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Summary: A Global Witness and IFF report documenting YouTube and Koo’s ineffective response to flagged hate speech

A joint report by the Global Witness and Internet Freedom Foundation investigates how YouTube and Indian microblogging platform Koo respond to misogynistic hate speech that violates their platform policies, reported both in India and the United States.
23 February, 2024
4 min read

Meta's 1st Annual Human Rights Report Wrongs Humans of India

Meta’s efforts to contain the spread of hate speech and incitement to violence, it released its first annual Human Rights Report, which includes a brief section reporting on the Meta commissioned independent human rights impact assessment (HRIA) for India, which it is yet to release.
15 July, 2022
6 min read

Bangladesh's Proposed Regulation = Indian IT Rules, 2021. Overreaching, invasive and suppressive.

The regulator in Bangladesh invited comments on draft rules which are similar to IT Rules, 2021. In response, IFF has submitted a report which details India's experience with IT Rules, 2021.
14 March, 2022
3 min read

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#SocialMediaComplianceWatch: analysis of Social Media Compliance Reports of August, 2021

Google (including YouTube), Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Twitter have released their reports in compliance with Rule 4(1)(d) of the IT Rules 2021 for the month of August.
25 October, 2021
7 min read

Featured

#SocialMediaComplianceWatch: analysis of Social Media Compliance Reports of July, 2021

We analyse the transparency reports submitted by Google, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Twitter in compliance with Rule 4(1)(d) of the Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
22 September, 2021
7 min read

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