By Prateek Waghre
On 28th April, reports emerged that Facebook was ‘temporarily hiding’ posts using the hashtag ‘ResignModi’ because ‘some content’ in those posts went against their Community Standards.
This seemed like a rather fitting development in a week where the future of free speech and dissent in India had already managed to capture international attention. MEITY had ordered Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube to remove/withhold 100-odd posts critical of how the Union government is handling COVID-19’s second wave. While Twitter did disclose (as reported by Medianama) that it complied via the Lumen Database, the other platforms have not confirmed whether they received any such requests, nor whether they complied.
Zuckerberg Denies Facebookâs Central Role In Spurring Capitol Riot
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg seemed scarcely able to contain his annoyance Thursday as he bobbed, weaved, and otherwise mostly evaded House Energy and Commerce Committee members questions in a hearing on social media s role in promoting extremismâand particularly questions about his company s culpability in providing a platform for radicalizing and organizing the insurrectionists who attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
As it happened, no one was able to ask Zuckerberg about a report issued the day before from the Tech Transparency Project demonstrating that hundreds of militia groups remain active on Facebook, organizing and recruiting, as well as spreading disinformation and promoting violenceâwell after the insurrection. But then, Zuckerberg s testimony made all too clear that the social media giant s response to the problem would continue to be muddled and half-hearted, as the report i
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Apr 17, 2021 09:21 PM EDT
A tech transparency group released a report on Friday that human smugglers utilized Facebook to advertise services to migrants.
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Human Smugglers Advertised Services on Facebook
Facebook is the leading social media platform in the world and it can reach billions of people from different cultures and countries. It is supposed to be a tool used to socialize and meet new friends but this has become the main tool of illegal business to some people.
According to a recently published article in CNN News, human smugglers utilized Facebook to offer services to migrants who want to illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. This is after the report was released by a tech transparency group.