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Email By Huey Fern Tay in Beijing Updated September 30, 2014 22:20:10 Photo: Some of the demonstrators brought umbrellas with them to shield themselves from the hot sun and pepper spray. (AFP: Aaron Tam) Related Story: Hong Kong leader demands protests end 'immediately' Related Story: Hong Kong protesters continue to block city streets The student-led pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong that have been dubbed the "umbrella revolution", gained momentum when the leader of a separate civil disobedience campaign announced a blockade would begin earlier than expected.Benny Tai, one of the leaders of the Occupy Central movement, declared to loud cheers they would carry out a long-standing threat to paralyse the heart of the major financial hub.The number of protesters swelled as the day went on. Some of the demonstrators brought umbrellas with them to shield themselves from the hot sun and pepper spray. Photo: Laura Chung is among a team of Hong Kong … [Read more...] about Hong Kong student “umbrella revolution” movement takes to social media to separate fact from fiction in pro-democracy protests

PHOTO: FILE NEW DELHI: India’s proposed new privacy bill may require large social media platforms to offer an identity-verification option, a potentially precedent-setting effort to rein in the spread of “fake news”, two government sources told Reuters on Thursday. The requirement would likely raise a host of technical and policy issues for companies including Facebook and its WhatsApp and Instagram units, Twitter and Chinese app TikTok, all of which have millions of users in India. Companies would have to offer a mechanism for users to prove their identities and display that verification publicly, akin to the blue check-mark that Twitter has used to confirm the authenticity of some high-profile accounts, including those belonging to celebrities and politicians. Verification would be optional for users, the sources said. The Personal Data Protection Bill, whose first draft was made public last year, is keenly awaited by top technology companies … [Read more...] about India may force social media platforms to offer user verification-govt sources

BENGALURU: Technology companies Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, and open encyclopedia Wikimedia, have received the most content takedown requests from India, said UK-based technology research firm Comparitech. India is followed by Russia and Turkey in content removal requests, according to Comparitech, which collated data from the transparency reports of top internet companies till date. The governments of India and Russia each accounted for almost 20% of the overall number of removal requests. The total number of requests sent by various countries to internet firms stood at 3,90,764 so far. The report comes at a time when the Indian government, like many governments globally, is trying to make social media companies accountable for the content shared or posted on their platforms. This is part efforts to restrict the spread of misinformation, hate speech and child abuse material. Many internet and free speech activists, however, see the move as an excuse to control and suppress … [Read more...] about India sent most takedown requests to social media companies: Research

The Pensacola Navy base shooting suspect reportedly wrote “the countdown has started” on his social media accounts on September 11, 2019.Investigators said in a Joint Intelligence Bulletin that Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, 21, also referred to non-Muslims as “infidels,” according to ABC Chicago. Three people were killed December 6 when Alshamrani opened fire inside a classroom at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida. The bulletin also alleged that the Saudi national defended jihad, or holy war, on social media. “The things that he talks about are references, are textbook references of people who commit terrorist acts,” said former FBI agent Brad Garrett. A witness to the shooting told investigators that Alshamrani also criticized U.S. military action overseas during his rampage. “He basically is saying the same thing that many terrorists before him has said, that the U.S. is the enemy because they attack Muslims overseas or they … [Read more...] about Report: Pensacola Shooter Posted ‘Countdown Has Started’ to Social Media on 9/11

Handsome hunk Rana Daggubati has always been a busy actor with a string of films across multiple languages. Thanks to the mighty success of Baahubali franchise, most of his projects are subsequently helmed in different languages to cash in on his Pan-Indian craze. After wrapping up the trilingual project Haathi Mere Saathi directed by Prabhu Solomon, Rana has recently joined the sets of Venu Udugula’s period-drama Virata Parvam 1992. Starring an ensemble star cast like Sai Pallavi, Nandita Das and Priyamani, the film portrays the talented actor as a Naxalite. Today (December 14) happens to be Rana Daggubati’s 35th birthday and the makers of Virata Parvam 1992 have released his first look from the film. Besides his Telugu projects, the ‘Leader’ star is essaying a crucial role in the upcoming Bollywood film Bhuj: The Pride of India, a war-action drama about the life of IAF Squadron Leader Vijay Karnik. On the occasion of his birthday, several celebs from the … [Read more...] about Rana Daggubati turns 35: From Mahesh Babu to Kajal Aggarwal, Tollywood celebs wish the ‘Virata Parvam’ actor on social media