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Facebook News tab will soon be unavailable as Meta scales back content

Meta will be sunsetting Facebook News in early April for users in the US and Australia as the platform further deemphasises news and politics. The feature was shut down in the UK, France and Germany last year. Launched in 2019, the News tab curated headlines from national and international news organisations, as well as smaller, local publications. Meta says users will still be able to view links to news articles, and news organisations will still be able to post and promote their stories and websites, as any other individual or organisation can on Facebook. The change comes as Meta tries to scale back news and political content on its platforms following years of criticism about how it handles misinformation and whether it contributes to political polarisation. "This change does not impact posts from accounts people choose to follow; it impacts what the system recommends, and people can control if they want more," said Dani Lever, a Meta spokesperson. "This announcement expands on

Newsclick case: Court extends judicial custody of Purkayastha, Chakravarty

The court earlier had dismissed Newsclick's founder and Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha's application, which sought directions to release his electronic devices seized by Delhi Police

Delhi government to launch AI-powered cameras to detect traffic violations

Delhi government is planning to install AI-powered cameras to detect traffic rule violations and enhance public safety in the national capital

Newsclick Row: HC dismisses news portal plea challenging income tax orders

The petitioner had further prayed for a stay of demand during the pendency of the petitioner's appeal before the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals)

National Press Day 2023: Date, significance, and quotes to share today

National Press Day 2023: India pays tribute to the establishment of the Press Council of India in 1966. Here's everything you need to know about the day and the best quotes to share on this day

Delhi Police seal office of NewsClick after raids in investigation

The Delhi Police has sealed the office of news portal NewsClick in connection with its probe into a case filed under the anti-terror law UAPA following allegations that it received money for pro-China propaganda. The Delhi Police's Special Cell searched 30 locations connected with the news portal and its journalists on Tuesday. The police said no one has so far been arrested during the searches concentrated in Delhi-NCR. Founder and editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha was taken to the portal's south Delhi office where a forensic team was present. Among those questioned were journalists Urmilesh, Aunindyo Chakravarty, Abhisar Sharma, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta as well as historian Sohail Hashmi. The police posed a list of 25 questions to them relating to various issues, including their foreign travels, protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh as well as the farmers' agitation, sources said.

TRAI favours news, current affairs programmes on private FM radio operators

Broadcast regulator TRAI on Tuesday recommended that private FM radio operators be allowed to broadcast news and current affairs programmes for 10 minutes every clock hour. In its recommendations on 'Issues related to FM Radio Broadcasting', the TRAI also said that the programme code of conduct as applicable to All India Radio for news content may also be applied to private FM radio channels. "Private FM Radio Operators should be allowed to broadcast news and current affairs programs, limited to 10 minutes in each clock hour," it said. The TRAI also said that functions or features pertaining to FM radio should remain enabled and activated on all mobile handsets having the necessary hardware. "Built-in FM radio receiver in mobile handset must not be subjected to any form of disablement or deactivation," it said. The regulator said the annual licence fee of a FM radio channel should be de-linked from Non-Refundable One Time Entry Fee (NOTEF). It also said that the license fee shoul

New secretaries appointed to parliamentary affairs, IT, telecom ministries

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has okayed the appointment of Umang Narula as secretary in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

Who is Karan Sangwan, the educator fired by Unacademy over viral video?

In a video which has gone viral, Unacademy educator Karan Sangwan was seen appealing to students to not elect uneducated people in powerful positions

Google launches 'Indian Languages Programme' to support news publishers

Google on Friday launched the 'Indian Languages Programme' under its News Initiative to support local news publishers in India

Google programme to train and support Indian local news publishers

Initiative will support small or medium-sized news organisations in 9 languages

Award-winning Doordarshan news anchor Gitanjali Aiyar passes away

Gitanjali Aiyar, one of India's first English female news presenters on national broadcaster Doordarshan, passed away on Wednesday. She was in her mid 70s. The award-winning anchor, who was suffering from Parkinson's disease, collapsed after returning home from a walk, sources close to the family said. "She had Parkinson's disease and was on medication. She collapsed after returning home from a walk," said a close friend of Aiyar. Graduated from Kolkata's Loreto College, Aiyar joined Doordarshan in 1971 and was awarded the best anchor four times. She also won the Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award for Outstanding Women in 1989. Besides presenting news programmes, Aiyar, a diploma holder from the National School of Drama (NSD), had also been a popular face in several print advertisements and even acted in Sridhar Kshirsagar's TV drama "Khandaan". In her decades-long illustrious career, she was also associated with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Several noted personalities took to

Meta threatens to block news on FB, Instagram if California bill passes

Meta has threatened to pull news from Facebook and Instagram if California's Journalism Preservation Act passes through

Apple releases iOS 16.5 software update with sports tab in its news app

Apple has released iOS 16.5 software update to all users with a new feature -- 'sports tab' in its News app

LIVE: India records 3,824 Covid cases, biggest single-day rise in 6 mnths

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Twitter working on fact-checking programme 'Community Notes' for media

Community notes aims to allow users to add more context to tweets through links and reports

Meta-Owned WhatsApp working on new private newsletter tool, says report

Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new private newsletter feature, which will be a one-to-many tool for broadcasting information.

LIVE: Delhi LG gives nod to convene House, hold mayoral poll on Feb 22

"Recommended MCD mayor elections to be held on 22 Feb," Kejriwal said in a tweet earlier in the day. Stay tuned for latest updates

LIVE updates: 'Centre monitoring situation', says BJP on Adani stock rout

Live news updates: Delhi's Saket court discharges Sharjeel Imam in Jamia Violence case registered in 2019. Violence erupted after a clash between people protesting against Citizenship Amendment Act

The age of verbiage

Without a modicum of self-restraint, the constant stream of hot takes might end up undermining the informed debate that undergirds all open societies