Sunday, October 25
Social media giant Meta on Tuesday slashed its content moderation policies, including ending its US fact-checking program, in a major shift that conforms with the priorities of incoming president Donald Trump. Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta on Tuesday announced that it is replacing its fact-checking programme with a ‘community notes’ programme, a model similar to the one used by Elon Musk’s microblogging platform X, formerly Twitter."We're going to get rid of fact-checkers (that) have just been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they've created, especially in the US," Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post.Instead, Meta platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, "would use community notes similar to X (formerly Twitter), starting in the US," he added.M
The Election Commission of India (ECI) will announce the schedule for the Delhi Assembly elections at 2 pm today. This announcement marks the official beginning of preparations for the polls in the national capital. The term of the 70-member Assembly ends on February 23, and elections have to held before that to constitute a new House. Delhi has traditionally seen assembly polls in a single phase.— ANI (@ANI) Polling Likely in FebruaryElections for the 70 assembly constituencies are anticipated to take place in a single phase during the second week of February. The exact dates will be revealed during the ECI’s briefing, bringing clarity to the timeline for all stakeholders.Key Political Players in the FrayThe elections will witness a contest among three major political players:
