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Alain Cocq announced that he was now refusing all food, drink and medicine after President Emmanuel Macron turned down his request for euthanasia. Facebook said its rules dont permit it to portray suicide. (Photo | AFP)Technology
Terminally ill man refused euthanasia blocked by Facebook from...

To show France the agony caused by the law that does not allow euthanasia, Alain Cocq had planned to broadcast the end...

5 Sept 2020 7:01 PM IST

Facebook banned Cambridge Analytica from advertising on its platform, saying that it had been deceived. Most recently, it has committed to restricting political advertisements on its platformOpinion
AA Edit | Facebook's cleanup act

Facebook leaves the door open for future violations even as it turns a blind eye to countless ongoing ones

5 Sept 2020 6:39 PM IST

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during a meeting with the Chinese Defence Minister General Fenghe (unseen), in MoscowOpinion
AA Edit | India-China flareup at Ladakh: The only way out is diplomacy

With both armies having deployed thousands of troops, tanks and armoured vehicles, Ladakh is more of a tinderbox than...

5 Sept 2020 6:14 PM IST

No one ever is happy with the current amount of content moderation that platforms are undertaking. Some people think it is too little, while others think it is too much.Technology
Tech This Week | Should India have its own social media content...

Platforms are diverse and a one-size-fits-all approach will not work.

5 Sept 2020 6:03 PM IST

Shobhaa De | Chana Kisney Khaaya Rasode Mein Kaun Tha?Opinion
Shobhaa De | Chana Kisney Khaaya Rasode Mein Kaun Tha?

This is the aftereffect of the GDP debacle, which has set India back by a staggering 24 per cent

5 Sept 2020 6:00 PM IST

Twitter has cracked down by removing or labelling several of the presidents tweets. Facebook, citing the risk of civil unrest, announced Thursday that it would not allow new political ads on its platform in the last week of the November 3 race. (Photo | AFP)Technology
Team Trump sticks to polarising, manipulative content on social media...

The open use of digitally-altered images by Trump and other candidates in 2020 has tech giants worried.

5 Sept 2020 5:38 PM IST

Taslimbano Harun Pathan, the school principal of Aasha Marathi Vidyalay, points to a writing from textbooks of various subjects painted on the wall of a house to teach students who are unable to carry smartphones to attend online school classes amid Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic in Solapur. AFP PhotoOpinion
S.B. Shashank | Early childhood education the worst hit during COVID...

On the education front, countries across the globe are grappling with back-to-school plans.

5 Sept 2020 5:33 PM IST

Actress Neena Gupta, a source of inspiration for many single women, has, however, been quite vocal about choosing the less trodden path in her lifeLife
Tough world for mums: Masaba Masaba brings focus on single motherhood

Through Neena's side of the story, the show again brings focus on single motherhood and how it is still considered a...

5 Sept 2020 4:54 PM IST

A Google map pinpointing Nacho, the area where the porters are said to have been detained by Chinas Peoples Liberation Army. (Photo: Google)India
Five porters allegedly detained by China's PLA in Arunachal Pradesh

Villagers learn of the abductions from wireless messages of the Indian security agencies

5 Sept 2020 4:27 PM IST

Portland police made multiple arrests overnight as city nears 100 days of protestsWorld
Portland police made 'multiple arrests' overnight as city nears 100...

Portland, in particular, has seen over three months of daily demonstrations calling for policing and social justice...

5 Sept 2020 3:52 PM IST

Francisco Espaata, 60, is surrounded by members of his medical team as he looks at the Mediterranean sea from a promenade next to the \Hospital del Mar\ in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. A hospital in Barcelona is studying how short trips to the beach may help COVID-19 patients recover from long and traumatic intensive hospital care. (AP)World
Spanish doctors hope beach trips can help ICU virus patients

A medical team at Hospital del Mar theHospital of the Seas is seeing if beach trips can help COVID-19 patients after...

5 Sept 2020 2:56 PM IST

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that wheat, flour, rice and sugar packed hygienically in bags will be delivered to the doorstep of people under this scheme. (PTI Photo)India
Arvind Kejriwal claims COVID-19 situation in Delhi is completely under...

On Friday, Delhi recorded 2,914 fresh COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day spike here in 69 days.

5 Sept 2020 2:29 PM IST

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