Google, Meta and other online service providers will be required to find and remove online child pornography under proposed European Commission rules, a move some privacy groups say could put people’s communications at risk. Companies that fail to comply with the rules face fines up to 6 percent of their annual income or global turnover, […]
Alphabet’s Google has begun entertaining people’s requests to remove search results containing their home addresses, phone numbers, and email accounts, the latest shift in its stance between personal privacy and access to information. The world’s most used Internet search tool said on Wednesday that the expansion of its removal policies globally followed growing demand from […]
Social media giant Instagram has announced the start of a pilot programme that will eliminate the Recent tab from the hashtag search result. According to a report by Mashable, Instagram also claims its redesign as a basis for connecting individuals to more information about social movements involving hashtags. The company has decided to prioritise the presentation […]
Bolsonaro won the 2018 presidential vote, but claims without evidence his margin of victory would have been larger if not for widespread fraud in Brazil’s electronic voting system. The far-right president has brought the allegation back to the fore as he prepares to launch his reelection campaign ahead of the October 2022 vote — raising […]
Women’s World Cup: Pooja Vastrakar’s diving catch prevent Meg Lanning from her ton.© Instagram Despite a narrow defeat, Pooja Vastrakar was in brilliant form for India in their ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup fixture against Australia on Saturday, in Auckland. Vastrakar registered 34 runs off 28 balls and also bagged two wickets in 10 overs. […]
Crowd-sourcing of suggestions will be encouraged, Nirmala Sitharaman said (File) New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today announced that the government will launch the next phase of Ease of Doing Business – Ease of Doing Business 2.0. Presenting the Union Budget 2022-23 in Parliament, the Finance Minister said the new phase will be guided […]
Spotify will remove all of Neil Young’s music from its platform after the musician requested the move earlier this week. Neil Young posted an open letter to Spotify and his record label Warner Music Group, demanding to have his music off Spotify because, in his view, the platform is aiding COVID-19 vaccine misinformation by providing […]
Spotify will remove all of Neil Young’s music from its platform after the musician requested the move earlier this week. Neil Young posted an open letter to Spotify and his record label Warner Music Group, demanding to have his music off Spotify because, in his view, the platform is aiding COVID-19 vaccine misinformation by providing […]
IMF has urged El Salvador to remove Bitcoin as legal tender The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday called on El Salvador to change course and stop using Bitcoin as legal tender, citing “large risks” posed by the cryptocurrency. The bank “urged the authorities to narrow the scope of the Bitcoin law by removing Bitcoin’s […]
The South Korean government has moved to block the release of new play-to-earn (P2E) games and requested Google and Apple to remove existing games from their respective app stores. P2E games have tasted a great popularity recently as crypto adoption has improved over the past year, allowing players to win exchangeable tokens which they can […]