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How memes, gaming and internet culture all relate to the Charlie Kirk shooting

Kirk’s rise to fame was largely bolstered by being extremely online – and it seems the suspect has that in common with him

The Guardian - US

Transparency report: India made 55,497 requests for user data from Meta in the first half of 2022

In the first six months of 2022, the Indian government made the second-highest number of requests to Meta for user data , according to the tech giant’s transparency report for the first half of this year. Meta owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, among other products.

Newslaundry

TMR 2022: Sophie Zhang on not being allowed to testify before India's parliament

After two years of being hosted online, The Media Rumble 2022 took place in Delhi on October 14 and 15 where leading media professionals, policymakers, and tech innovators got together to discuss the future of news, tech and policy.

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Explained: What’s the Wire vs Meta fight all about?

This week, the Wire published a damning report about the content moderation policies of Meta, the social media behemoth that owns Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram. Meta, which has misled about how it functions and moderates content before, replied saying the news report was misleading at best and fabricated at worst.…

Newslaundry

Facebook whistleblower: Lok Sabha speaker says 'no rule' to let a foreigner depose

India has "no rule to give permission to foreign nationals" to appear before a parliamentary committee, Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla said in an interview to UNI.

Newslaundry

No resolutions against other countries in Parliament, says Om Birla

Bills should be circulated well in advance of debate in the House, so that members have adequate time to prepare for it, says the Lok Sabha Speaker

The Hindu

NL Interview: Facebook whistleblower on how the company favours those in power

Last November, in an interview with Newslaundry, data scientist and former Facebook employee Sophie Zhang described the social media company’s reluctance to act against fake accounts in India.

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Twitter was at the forefront of content moderation. What comes next?

In 2015, a man wearing a skull mask posted a video outlining his plans to murder Brianna Wu. The skull video was only one of many such disturbing and bizarre posts targeting Wu and other women online as part of a harassment campaign dubbed GamerGate.

Los Angeles Times

Facebook whistle blower Sophie Zhang not to depose before House Panel

Lok Sabha Speaker did not respond to panel’s request to allow Ms. Zhang to depose on poll manipulation

The Hindu

Parliamentary panel grills Facebook on ‘politically motivated’ algorithm

The U.S.-headquartered firm was also asked about claims that hate content is rewarded on the platform, lack of language experts

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