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Facebook is testing new products to help users discover local news
Ians • 8 years agoAs part of its ongoing push to build relationships with local publishers, Facebook is testing products that meaningfully engage with their community.
Facebook blocks photo of Neptune statue for being 'sexually explicit'
• 8 years agoFacebook has blocked photograph of a 16th-century statue of Neptune posted by an Italian art historian, claiming it as "sexually explicit", but the social media giant later apologised saying the censorship was a mistake.
Revised draft will give chinese police the power to censor online content on disasters
Fp Archives • 8 years agoChina's county-level police will be able to censor internet coverage of natural and man-made disasters, according to a revised draft of the country's policing law that the Chinese Public Security Bureau released late on Thursday.
VIetnam war photo: Facebook aims to learn from its mistake
Fp Archives • 8 years agoFacebook Inc will learn from a mistake it made by deleting a historic Vietnam War photo of a naked girl fleeing a napalm attack, the company's chief operating officer said.
Links to DNC emails disclosed by Wikileaks censored by Facebook
Fp Archives • 9 years agoSocial networking giant Facebook has admitted to have blocked links to more than 19,000 leaked emails from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) that Wikileaks released last week, offering a glimpse of the split between the DNC and former presidential hopeful Senator Bernie Sanders, media has reported.
'Udti Lassi' or 'Punjab is the best': Here are censor-proof titles for 'Udta Punjab'
Fp Staff • 9 years agoFrom 'Ulta Punjab' to 'Udta Pradesh', the censor-proof titles Udta Punjab's makers should consider for their beleaguered film
'The Jungle Book' is 'scary' says 'sanskaari' Pahlaj Nihalani; gives it U/A certificate
Fp Staff • 9 years agoThe Jungle Book directed by Jon Favreau and starring 10-year-old actor Neel Sethi has been deemed 'scary' for children by censor board chief Pahlaj Nihalani
Iranians can access FB and Twitter again, say reports
Fp Archives • 11 years agoIranian authorities blacked out Facebook and Twitter in the summer of 2009, when Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election victory sparked massive protests that gained momentum with the help of organisers using social media.
Iranians can access FB and Twitter again, say reports
Fp Archives • 11 years agoIranian authorities blacked out Facebook and Twitter in the summer of 2009, when Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election victory sparked massive protests that gained momentum with the help of organisers using social media.
Vishwaroopam ban: Biggest win yet for fringe groups?
Sudhir • 12 years agoWearing our intolerance on our sleeve, India has become a censor board, where everyone wants to cut the other person down to size.