Friday, December 12, 2025

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“Bihar approves Gobi farming”: Assam minister’s election post evokes Muslim massacre during 1989 Bhagalpur violence

As the National Democratic Alliance got a landslide win in the Bihar election, Assam Cabinet Minister Ashok Singhal shared a photo of cauliflower farms captioned “Bihar approves gobi farming”,...

Assam Congress files complaint against BJP over AI video targeting leaders, Muslim community

The Assam Congress on Thursday filed a complaint against the state BJP over an AI-generated video shared on...

Govt orders removal of 138 YouTube videos, 83 Instagram posts about Adani

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Tuesday ordered 12 news outlets and independent journalists to take down...

Outrage over islamophobic AI video posted by BJP Assam

A video posted on the official X account of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Assam unit on Monday...

X says India ordered it to block 2,355 accounts including Reuters, refutes government’s claim

Social media giant X on Tuesday said it is “deeply concerned about ongoing press censorship in India” claiming...

Free Aadhaar update deadline approaches: How to make changes online before June 14

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is urging Aadhaar cardholders to update their identity and address documents online for free before the deadline of June 14, 2025. This...

‘Not duty of court to tell media to delete’: SC sets aside Delhi HC’s order on ANI’s case against Wikipedia page

The Supreme Court on Friday set aside the Delhi High Court’s order directing the deletion of a Wikipedia page related to defamation proceedings initiated by the news agency Asian...
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Social media platform X withholds over 8,000 accounts in India after govt orders

Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday said that it received executive orders from the Indian government demanding the blocking of over 8,000 accounts within India. These directives...

Press bodies condemn blocking of ‘4 PM News’ YouTube channel, call it attack on free speech

Several press organisations on Wednesday strongly condemned the Union Government's decision to block the YouTube channel of 4 PM News, calling it a “direct attack on freedom of speech”...
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Meta removes accounts linked to BJP MLA Raja Singh following Hate Speech Report

Meta has removed multiple accounts and pages linked to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator T Raja Singh. The action comes a week after a report by India Hate Lab (IHL) exposed how Singh and his supporters continued to amplify hate speech against Muslims on social media platforms despite an official ban.

MP: Right-wing groups attack interfaith couple inside courtroom while trying to register marriage

An interfaith couple who visited a court in Bhopal to register their marriage was targeted by members of right-wing outfits, who assaulted the man from the Muslim community after...
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Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban: 5 essential reads on the case and its consequences

Eric Smalley, The Conversation and Matt Williams, The Conversation The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 17, 2025, upheld a law requiring TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, to sell the video...

Video: Palestinian journalists sing marking last hours before ceasefire in Gaza

https://youtube.com/shorts/PeywcnsT_IU?feature=share Palestinian journalists at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis capture the last hours before the ceasefire in Gaza. The Israeli army has killed 205 journalists since the beginning of the...
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The dynamics that polarise us on social media are about to get worse

Colin M. Fisher, UCL Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced big changes in how the company addresses misinformation across Facebook, Instagram and Threads. Instead of relying on independent...

Outrage after UFC legend Khabib Nurmagomedov removed from Frontier Airlines flight

Khabib Nurmagomedov, the former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight champion known for his undefeated 29-0 record, was removed from a Frontier Airlines flight due to a dispute with airline...
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Big Tech’s algorithm agenda shapes our social media experience

Lately, I have been wondering about the shortcomings of journalism in the 2010s, a period when publishers and newsroom leaders were swept up in the intoxicating optimism surrounding the...

Why critics are blaming former CJI DY Chandrachud for turmoil in Sambhal?

Activists and politicians have been blaming former Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud for his situation in Sambhal that led to the killing of at least five Muslims on...
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