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Mark Zuckerberg grilled over Meta targeting teens: As India weighs curbs on children’s social media use, read about the perils of allowing kids on...

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"We must bring them in as tweens if we want to win big with teens," disclosed an internal document presented before the court.
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‘I am a thakur, don’t mess with me’: HDFC employee Aastha Singh breaks silence on incomplete viral video; reveals she is now receiving rape...

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HDFC Bank employee Aastha Singh has clarified that a viral video of her invoking her caste was a reaction to harassment by a colleague’s relative. She alleges the clip was selectively edited and has since faced severe online threats and rape threats.
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Mahua Moitra’s revenge? Bengal Police uses 4-month old murder and kidnapping case to seek personal details of X handles who were threatened with FIR...

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X informed Ankur Singh that Bengal Police sought his mobile number and IP details under BNSS Section 94, linking him to a murder that happened in October 2025.
Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Sudarshan News EIC Dr Suresh Chavhanke gets death threat, Noida police register FIR against Waheed Khan, foreign link suspected

OpIndia Staff -
Screenshots of the abusive threat message were submitted to police by Sudarshan News management. Investigators are examining international connections and earlier assassination conspiracies uncovered by Gujarat ATS to assess whether the threat forms part of a larger network.

Pakistan jails human rights lawyer Imran Zainab Mazari-Hazir and husband for 17 years over Social Media posts

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan sentenced prominent human rights lawyer Imran Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband to 17 years in prison each over social media posts the authorities claimed were hostile to the state and its security institutions.
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Uttar Pradesh: ‘Obscene, vulgar, dangerous for society’, Mother files FIR after children exposed to sexually explicit Instagram reels by influencer in Agra

Anurag -
The FIR names an unknown accused and cites provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the IT Act. Police are tracing the Instagram account as concerns grow over unchecked obscene content accessible to minors.
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After India orders X to act on obscene Grok posts, Elon Musk shifts blame to users

OpIndia Staff -
On 3rd January (local time), X’s owner Elon Musk said social media users asking the platform’s AI chatbot Grok to create illegal content will...
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Elon Musk’s Grok goes unhinged, lets users undress women publicly on X; sparks outrage over consent and safety

Anurag -
The controversy highlights how Grok’s relaxed guardrails, public image outputs, and Musk’s ‘spicy AI’ positioning have enabled non-consensual sexualised edits, exposing women to humiliation, harassment, and serious ethical and legal risks online.
Government and Policy

Indian Army relaxes social media rules, allows browsing for viewing and monitoring without posting anything, messaging apps allowed for unclassified information

OpIndia Staff -
Till 2019, no army personnel could join any social media group. In 2020, after misuse cases, they had to delete 89 apps like Facebook and Instagram.
Fact-Check

Pakistan and Bangladesh handles spread fake video of CM Yogi Adityanath after he speaks up for Hindus being massacred by Jihadis under Yunus regime

Anurag -
The manipulated video emerged after CM Yogi Adityanath raised the killing of Dalit Hindu Dipu Das in Bangladesh, with coordinated social media posts misrepresenting his speech to divert attention from attacks on Hindus and silence criticism of the Yunus administration.
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