Meta Platforms, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, has been strongly criticised by its independent Oversight Board for recent changes to how it handles content on its platforms. The board said Meta made the changes too quickly and without properly checking the possible risks. Oversight Board criticiees Meta for rushed policy shift In January, just…
The K. P. Sharma Oli government’s move to enact new laws in Nepal to regulate social media has met with fierce criticism, with free speech advocates warning of serious implications for freedom of expression in the country. Communications and Information Technology Minister Prithvi Subba Gurung registered the “Bill Related to Operation, Use, and Regulation of…
The role of X in disseminating often-false information and lionizing rabble-rousers, as well as X owner Elon Musk’s provocative tweets and irresponsible retweets, are all under the microscope. This week, Thierry Breton, a high-ranked European Union commissioner, issued a strong warning to X over “content that promotes hatred, disorder, incitement to violence”. Musk’s fan-boy interview…
