Mark Zuckerberg Apologizes After Meta Faces Government Scrutiny Over PM Modi Video Removal
Meta apologized for removing PM Modi’s Facebook video and admitted moderation flaws, including CSAM and deepfake issues, after talks with India’s IT minister.
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Embracing AI: India's Integration Dilemma
AI's rapid infiltration raises concerns about Indian integration, trust in narratives, and cognitive processes shaped by foreign tech.
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Meta Retracts AI Image Tool Amid Privacy Concerns
Meta pulls Instagram AI image feature after backlash over privacy and consent issues.
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IFF Challenges Telegram Ban, Labels NEET Anti-Fraud Action as Temporary Fix
IFF criticizes India's Telegram shutdown and message-editing ban, arguing targeted takedowns suffice. The digital rights group calls the measures overbroad, lacking transparency, and harmful to lakhs of users.
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Jharkhand: New "Hamar Haathi" App Alerts Residents to Elephants Within 5km Radius
The Bokaro Forest Department has introduced a new mobile app called "Hamar Haathi" to help keep people safe from wild elephants. This app is designed to send alerts to users when elephants are nearby, aiming to reduce conflicts between humans and the...
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ChatGPT Outage: Millions Face Global AI Access Issues
Many people are currently having trouble using the popular AI tool, ChatGPT. Across the world, users are reporting that the service is not working correctly. They are experiencing slow loading speeds, seeing error messages, and having problems connec...
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India Unveils First Flying Taxi Prototype 'Shunya' in Delhi
At the Bharat Mobility Global Expo in New Delhi they showed off India's first flying taxi prototype it's called 'Shunya'. This happened because a company named SonaSPEED that makes things and Sarla Aviation who are based in Bengaluru agreed to work t...
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US Supreme Court Orders TikTok Sale, App Shut Down After National Security Battle
The Supreme Court decided on January 17 2025 that TikTok's parent company ByteDance had to sell the app. This was because of a law that said they had to do it. TikTok had argued the law wasn't fair but the court didn’t agree. The main reason for the ...
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Apple Enters Top Five Smartphone Brands in India
Apple made it into the top five smartphone sellers in India for the first time ever. This happened in the last three months of 2024. A research group called Counterpoint Research said they got almost 10 percent of the market. This happened because of...
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Meta India Apologizes for Zuckerberg's Misleading Election Remarks About India
Meta India said sorry on Wednesday because of some comments Mark Zuckerberg made on a podcast. He’d said lots of governments in power lost in the 2024 elections including India’s. People in India got worried since the party in power actually won ther...
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Meta Ditches Fact-Checkers, Shifts to User-Based System, Raising Concerns
Meta is making some changes to how it deals with misinformation on Facebook Instagram and Threads. Instead of using professional fact-checkers, they will let users flag posts they think might not be true. This is similar to how X which used to be Twi...
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UAE Launches "Fast Track" App to Slash Airport Wait Times
The United Arab Emirates now has a new system called "UAE Fast Track" to make going through airport security faster. The government made this app to help people get through immigration quicker. The goal is to cut down wait times from minutes to aroun...
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Meta Faces Global Backlash as Fact-Checking Cuts Threaten Real-World Harm
A global group of fact-checkers is worried about Meta reducing its fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram. They say this change could cause real problems. This warning is a direct response to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg who said fact-checking was "too ...
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Google's Gemini AI response to PM Modi sparks controversy, user posts the results over X, minister criticizes Google
National News: Google Gemini AI under flak due to showing bias against towards PM Modi. The user posted the results on X which went viral. The Union Minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar responded to this.
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Instagram plans to stop promoting political content
National News: Social media platform Instagram, will not be promoting political content. Extending their approach towards the treatment of political content, reported that they won't be actively promoting politics.