Lockdown for those fully vaccinated set to lift in Sydney at midnight as Victoria releases secondary contacts from requirement to isolate amid a surge in cases. Follow updates live NSW vaccination verification app update still weeks away Sharri Markson’s book on Wuhan lab theory raises more questions than it answers NSW and Vic restrictions; Vic … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting in New Delhi and discussed the overall security situation across the country, including Jammu and Kashmir and anti-drone strategy. In the nearly three-hour meeting, Shah reviewed the internal security matters and discussed the roadmap for the upcoming expected challenges as well as current killings … Read more
12.36am BST00:36 A brief guide to a world without Facebook For the people who have spent years monitoring the way disinformation spreads on Facebook, and watching the deadly consequences, living in a world where Facebook was simply not accessible was…quite an experience. It’s something that Sheera Frenkel, the co-author of An Ugly Truth, a new … Read more
The State Journal Register: “Candace Cay Ayers.” The Washington Post: “Alabama man dies after being turned away from 43 hospitals as covid packs ICUs, family says.” YouTube: “A Florida Family’s Plea: Get Vaccinated Before It’s Too Late.” JMIR Infodemiology: “Desensitization to Fear-Inducing COVID-19 Health News on Twitter: Observational Study.” Parler: @LauraLoomer, Dec. 30, 2020. Insider: … Read more
Sept. 10, 2021 — President Joe Biden addressed the nation Thursday night with his new “Path Out of the Pandemic” plan, a six-point agenda to put the country on course to defeat COVID-19, mainly through more vaccine mandates, increased testing, and masking requirements. Through the new plan, vaccination will be required for … Read more
Social media platforms have been vocal in their concern over stringent takedown timelines as well as what they term as the opacity in the revised India IT rules. Synopsis Clarifications on the new India IT rules are currently being discussed and are “aimed at law enforcement agencies that give orders for information and notice for … Read more
Research has repeatedly demonstrated that negativity and opposing views drive increased online activity. By Marc Kaplan The current landscape of major social media platforms sets a low bar for using ethical technology to do good for society. It is not a debatable truth that these platforms not only rely on, but that they thrive on … Read more
The Supreme Court on Friday said the Centre’s plea seeking transfer of petitions challenging the validity of new IT Rules from different high courts to the apex court would be heard on July 16 along with a pending matter related to regulation of over-the-top (OTT) platforms. A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Sanjiv … Read more
Faced with a sudden surge of covid cases in the last one week and also fears over the spread of the Delta Plus variant, the Maharashtra government on Friday decided to cancel the sops given to districts to allow establishments and businesses to run if they were under Level 1 and Level 2. Friday’s order … Read more
Generation Z seems to be using social media as a medium of communicating one’s identity. By Sairaj Patki, Generation Z or Digital Natives, refers to those individuals born after 1995, who were surrounded by the Internet and ITC technology (Dunas & Vartanov, 2020). This generational cohort is usually known to be perpetually connected to the … Read more