Shinwari was replaced by Naseebullah Haqqani, the announcement of which has already been made on the Afghanistan Cricket Board Facebook page.
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan responded to his ‘top fan’ on Facebook, who questioned the actor about signing an endorsement deal.
India, the US, Brazil and Spain are affected the most by Covid-19 misinform. 66.87 per cent of the misinformation among all social media platforms originates on Facebook, the study said.
The High Court dismissed an argument by some of Australia's largest media organisations — Fairfax Media Publications, Nationwide News and Australian News Channel — that for people to be publishers, they must be aware of the defamatory content and intend to convey it.
India is the first country for Facebook where this programme is getting rolled out.
The prevalence of hate speech content on Facebook declined in the second quarter to 5 views for every 10,000 content views globally.
The social media company says it has a dedicated team of Afghan experts to monitor and remove content linked to the insurgent group.
Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra gained a whopping 2.6 million Instagram followers (+1900% increase)
A Bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh said that in view of the firm's stand it would hear the pleas on August 27.
Erendro Leichombam was detained on May 13 under NSA over a Facebook post in which he said that cow dung or cow urine will not cure Covid-19.
On Saturday, state security prosecutors ordered the release of the three pending ongoing investigations into charges against them
Every year, new emojis are added and at the moment, the next major update, Emoji 14.0 is in the works.
The feature is available with version 2.21.120.9 of WhatsApp beta for iOS on testflight.
The suit, filed at the US Federal District Court in Miami, Florida, seeks to have Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act overturned.
Entities like Facebook, which has around 270 million users in India, have to remain accountable to those who entrust them with such power, the Supreme Court said.
The apex court rejected the plea of Facebook India VP Ajit Mohan against summons issued by Delhi Assembly’s Peace and Harmony committee in connection with the 2020 riot probe.
Facebook has long had a problem with the scale and scope of hate speech on its platform in Asia.
Dalit writer-turned MLA Manoranjan Byapari said that his controversial Facebook post in which he had stated he was 'feeling suffocated in politics' shouldn't be politicised because it was an "emotional outburst".
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.