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FB, Google, Twitter must remove content within 36 hours of govt order

Content depicting nudity or morphed pictures of women need to be removed within 24 hours; rules to embrace OTT players like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar

Twitter plans to double revenue in 2023 to $7.5 bn, shares hit record high

In a regulatory filing, Twitter estimated reaching at least 315 million monetizable daily active users (mDAU), or those who see ads, by the fourth quarter of 2023

Draft rules: Social media cos welcome regulations that address challenges

While some lauded the move, companies like Google and Twitter have remained mum on the new intermediary guidelines that were announced on Thursday

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Regulations on social media evoke divergent views from legal experts

The government's new regulations for social media platforms and OTT players Thursday evoked divergent responses from legal experts

Social Media Intermediary Guidelines: Full load of what the govt announced

No safe harbour if due diligence not followed; platforms to remove or disable sexual content within 24 hours of complaint; Chief Compliance Officer post, monthly compliance report mandatory

Govt announces new guidelines to curb abuse of social media platforms

Social media is empowered and welcome to do business in India, said Prasad, adding that it is also very important that users must be given a forum against abuse of social media

Top headlines: New rules for OTTs; India's GDP may contract 7% in FY21

Govt announces new guidelines to curb misuse of social media platforms; Bharti Airtel raises $1.25 bn through dual-tranche dollar bonds

Govt to announce social media guidelines for Facebook, Twitter and others

Apart from a grievance officer whose details should be prominently displayed on the platform, rules also ask for appointment of a Chief Compliance Officer responsible for ensuring adherence to the Act

Right to silence is virtue in present noisy times: Facebook VP tells SC

Right to silence is a virtue in present noisy times, Facebook India Vice President and MD Ajit Mohan Wednesday told the Supreme Court

Facebook to restore Australian news pages after tweaks to media laws

Canberra agrees to amend draft law that will force Big Tech to pay for journalism

Unfriending big tech

The drama playing out between news publishers, Google/Facebook and the Australian government hit all kinds of high points last week

Twitter removes hundreds of accounts, says are linked to Iran, Russia

The company said it had taken down 238 accounts operating from Iran for various violations of its policies

Twitter considered acquiring homegrown platform ShareChat: Report

ShareChat is a Bengaluru-based social networking platform

If Big Tech has the will, research can show the way to self-regulation

Research shows three key ways social media self-regulation can work: deprioritize engagement, label misinformation and crowdsource accuracy verification

Social media can topple govts, working on a law to regulate it: Ram Madhav

Senior BJP leader Ram Madhav said that social media has become so powerful that it can even topple governments

Social media being used for anti-social activities: Nitish Kumar

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Friday expressed concern about anti-social activities on social media while announcing a meeting of Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) on this issue on February 24.

Unfriended by Facebook, Oz reaches out to India, friends around the globe

Social media giant faces backlash over its bid to 'bully' Australia; UK expresses concern

Giving users more control can help build trust in tech: Facebook

Companies being more transparent about their frameworks, Facebook India Managing Director Ajit Mohan said

Conveyed to Indian govt our commitment to protect privacy: WhatsApp

This comes hours after announcing the decision to go ahead with its controversial privacy policy update