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News Reports

Pakistan to decide on banning social media for a week during Muharram so that Shias and Sunnis don’t read abuses thrown at each other

OpIndia Staff - 6 July, 2024

Earlier in February, the Shehbaz Sharif government had shut down X after the Election Commission of Pakistan raised allegations of tampering with general election results.

News Reports

Bihar Police block social media sites in Darbhanga: MP demands ‘UP model’ to ensure the safety of Hindus in Muslim-majority areas

अजीत झा - 28 July, 2023

The Station House Officer of Kamtaul in Bihar told OpIndia that the claims of inhuman treatment of the dead body are false.

News Reports

Russia blocks Facebook, global media outlets, including BBC and CNN stop reporting from the country after it passes ‘fake news law’: Details

OpIndia Staff - 5 March, 2022

News agencies like BBC stop reporting from Russia as it enacts 'fake news law', Roskomnadzor blocks Facebook for restricting Russian media

News Reports

Central govt clamps down on pro-Khalistan channel on various mediums, was having links with Sikh For Justice terror group

OpIndia Staff - 22 February, 2022

'Punjab Politics TV' banned by Indian government from various platforms including social media, YouTube and website for inciting separatism sentiments

World

Former US President Donald Trump makes a social media comeback on ‘Truth Social’

OpIndia Staff - 16 February, 2022

After facing a ban on almost all social media platforms, former POTUS Donald Trump is expected to return on his own social media platform "Truth Social".

News Reports

‘Sissy men’ idols are corrupting Chinese society: Read why China has banned ‘Star chasing’ and fandom culture

OpIndia Staff - 6 October, 2021

China has banned irrational star chasing, online celebrity rankings, fundraising and other tools used by China's fandoms

News Reports

Facebook Oversight Board upholds the ban on Donald Trump, but questions its permanent nature saying it is a ‘vague, standardless penalty’

OpIndia Staff - 5 May, 2021

Facebook Oversight Board said that Donald Trump violated the norms of the platform, but permanent ban is not consistent with regular penalties

Opinions

Social Media: Big Tech censorship and the three things that can happen from here

Abhishek Banerjee - 10 January, 2021

The right should not make the same mistake with Big Tech that the left made with the knowledge economy

News Reports

TikTok banned – The process of banning apps and why is it not the end of the road for users making money on the...

Anurag - 2 July, 2020

How ban on apps is imposed on the internet and why ban on TikTok is not the end of the career of people who made money making videos

News Reports

Killer TikTok: How teens used the app to post suicide videos, film killer stunts and glorify antisocial behaviour

OpIndia Staff - 30 June, 2020

TIkTok has been banned by the Government of India along with 58 other other apps for posing a threat to national security.

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