engagement with disinformation narrowly defined on the basis of identified problematic domains is a very small part of most people’s media use, concentrated among partisans actively seeking it out, and often primarily consumed by people who consume far more news from established outlets, survey research suggests very widespread concern over disinformation, especially online.  One survey conducted in 2020 asked respondents across 40 media markets ...

URL copied Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij After deleting a controversial tweet by Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Monday related to 21-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi, Twitter later restored it, saying the tweet is "not subject to removal" under its rules regarding online hate speech. Vij on Monday said whoever harbours the "seed of anti-nationalism" has to be dealt with accordingly, be it Ravi or anyone else. In a tweet in Hindi, Vij said: "Whoever harbours the seed of anti-...

Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij had earlier today tweeted condemning Disha Ravi, a 21-year-old climate activist arrested in connection with the "toolkit" on farmers' protests shared by Greta Thunberg.

Updated Feb 15, 2021 | 20:39 IST The tweet was initially blocked on the basis of a complaint which cited that the post violated the Network Enforcement Act in Germany. Anil Vij (file photo)&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspANI New Delhi: Haryana Minister Anil Vij was served notice by Twitter for his tweet which said that seeds of anti-nationalism... should be destroyed. Shortly later, the microblogging site did a U-turn and said that the tweet was not subject to removal. Wh...

NEW DELHI: After Twitter was forced to suspend handles branded “objectionable” by the Union government, the Supreme Court on Friday sought the social media platform’s response to a PIL seeking a direction to the government to frame a legal mechanism to weed out communal, casteist and divisive content freely circulated on the platform. A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian didn’t require much persuasion to entertain the PIL filed by Vinit Goen...

The Globe and Mail Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer The federal government is making final revisions to its plans to act against online hate and harassment on social-media platforms in light of the deadly U.S. Capitol Hill riots, and its proposed measures will be presented to cabin...

Indian Chronicles: Disinfo database, SM policy, intl pressure a must for Pakistan   Published On Indian Chronicles: Disinfo database, SM policy, intl pressure a must for Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Jan 16 (APP): As Indian hybrid war tactics, exposed by EU-based DisinfoLab, continue to get worldwide attention, the think tanks and experts are suggesting Pakistan to formulate new policies, compile disinformation database and use international pressure to curb false information. “First step that must b...