Jantar Mantar remains clear: New Delhi DCP debunks social media claims
The 37-second video showed the area without any protesters, debunking claims of a gathering at the venue amid heightened security in the national capital
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The 37-second video showed the area without any protesters, debunking claims of a gathering at the venue amid heightened security in the national capital
Indonesia officially barred under-16s from using “high-risk” social media earlier this year. But that hasn’t stopped the son of one Jakarta-based writer from using it. Aged 14, he already had accounts on Instagram and TikTok – among the platforms Jakarta said children would be banned from using – as well as popular video game Minecraft and gaming platform Roblox. To register, he simply lied about his age. “He can access everything,” Inne Abidin said of her son. “His friends use everything...
A Federação Internacional de Futebol (Fifa) revelou que, entre mais de 17 milhões de publicações em redes sociais analisadas durante a Copa do Mundo deste ano, cerca de 240 mil foram identificadas como ofensivas - 20% delas de cunho racista. O relatório foi divulgado nesta sexta-feira (9), véspera do Dia Mundial da Saúde Mental, lembrado neste sábado (10). A análise feita entre os dias 9 de junho e 20 de julho envolveu as plataformas X (antigo Twitter), Instagram, Facebook e TikTok. O monitoramento englobou contas oficiais das 48 seleções participantes e 1.606 pessoas, sendo 1.248 atletas, 188 treinadores e membros de comissão técnica e 170 oficiais de arbitragem. Notícias relacionadas:Abuso online na Copa sobe 13 vezes; 11% são questões raciais, diz Fifa.Segundo a entidade, as postagens ofensivas (240.676) foram direcionadas a 812 indivíduos ao longo do Mundial nos Estados Unidos, no México e Canadá. Ou seja: 50,6% dos envolvidos no evento sofreram algum tipo de ataque. As mensagens constam entre as 477.217 que foram submetidas à revisão humana após apontamento da inteligência artificial do serviço de proteção de redes sociais da Fifa. Esse serviço tem uma ferramenta que oculta conteúdos indesejados para proteger os participantes em competições realizadas pela organização. De acordo com a federação, 60,7 milhões de mensagens foram veiculadas nas plataformas da Fifa e das seleções no período da Copa. Do total, houve um bloqueio automático de 9,2 milhões de postagens (15%) antes mesmo de elas serem vistas pelo público. Conforme o monitoramento, um jogador que não teve o nome divulgado foi vítima de mais de 10 mil mensagens abusivas, sendo 40% delas racistas. O atleta em questão também foi alvo de homofobia, sexismo e transfobia. Ainda de acordo com a Fifa, os ataques a ele aumentaram após comentários de cunho racial "feitos por uma figura pública a seu respeito", que "foram amplamente compartilhados". Durante a Copa, a senadora paraguaia Celeste Amarilla ofendeu, pelo X, o atacante Kylian Mbappé. Segundo ela, o capitão da França era "colonizado", "feio", não sabia escrever e tentava se passar por um francês - o astro tem pai camaronês e mãe de origem argelina, mas é nascido em Paris. O relatório também apontou que 15% das publicações revisadas traziam alegações de corrupção - direcionadas, em maior parte, à própria Fifa - e que 14% eram ameaças violentas, com o pico após a vitória da Noruega sobre o Brasil, por 2 a 1, nas oitavas de final. O monitoramento ainda registrou que 12% das postagens continham ataques xenofóbicos. De acordo com o estudo, a seleção que mais sofreu com ataques foi justamente a da França, especialmente os de cunho racial (33%). No caso da Inglaterra, ofensas racistas e xenofóbicas, somadas, atingiram 21%. Nos dois casos, as postagens questionavam a formação dos elencos, dada a característica multicultural de ambas as seleções. "Por ocasião do Dia Mundial da Saúde Mental, reafirmamos o compromisso da Fifa de proteger a comunidade do futebol contra mensagens de ódio nas redes, com o apoio de tecnologias de última geração capazes de combater tanto os conteúdos criados por pessoas quanto as imagens geradas por inteligência artificial", disse o presidente da entidade, Gianni Infantino, em comunicado à imprensa.
