News Exclusive: Facebook knew of BJP leaders posting hateful content in Assam but didn’t stop them Facebook's internal documents warned about problematic content ahead of the Assam elections. Nishant KauntiaNovember 12, 2021
News Meta says it took down over 9 million bullying and harassment posts on Facebook The social media giant plans to leverage AI to tackle bullying and harassment on its platforms. Aihik SurNovember 12, 2021
News Meta transparency report shows user requests from Indian government continued to climb The report revealed that information requests from the Indian government went up by 12% since the year began. Anushka JainNovember 11, 2021
News Facebook didn’t take down fake accounts linked to BJP ahead of elections, whistleblower claims In an AMA, Sophie Zhang recalled flagging fake account networks linked to Indian political parties but only one got off scot-free. Nishant KauntiaNovember 9, 2021
News Standing committee on IT awaits green light to hear from Facebook whistleblower Facebook's handling of hate speech in India has been exposed by whistleblowers who've come forward in 2020 and 2021. Anushka JainNovember 3, 2021
News Government “alarmed” by Facebook whistleblower leaks, writes to Facebook India CEO: Report Amid calls for a joint parliamentary probe into Facebook, the IT Ministry is seemingly taking the matter into its own hands. Nishant KauntiaOctober 28, 2021
News Supreme Court issues notice to Twitter India’s former head over fresh appeal in Ghaziabad case Appealing against an earlier ruling, the UP government sought to rake up the case on the grounds of court jurisdiction. Aihik SurOctober 26, 2021
News Facebook’s failure to check hate speech in India spurs demand for an investigation Facebook in India has been accused of being a BJP ally and more following revelations in a new set of leaked company papers. Nishant KauntiaOctober 26, 2021
News Inflammatory content targeted Muslims on Facebook, WhatsApp ahead of Delhi Riots: Internal records Leaked documents reveal that Facebook dragged its feet in curbing inflammatory posts, particularly anti-Muslim content. Nishant KauntiaOctober 25, 2021
News Twitter’s own research says that its algorithms play favourites with the political right Twitter’s findings confirm what many have been warning about i.e. the amplification of right-wing views on the platform. MitakshOctober 25, 2021