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In a 2018 lawsuit, third-party contractors for the company said that Facebook failed to properly protect them against severe psychological and other injuries that can result from repeated exposure to graphic material such as child sexual abuse, beheadings, terrorism, animal cruelty and other disturbing images.

Moderators who sued Facebook for mental distress from watching graphic...

The settlement grants US moderators who were part of the class action lawsuit USD 1,000 each totalling USD 52 million.

13 May 2020 8:41 PM IST

At least three people were killed and 20 injured in the 2018 unrest, during which mosques and Muslim businesses were burned, and the government had to impose an emergency/ (Representative Image | AFP)

Probe finds that hate speech spread on Facebook led to 2018 Sri Lanka...

Riots erupted as anti-Muslim anger was whipped up on social media, forcing the Sri Lankan government to impose emergency...

13 May 2020 8:10 PM IST

$A protester holds up a sign that reads \No chance for (Bill) Gates - no forced vaccination\, which propagates a conspiracy theory that COVID-19 is man-made and being spread by flu shots, during a demonstration against the restrictions implemented to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, at the grounds of the Cannstatter Wasen festival in Stuttgart, southern Germany, on May 9, 2020. (Photo | AFP)$ Technology

Covid consipracy theory video Plandemic' viewed by millions before...

Its spread illustrates how easy it is to use social media as a megaphone for dubious content, and how difficult for...

13 May 2020 7:51 PM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (PTI Photo)

Rs 3 lakh crore collateral-free automatic loan for businesses, MSMEs:...

To provide stressed MSMEs with equity support, the government will facilitate the provision of Rs. 20,000 crore as...

13 May 2020 5:33 PM IST

One of the arrested MLAs was Mahesh Parmar.

Two Congress MLAs arrested in Madhya Pradesh for violating lockdown

The two opposition party legislators had organised the foot march from Mahakal temple here.

13 May 2020 5:05 PM IST

One of the techniques helping this effort of Facebook was a system to identify near identical images, to address the reposting of malicious images and videos with minor changes to evade detection. (Photo | AFP)

Facebook throws open hateful memes' challenge for researchers to...

The social media giant is leaning on AI to filter out objectionable content as the coronavirus has sidelined most of its...

13 May 2020 4:56 PM IST

Screengrab of the video. (ANI)

Social distancing rules flouted in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar as crowd...

a large number of people without masks were purportedly seen out on the road to welcome the monk.

13 May 2020 4:24 PM IST

64 repatriation flights to be operated by Air India from May 7-13. (PTI Photo)

First flight with 177 stranded Indians from Dubai lands in Mangaluru

The total passengers included 88 men, 84 women, five children and two infants.

13 May 2020 3:49 PM IST

A screengrab from the video.

Video showing Jammu and Kashmir police vandalising shops goes viral

In the video, which has gone viral on social media, the police personnel are seen taking out goods from several shops...

13 May 2020 3:36 PM IST

Kotak Mahindra Bank reports 4% decline in Q4 net profit to Rs 1,952 crore. (PTI Photo)

Kotak Mahindra Bank Q4 profit down 4% due to Covid19 related...

During the quarter, standalone profit also came down by 10% to Rs 1,267 crore as compared to Rs 1,408 crore in the same...

13 May 2020 3:33 PM IST

Representational Image. (AP)

Australian church fined for selling bleach as virus cure

The development comes weeks after US president Donald Trump was criticised for suggesting Covid patients could be...

13 May 2020 3:05 PM IST

Air India. (Photo- PTI)

India to rescue stranded Indians in Australia, operate 7 special...

The High Commission confirmed that special Air India flights will repatriate Indians under the government's 'Vande...

13 May 2020 2:57 PM IST