T.N. BJP functionary arrested in Coimbatore for tweets against ‘public tranquillity’

T.N. BJP functionary arrested in Coimbatore for tweets against ‘public tranquillity’

Tamil Nadu BJP industrial wing vice-president S. Selvakumar. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Coimbatore city cybercrime police on Wednesday arrested S. Selvakumar, 42, vice-president of the industrial wing of the BJP in Tamil Nadu.  Mr. Selvakumar was held for offences under Sections 505(1)(b) (with intent to cause, or which is likely to cause, fear … Read more

Model created using AI and tweets to help early detection of mental disorders – ET HealthWorld

Model created using AI and tweets to help early detection of mental disorders – ET HealthWorld

Sao Paulo: Work is underway to create anxiety and depression prediction models, using artificial intelligence (AI) and Twitter, one of the world’s largest social media platforms, that could detect signs of these illnesses before clinical diagnosis, according to researchers. Researchers at the University of Sao Paulo (USP) in Brazil said that preliminary findings from the … Read more

Confidentiality law can’t deprive people from knowing reasons for blocking their tweets or accounts, Twitter tells HC

Confidentiality law can’t deprive people from knowing reasons for blocking their tweets or accounts, Twitter tells HC

Microblogging platform Twitter on Monday argued before the High Court of Karnataka that the reasons recorded by the authorities to block tweets or accounts has to be communicated to the persons and organisations against whom blocking orders are issued. The Rule 16 of the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking for Access of Information … Read more