Social media platform X said on Tuesday it withheld some posts in India containing political speech from elected politicians, political parties, and candidates for office after the country's election commission ordered their takedown. Elon Musk-owned X said it disagreed with the election commission's orders. "We call on the Election Commission to publish all of its takedown orders going forward," X said. India, with nearly a billion eligible voters, will set off on the world's largest...
Authorities in Togo have repressed the media and prevented civilians from gathering to protest peacefully, Amnesty International said in a report published Wednesday, ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled to take place at the end of this month. Amnesty International said in its annual report on human rights around the world that two newspapers in Togo were forced to close for several months last year, while a number of journalists were arrested or hit with hefty fines after reporting on...
France has urged social media platforms to increase monitoring of disinformation online in the run-up to the European Parliament elections, a minister has said.
Ofcom has warned broadcasters using politicians as presenters that “the highest level of due impartiality applies during election periods”
Australia’s spy boss and the head of the federal police have urged technology and social media companies to step up their game to keep users safe online. ASIO director-general Mike Burgess and AFP commissioner Reece Kershaw will use a joint address at the National Press Club on Wednesday to call on tech giants to do […]
With European parliamentary elections set for June, Russia is ramping up its disinformation and propaganda tactics to sway public opinion against Ukraine and in favor of pro-Russian candidates — with France and Germany prime targets.
Social media platform X said that it had taken down four posts by political parties and leaders on the poll panel’s orders.
It didn’t take Jonathan Haidt’s bestselling book The Anxious Generation to alert us to social media’s pernicious effects on children and teenagers. And it turns out that TikTok, a digital application owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, goes viral in the minds of young people significantly more than Instagram, Facebook, X, and Snapchat — and Chinese divestment from TikTok would enhance free speech.
X challenges Australian regulator's demand to remove tweets about a Sydney bishop's stabbing, claiming it breached Australian law and would contest an "unlawful and dangerous approach" legally.
Announcement of streaming service for content ‘at risk of cancellation’ comes as company shares continue downward slideDonald Trump’s social media empire has announced plans to launch a streaming platform. Its shares continued to fall.Trump Media & Technology Group, owner of Truth Social, has come under pressure since its stunning stock market debut last month left the former president with a vast stake worth about $4.9bn on paper. Continue reading
While Swift's label, Universal Music Group, continues to battle TikTok, the pop star made her own deal with the platform ahead of her newest album drop.
A key ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the social media platform X.