New Delhi | The Supreme Court on Friday issued a slew of directions to curb hate speeches and directed the Delhi, UP, and Uttarakhand Police to take suo motu action, even without complaint, in cases related to hate speeches. The top court emphasised that action needs to be taken, without looking at the religion of […]
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SC notice to Twitter, Centre on plea seeking to curb hate speech, abusive content
New Delhi:ย The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Centre and Twitter on a plea seeking a mechanism to check content on Twitter spreading hatred through fake news and instigative content through bogus accounts. A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde issued the notice on a plea by BJP leader Vinit Goenka […]
Facebook bots label US Declaration of Independence as hate speech
San Francisco : Facebook has apologised after its content-filtering algorithms flagged the US Declaration of Independence as a hate speech. Parts of the document was flagged as “hate speech” by Facebook bots after a Liberty, Texas-based newspaper, the Liberty County Vindicator, posted on Facebook “small bites” from the Declaration in the lead up to the […]
Facebook apologises for mistakes in removing hate speech
San Francisco, Dec 30 (IANS) Facebook has apologised after an investigation exposed inconsistencies by moderators in removing offensive posts reported by the social network’s users. The investigation reported by ProPublica this week showed that in one case Facebook censors, called content reviewers, approved a picture of a corpse with the statement “the only good muslim […]