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SIR row: Delhi Police debunk viral Jantar Mantar protest video as "old" footage
The viral video was shared by several accounts on X (formerly Twitter), including Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut. In a post, DCP New Delhi on Saturday said the claim of a live and massive protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar was "false" and warned of legal action against those deliberately spreading misleading content.
TypeSafe AI's Jev doesn’t write, code or chat. So why are developers obsessed with it?
TypeSafe AI has introduced Jev, a model that makes structured decisions using unstructured information. It outputs typed choices, scores, or probabilities instead of generated text. Developers are excited because it improves efficiency and speed for small decision-making tasks in AI systems. Jev is inexpensive, costing $0.042 per million tokens processed and responding quickly.
Jay Singh Rathore scam: How a scamster used fake sister's eye surgery details to raise Rs 1.5 lakh and held 4-hour 'Chai Pe Charcha' online
Jay Singh Rathore Scam: Jay Singh Rathore is trending after an alleged fake eye-surgery fundraiser for his minor sister reportedly raised Rs 1.5 lakh in donations. The controversy intensified after Shroff Eye Centre flagged allegedly fake medical documents, followed by hours of questions and discussions involving Rathore on an X Space, described by users as 'Chai Pe Charcha'.
Quote of the day by Jennifer Lawrence: 'The internet to me is kind of like a black hole, and I never really go on it' - What Hollywood Oscar-winning actress' words teach us about digital detox
Jennifer Lawrence has officially entered the world of Instagram, making her feelings known about technology and the vastness of the online space. In her first post, she emphasised the need for positivity and stated that she would exit if negativity emerged. This move talks about the significance of digital well-being and personal boundaries. Read on!
'Invest money, don't waste on PR': Elvish Yadav breaks silence after argument with Tejasswi Prakash on Playground 5. He accuses her of playing the 'woman card'
Elvish Yadav and Tejasswi Prakash’s latest clash on Playground Season 5 has sparked a social media debate. After a viral clip showed Elvish using abusive language during an argument, he addressed the controversy on X. The reality star accused Tejasswi of bringing a gender angle into their disagreement. Read on to know what actually happened.
EU warns Twitter to beef up content moderation as new rules loom
"If the technology is not ready they need to have enough resources to match the gap. I spoke on this specific topic with Elon Musk," EU commissioner Thierry Breton told reporters following a meeting at Twitter headquarters.
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Twitter's head of trust and safety Ella Irwin says she has resigned
Irwin, who joined Twitter in June 2022, took over as head of the trust and safety team in November when previous head Yoel Roth resigned. She oversaw content moderation.
EU tells Elon Musk to hire more staff to moderate Twitter
The demand complicates Musk's efforts to reorganize the loss-making business he acquired for $44 billion in October.
Twitter not safer under Elon Musk, says former head of trust Yoel Roth
Roth was a Twitter veteran who helped steer the social media platform through several watershed decisions, including the move to permanently suspend its most famous user, former US President Donald Trump, last year.
Twitter job cuts a concern as new EU rules kick in, says EU justice head
The new rules known as the Digital Services Act, which will apply from February 2024, require online platforms to do more to police the internet for illegal content or risk fines as much as 6% of their annual global turnover.
Amid Twitter chaos, Musk reveals new vision for hate content
Musk on Friday said he had reinstated certain banned accounts on his site, but added that no decision had been made on welcoming back former US president Donald Trump. Twitter watchers have been tracking closely to see whether Musk will reinstate Trump, banned for inciting last year's attack on the Capitol by a mob seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Elon Musk warns of Twitter bankruptcy as more senior executives quit
Musk told Twitter employees on a call he could not rule out bankruptcy, two weeks after buying it for $44 billion - a deal that credit experts say has left Twitter's finances in a precarious position.
Elon Musk bought an outfit that spews lies around the world: Joe Biden
"Now what are we all worried about? Elon Musk goes out and buys an outfit that sends and spews lies all across the world," Biden said. "There's no editors anymore," Biden added. "There's no editors. How do we expect kids to be able to understand what is at stake?"
Twitter bans 43,140 accounts in India for violating norms
Twitter said it purged 40,982 accounts for child sexual exploitation, non-consensual nudity and similar content and banned 2,158 accounts for promoting terrorism.
Twitter moves high court against govt orders
The legal move follows the expiry of the July 4 deadline requiring the American microblogging platform to comply with directives issued by the ministry of electronics & information technology (MeitY).
Twitter sues Indian govt, says content takedown orders is abuse of power
Twitter's attempt to get a judicial review is part of a growing confrontation with the Indian government over content regulation.
Twitter India given ‘last chance’ to follow IT rules
Social media platform Twitter may lose intermediary immunity if it fails to comply with rules by July 4
Twitter content warning feature lets users avoid posts they don't want to see
The new feature lets users place content warnings on individual tweets.
Twitter rolls out new feature that allows users to flag 'misleading' content
Users can then be more specific, flagging the misleading tweet as potentially containing misinformation.
Twitter removes distorted India map after users protest
Twitter had on its platform depicted a wrong India map with Ladakh and Jammu & Kashmir shown as separate countries. This is the second time that the microblogging platform has shown a wrong map of the country, officials say.
Twitter blocks JazzyB, three others after Indian govt's legal request
The company confirmed that it received a legal request from the government to block the handles
India's top court tackles social media in free speech case
The case comes during a growing standoff between Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government and Twitter, after the company refused to fully comply with orders to remove certain accounts that were critical of the government's handling of monthslong farmer protests.
Twitter moves closer to ending standoff with government, blocks many accounts
IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is likely to decline Twitter’s request for a meeting. MeitY Secretary Ajay Prakash Sawhney is likely to meet company officials.
India warns Twitter to comply with orders to block accounts
Twitter blocked dozens of accounts in India, including that of a leading news magazine, after the government said that users were posting content aimed at inciting violence over the farmers protest in Delhi.
Twitter says flagged 300,000 'misleading' tweets about the American elections
Twitter also added additional warnings and restrictions on tweets with a misleading information label from US political figures (including candidates and campaign accounts), US-based accounts with more than 100,000 followers, or that obtain significant engagement.
India needs Facebook, Twitter anti-fake tools
Trump and allies flooded social media on Wednesday with false claims of victory and unsupported allegations of voter fraud, testing Twitter’s and Facebook’s new rules on handling election-related misinformation.
Donald Trump is angry at Twitter, on Twitter. It's great for business
For years the San Francisco-based company has been under pressure to enforce its content rules against Trump. This week, for the first time, the social network took action in two separate instances.
No more fake news: Twitter will label tweets that contain harmful, misleading content on coronavirus
The tech company is undertaking these measures to ensure that people have access to correct information.
Twitter tightens rules, will label tweets containing 'manipulated media'
Other actions under the updated rules include reducing visibility of such tweets and preventing it from being recommended.
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