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Govt to meet industry associations, tech policy groups to discuss DPDP Rules

The government will meet with industry associations, technology policy groups, lawyers, and other stakeholders here in the city on Tuesday to discuss the...

Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s sprint to remake Meta for the Donald Trump era

Mark Zuckerberg kept the circle of people who knew his thinking small. Last month, Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, tapped a handful of...

fact-checking: Meta policy reversal puts question mark on future of fact-checking

Media outlets around the world have been left scratching their heads over the future of their fact-checking operations after Meta's shock announcement that...

A closer look at TikTok as US Supreme Court weighs its fate

The US Supreme Court on Friday will hear TikTok's appeal of a law that would force its Chinese owner to sell the video-sharing...

No more fact-checking for Meta. How will this change media – and the pursuit of truth?

"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts," the late New York Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan memorably wrote four...

Australia frets over Meta halt to US fact-checking

Australia is deeply concerned by Meta's decision to scrap US fact-check operations on its Facebook and Instagram platforms, a senior government minister said...

UK universities join retreat from Elon Musk’s X, citing misinformation on platform

Universities and other higher education establishments have joined a retreat among British institutions from Elon Musk's X social media platform, citing its role...

Community Notes: What is Community Notes and how does it differ from content moderation?

Social media giant Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has announced the discontinuation of its third-party fact-checking programme in the United...

AI Social Media Users Are Not Always a Totally Dumb Idea

Meta caused a stir last week when it let slip that it intends to populate its platform with a significant number of entirely...

‘Copycat’: Elon Musk, X users react to Meta introducing Community Notes

Meta is ending its third-party fact checking programme and introducing something that is similar to “Community Notes” by X. The announcement drew mixed...

Meet the next fact-checker, debunker and moderator: You

Meta would like to introduce its next fact-checker -- the one who will spot falsehoods, pen convincing corrections and warn others about misleading...

Explainer: draft DPDP rules 2025 aim to protect citizens’ data

The government floated draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules 2025 last week for public consultation till February 18. Here is an explainer...