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The video platform, which has received less scrutiny compared to other social media, has been called out in a study called ‘A Platform Weaponised’.
Editor's note: YouTube, one of the largest social media platforms in the world with 2.5 billion users worldwide, roughly 450 million of whom are Indians, has drawn flak over ineffective moderation practices. A study by the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights, published on 10 June, says that the Google-owned YouTube is “weaponized” to target Muslims and women in India, among other international instances of misuse. “The most troubling abuse of YouTube in India involves the targeting of Muslims by backers of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and other right-leaning Hindu nationalist groups,” it says. “Menacing online attacks on women often blend with anti-Muslim themes in India. A spate of misogynistic rants by nationalistic Indian YouTube influencers have made such invective popular on the platform.” The report in itself doesn’t reveal anything new or surprising. It mostly refers to news articles, previous smaller studies and instances of reported hate speech and misinformation on the platform. But it's been picked up by publications both Indian and global, which is a change. In the extensive global discourse on social media moderation, liability, …
Delhi High Court takes aim at the search giant’s AdWords model, ruling that keyword bidding on trademarks constitutes infringement.
The homegrown social startup is betting big on India’s latest content obsession—minute-long episodes of high-stakes dramas. Cut through the noise and the microdrama hype itself doesn’t add up.
AI is set to disrupt the sector. While the path ahead looks tough for legacy publishers like S Chand Publishing and Arihant Publications, things don’t look encouraging for others in the industry either.
