india
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India’s Social Media Content Removal Order Is A Nail In The Coffin Of The Internet As We Know It
In recent weeks, India’s High Court of Delhi put another nail in the coffin of the internet as we currently know it. The court granted an order requiring Facebook, Twitter and Google to remove certain content globally, based on that content being defamatory under local law in India.
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Study: Nuclear War Between India And Pakistan Would Trigger Global Starvation
In addition to killing as many as 125 million people, a nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan would unleash mass starvation around the world due to the ensuing climate impacts, according to a disturbing new study.
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Facebook Still Working On The Whole Genocide Thing
In a blog post this week, social media giant Facebook announced several changes meant to mitigate the effects of misinformation and hate speech causing real-world violence, including the formation of a Strategic Response team meant to stop a repeat of what happened in Myanmar.
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It Hit 50.6 Degrees In India This Weekend
India was the hottest place in the world this weekend. The northern state of Rajasthan was the epicentre of an extreme heat wave that very nearly broke the all-time temperature record for India.