The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed social media platforms, including What Delhi High Court Ordered — and What It Did Not Justice Mini Pushkarna ruled that a prima facie case of defamation had been established and issued a firm interim injunction, reported Bar and Bench. The order was unambiguous: “Defendants are restrained from publishing…
A Mumbai-based entrepreneur has claimed that a single post on ₹1.9 crore, highlighting how social media platforms and personal branding can sometimes help in raising capital for early-stage ventures. According to Chanakya Shah, founder of sports hydration company UP&RUN, he was initially looking around ₹80 lakh to support the fledgling firm’s growth. However, his post…
Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday said that the government is in talks with social media companies regarding age-based access controls and the growing challenge of deepfakes. He emphasized the need for tighter regulatory measures to protect children and, more broadly, society from online harms. This comes after the Australian government said a planned…
Social media platform The most affected regions have been the United States, and several areas in India, where a large number of users reported problems accessing the platform, including difficulties logging in, posting tweets, and refreshing timelines, with complaints spiking on outage-tracking platforms. Even the United Kingdom reported a large number of complaints about the…
Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom In view of the increasing AI generated and deepfake content on social media, the Indian government has tightened the rules. Now social media platforms will have to delete objectionable material within three hours and it has also been made mandatory for them to label…
Meta and YouTube, two of the world’s biggest social media companies, on Monday (local time) faced trial in Los Angeles over their platforms’ “addictive” features. The tech majors are accused of intentionally creating social media platforms that are addictive, CNN reported. Lawyers representing a 20-year-old woman, identified as Kaley or by the initials “KGM”, said…
