Supreme Court also issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government and sought its response on two pleas of Sanjay Singh seeking clubbing and quashing of FIRs lodged against him.
After Sharjeel’s video became viral on social media, a local lawyer filed an FIR at the local Swargate police station in Pune. The BJP took up the issue and has alleged that the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi government is toeing a soft line towards Usmani.
SP MLA from Kairana Nahid Hasan attacked the central government, including PM Modi over farm laws and said that, the BJP government is persistently persecuting the farmers.
An FIR was registered against Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut for spreading hatred in society through her social media account. The court had ordered the Mumbai police to register a case after which police had sent summons to the actress as well as her sister Rangoli Chandel to appear before them.
Facebook's India head Ajit Mohan deposed before a parliamentary panel on Wednesday and was questioned about a recent report that the social media giant is reluctant to ban the Bajrang Dal due to concerns over the security of its staff.
Facebook, which has 1.82 billion daily users globally, has drawn flak in the past for its handling of hate speech on the platform in India, which is among its biggest markets.
Facebook India Head Ajit Mohan has defended the handling of alleged hate speeches by members of the ruling BJP saying the platform has remained true to its design of being neutral and non-partisan and acted based on inputs from various teams.
"We removed 22.5 million pieces of hate speech content from April-June in 2020, up from 1.6 million pieces of hate speech content removed in the last quarter of 2017. We know there is much more to do and will continue to invest our efforts to combat hate speech on our services," Facebook said in its letter addressed to Congress.
Facebook has removed account of Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Telangana, Raja Singh for 'inflammatory speeches'.
Facebook on Friday said it is a non-partisan platform and will continue to remove content posted by public figures in India that are in violation of its standards, amid allegations that the social media giant did not apply hate speech rules for posts by certain politicians.
TikTok has removed over 3,80,000 videos in the United States for violating its hate speech policy so far this year. The short-form video app also said it banned more than 1,300 accounts for posting hateful content.
The move comes in the wake of the #StopHateforProfit campaign that has begun hurting Facebook financially as over 400 advertisers have pulled out or paused advertising on its platforms.
Facebook has released a report that suggests it takes care of hate speech, fake news better than other social media platforms
UK's media watchdog Ofcom has fined controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's Peace TV network 300,000 pounds for broadcasting "hate speech" and "highly offensive" content in the country
Instagram continues working to provide a safe and positive environment with new features
Facebook has been bringing tools to curb the spread of hate speech for a while now. Read on to know more
The Delhi High Court on Friday stayed a trial court order directing lodging of FIR against Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Alok Kumar for allegedly giving hate speech during a rally last year. Justice Yogesh Khanna put on hold till May 12 the trial court order of February 18.
Union Minister Prakash Javdekar mentioned Maulana Habibur Rehman's hate speech and quoted him to read out his controversial statements.
The aftermath of the communal violence in Delhi has clarified many of the questions which arose during the outbreak of violence in North-East Delhi.
India TV's report on Maulana Habibur Rehman's hate speech echoed in Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Union Minister Prakash Javdekar mentioned Maulana Habibur Rehman's hate speech and quoted him to read out his controversial statements.
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