One factor accelerating these student protest is social media, and its being boosted even more by artificial intelligence. Some French mayors have even called for social media platforms to be temporarily blocked for minors. Our colleauges at France 2 took a look at the impact
UCIL) chairman-cum-managing director said the uranium ore mined in the State is of very low grade, with only 200-300 grams of uranium extracted per tonne of ore, and claimed it has little health impact
We have selected seven stories from the SCMP’s coverage of Asia over the past week that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. AirAsia chief mocks Singapore Airlines’ food – and social media hits back AirAsia co-founder Tony Fernandes has caused a stir online after taking aim at Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) in-flight meals, claiming the food served by the carrier lagged behind his own airline’s...
What happened in Chitkara University and Lovely Professional University? What are the police probing?
So film teams recruit social-media stars to post slick, scripted messages on X and Instagram, ensuring a massive hype around a film’s release
Anti-South Asian hate in the United States has spiked since Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office for a second term, with racist, dehumanising and xenophobic slurs and narratives proliferating across both mainstream and fringe social media platforms, a US-based report has revealed. The report, titled “The Rising Tide of Anti-South Asian Hate in the United States”, by the Washington-based Centre for the Study of Organised Hate (CSOH), found that the monthly volume of hate towards South Asians...
The sprawling online hunt for information about Winston Lee, a Korean student who is among seven defendants in a Cornell University sexual assault lawsuit, is increasingly crossing borders, with English-speaking social media users calling on their Korean counterparts to help uncover more information about him. As the “Cornell 7” case continues to draw intense attention across the United States, Lee has become the subject of a parallel search focused on his Korean identity and background....
Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Justice Ministry is set to launch a study group to discuss raising damages for online defamation and other measures to address the growing problem of infringements of personal rights on social media, Justice Minister Takashi Yamashita suggested Tuesday. The study group, which will hold its first meeting Wednesday, is also expected to discuss relevant pr...
The uploading of such video clips resulted in "revealing the identity of the girl and could affect social harmony", the Jamui police said in the statement
Catholic influencers gathered hundreds of young people for an evening of prayer at Paris's Saint-Sulpice church ahead of Pope Leo XIV's visit, highlighting how social media is becoming a new tool for evangelisation. As youth baptisms rise in France, creators say their goal is to turn online engagement into real-life communities, while Church leaders warn that influencers themselves should not overshadow the faith they promote.
Bihar CM Choudhary shared on X a photograph of himself with the victim and her family members. The social media post was, however, quickly taken down.
The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) is looking into a social media allegation that dog meat was being sold illegally in Singapore. The screengrabs shared on the Facebook group Dogs Singapore appeared to show an advertisement in Vietnamese offering various cuts of dog meat. A check on Friday morning found that the post containing the screengrab had been deleted. SFA has not approved any source of dog meat, the agency said early on Friday morning. “All food imports must meet SFA’s requirements....
Malaysians on social media are offering increasingly outlandish solutions to a months-long royal tussle in Negeri Sembilan state, from making rival claimants sleep on a bed of nettles for a week to putting the entire state through Islamic spiritual healing. The dispute has left Negeri Sembilan with two men claiming the throne, a state government at odds with the palace and no clear legal route to settle the fight. One social media user suggested reviving adat perpatih – the customary law of...
The social media influencer “Clavicular”, who gained a following promoting the online “looksmaxxing” trend, has been charged in Massachusetts with raping a 17-year-old girl who told police she became heavily intoxicated after he gave her alcohol at his family’s Cape Cod home. Braden Peters, 20, is charged with rape, administering a substance for sexual intercourse and procuring alcohol for a person under 21 in the alleged May 23, 2025, assault in Chatham, according to court records. A...
A man in northern China created a poignant record of his mother’s final 14 days, documenting her rapid decline from a vibrant woman to her last moments. Gao, hailing from the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, shared that his mother travelled to his city for medical treatment after developing a fever and a persistent cough. On August 29, he captured her arrival at the railway station. Dressed in her favourite red coat, she appeared energetic and in good spirits, walking with confidence and a...
Three minors were arrested after videos capturing the assault went viral in India, sparking anger.
Social media users say an image from the brand's Instagram account resembled a KKK hood and hanging.
‘Aid influencers’ are being accused of exploiting Nepal flood victims to boost social media followers.
The killing of the 16-year-old nearly a year ago had shocked Malaysia and sparked debate about social media.