Similar Stories 🔰

Meta has issued a statement after a video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was blocked on Facebook, saying the content was mistakenly removed.

Reports claim that Facebook initially restricted access to the video in response to what appeared to be a legal request. However, Meta has now clarified that the content was taken down mistakenly and has been reinstated.

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has granted ad-interim relief to Mumbai-based real estate developer SD Corporation Pvt Ltd in a defamation suit, directing that allegedly defamatory social media posts, videos and messages targeting the company and its MHADA redevelopment project should not be circulated further until the next hearing.

The Centre is not satisfied with Meta's explanation that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Facebook post was removed "in error", with government sources telling PTI that the issue is "far from settled" and warrants deeper discussions.

A disturbing CCTV clip from a residential building in Ambernath has gone viral after it appeared to show a man pushing a cat off a 12th-floor balcony ledge. Social media users condemned the incident, demanded legal action, and called for strict punishment against the accused.

The Standing Committee on IT and Communications will meet social media firms on August 3, days after Meta apologised for briefly removing a video from the Prime Minister's Facebook account.

NEW DELHI: A district consumer commission in Kerala, on July 17, ordered an Instagram-based boutique to pay compensation to a woman after finding that it took full payment for two wedding dresses but delivered only one, and never refunded the money for the other despite repeated promises. The commission held that sellers doing business over social media are bound by the same consumer protection laws as any other shop, and cannot dodge their duty to deliver or refund just because the deal happened on Instagram.

The movement forced a government retreat, challenged the BJP's social media machine and, for now, lifted the climate of fear surrounding dissent.

The blanket-ban approach treats addictive social media as inevitable. It isn't. It is the product of years of corporate lobbying and governments' reluctance to regulate.