The arrest of Tamil Nadu Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin has drawn mixed reactions, with a podcast on The News Minute featuring lawyer Nikhil Narendran and activist Tara Krishnaswamy. Narendran argued arrest…
Smoking imagery in Hollywood movies rose sharply in 2024, with 77 of the top 152 films showing tobacco, up from 58 the year before. Social media “cigfluencers” also glamorise cigarettes, and Pinterest…
Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have become the first Indian states to propose a social media ban for minors, reports New Indian Express. The move follows a study in Nature that found lower…
Sunil Gavaskar said every cricketer tries to become a role model while rising through the ranks, but players can fall short because they are human. Speaking at the launch of Midwicket Stories…
Younger Japanese voters are taking a greater interest in politics as social-media-savvy politicians and new parties reach them online. Turnout among 18- and 19-year-olds rose from 35% in 2022 to 45% in…
A 32-year-old Tamil Nadu woman died in late June after a medically unassisted home birth, with police alleging that family members used YouTube videos for guidance. The woman died from postpartum haemorrhage…
The Cockroach Janta Party, born from a dismissive remark about student protesters, has amassed 22 million Instagram followers in two weeks, more than the BJP, Free Press Journal reports. The movement began…
The Centre has slashed the time given to social media platforms to remove sensitive content from 24 hours to two hours, the government announced on Thursday. The change is part of amendments…
The government has summoned Meta's global team to answer questions on algorithmic bias and its role in public order, days after a post by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefly restricted on…
Meta’s global technical team met senior Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology officials and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in New Delhi after a Facebook video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefly…
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IO Repro: Repro test v4 after fix 2 Oct. Safe to trash.
IO Repro: Repro test v3 after fix 2 Oct. Safe to trash.
IO Repro: Repro test after fix 2 Oct. Safe to trash.