News Jade Lyngdoh on Content Moderation in Non-English Languages | Meta India Tech Scholars 2021-22 It’s critical that social media companies support content moderation in lesser-spoken and non-English languages, argued Lyngdoh. Aarathi GanesanFebruary 1, 2023
News Here’s Why BBC’s Documentary On Modi Was Taken Down From YouTube The BBC told us that it was an unauthorised, "illegal" upload of their content, whereas the government dismissed it as "propaganda" Akshit ChawlaJanuary 24, 2023
News Update: How Government Blocked BBC’s Modi Documentary On YouTube, Twitter While BBC had said earlier that it took down the documentary by itself, we now know that the government interceded to have it removed Akshit ChawlaJanuary 23, 2023
News WhatsApp blocked in your region? New proxy feature will help you bypass the block In regions where WhatsApp is blocked, such as Iran, users can still connect to the service by using proxy servers set up by community... Sarvesh MathiJanuary 6, 2023
News Karnataka HC Adjourns Hearing in Twitter-Government Standoff, Next date January 9 Hearing adjourned after Central Government's request for more time to argue its case on Twitter’s challenging of Section 69A blocking orders Aarathi GanesanDecember 12, 2022
News In a First, Journalists Sue NSO Group in the U.S., Case Filed At California Court Jounalists from El Farro, an investigative news portal, sued NSO in California for Pegasus spyware attacks that hampered their work and safety Aarathi GanesanDecember 5, 2022
News Twitter Blocks Tweet of CJ Werleman’s YouTube Show Discussing Police Violence Against Indian Muslims Twitter has blocked a tweet from “The CJ Werleman Show” at the Indian government’s request, according to an order publicly disclosed on the Lumen... Aarathi GanesanNovember 25, 2022
News Reasons for Blocking Under Section 69A Must Be Recorded and Communicated with Aggrieved: Twitter at the Karnataka HC Twitter argued in the Karnataka HC that the reasons for blocking content under Section 69A must be specified and communicated by the govt Aarathi GanesanOctober 28, 2022
News Indian Government’s Section 69A Orders Affect User and Intermediary Rights, Argues Twitter at Karnataka HC Hearing continued in Twitter's writ petition against some of the Indian government's orders to block content and accounts Aarathi GanesanOctober 18, 2022
News ‘When spyware turns phones into weapons’: CPJ report on how spyware impacts journalists and press freedom The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released a report on how sophisticated spyware is threatening journalism through surveillance tech Vallari SanzgiriOctober 13, 2022