Reality is Warped When You Pay for 'Perception Management' (or: Bill Gates Pays Twitter for Propaganda)

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Govt Panel’s Report on Data Protection Bill Recommends Tougher Norms for Social Media Platforms

The report, however, did not recommend any major dilution of the contentious exemption clause, which gives powers to the government to keep any of its agencies outside the purview of the law.

DNA Explainer: What is Personal Data Protection Bill and its impact on social media

DNA Explainer: What is Personal Data Protection Bill and its impact on social media - 542-page JPC report is clause-by-clause examination of Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 and contains 81 recommendations and 150 drafting correction

Govt says has taken several steps to curb harmful content on social media - ET Telecom

Minister of Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw, in a written reply (starred question) in the Rajya Sabha, also stated the ministry has taken note of ..

How Russia tries to censor Western social media

Western social media companies face huge fines as Russia pressures them to remove content it objects to.

Victory! Federal Court Blocks Texas’ Unconstitutional Social Media Law

On December 1, hours before Texas’ social media law, HB 20, was slated to go into effect, a federal court in Texas blocked it for violating the First Amendment. Like a similar law in Florida, which was blocked and is now pending before the...

Turkey's Dictator Erdogan, Who Has Sued Thousands Of Critics, Jailed More, Now Claims That 'Social Media' Is A 'Threat To Democracy'

In the past we've pointed out how western politicians' attacks on social media are only serving to play into the hands of authoritarians around the globe, justifying their crackdowns on free speech and critics. And that doesn't seem to...

China uses Twitter for its propaganda; gets busted: Over 2K accounts removed [details]

It's not a secret that China uses various platforms for its propaganda, but its ill-intended moves got busted by Twitter when it tried to shift the narrative regarding Uyghur population.

Indian PM Modi's personal Twitter handle 'briefly compromised'

Any tweet shared during the brief period when the account was compromised must be ignored, PMO says.

Capitol rioters' social media posts influencing sentencings

For many rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, self-incriminating messages, photos and videos that they broadcast on social media before, during and after the riot are influencing even the sentences in their criminal cases

Reality is Warped When You Pay for 'Perception Management' (or: Bill Gates Pays Twitter for Propaganda)

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CNN Goes Full Moral Panic About Kids And Social Media

CNN, the news organization that, until recently, employed Chris Cuomo, and still employs Jeffrey Toobin, and is (for the moment at least) owned by AT&T which funded an entire extremist propaganda TV network just to appease President Trump...

Devin Nunes Is Trading Congress for Social Media

With California’s electoral districts being redrawn, the Trumpist congressman is beating a hasty retreat.