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As a measure amidst the ongoing Myanmar military coup, YouTube took down several Myanmar military-owned channels from its platform. The channels removed include state network, Myanmar Radio and Television, military's Myawaddy Media, MWD Variety, and MWD Myanmar. Reportedly, more platforms are finding measures to regulate military content as the civilians are now threatened even via TikTok. Earlier, Facebook was banned by the military after it… read-more

Following the new IT rules, the Centre has recognised 50 lakh users under 'significant social media intermediary'. Reportedly, the users would have to comply to the new IT rules that eyes to crackdown misuse social media platforms. Earlier this week, the Centre urged these intermediaries to appoint designated officials. The government has laid down the rules that require social media giants to take down contentious content within 36 hours.… read-more

The Indian Newspaper Society (INS), which represents around 800 publishers, has urged Google to contribute at least 85% of Ad revenue for publishing their ‘proprietary’ content. Interestingly, the move came after Australia passed a law that mandated Google and Facebook to pay for using local news. Moreover, INS accused Google of picking implausible content leading to the propagation of fake news. Recently, Google and Facebook have announced… read-more

Oxford University's first Indian-born Student Union President Rashmi Sawant resigned from her post following controversies over her alleged "racist" and "insensitive" social media posts. Taking to Facebook on February 18, the 22-year-old apologized for her actions and quit the leadership. Her now-deleted, controversial social media posts included a holocaust reference in 2017, besides captions that offended Chinese students and the LGBTQ+… read-more

Social Networking & Messenger platforms, Facebook and WhatsApp were served a response notice over its new privacy policies by the Supreme Court of India. The bench of CJI, SA Bobde, AS Bopanna, and V Ramasubramanian, after listening to a petition seeking stay on the new privacy policies, stated that the apex court will have to intervene in-order to protect people's rights. Furthermore, the court added that "people value their privacy more… read-more