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‘Watched my father die’: Tech firms face ire over legal shield

20Feb

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‘Watched my father die’: Tech firms face ire over legal shield

[ad_1] Poring over family photographs, Jessica Watt Dougherty voices anguish over her father's death -- which she attributes to misinformation on an online platform, an issue at the heart of a knotty US debate over tech regulation. The US Supreme Court will this week hear high-stakes cases that will determine the fate of Section 230, a decades-old legal provision that shields platforms from lawsuits over content posted by their users. The cases, which are among several legal battles nationwide to regulate internet content, could hobble platforms and significantly reset the doctrines governing online speech if they are stripped of their legal immunity. "I watched my father die over the screen of my phone," Dougherty, an Ohio-based school counselor, told A...

Beware of ‘Rs. 50’ WhatsApp scam! Criminals using fake jobs trick to steal money

[ad_1] Scammers are sending messages on WhatsApp, Facebook, and other social media platforms, asking people to like videos on YouTube and get paid for it. WhatsApp has become a very big medium for scammers to try and steal money from people. With the majority of people having WhatsApp installed on their phone, criminals get a chance to connect with them easily. Also, at a time when joblessness is high, scammers have started taking advantage of the situation by offering fake job opportunities. A huge number of people have been duped out of their money by these scamsters through these online scams and now, we have heard of the latest one, the so-called 'Rs. 50 per like' scam. Recently, it has been reported that scammers send chats to people about job opportunities. When someo...

Watching 17 minutes of YouTube videos can drive down prejudice: Study

[ad_1] Watching just 17 minutes of YouTubers talking about their struggles with mental health drives down prejudice, University of Essex research has suggested. Watching just 17 minutes of YouTubers talking about their struggles with mental health drives down prejudice, University of Essex research has suggested. Viewers' perceptions of disorders declined with prejudice towards mental health falling by 8% and intergroup anxiety levels plummeting by 11 per cent. The study, published in Scientific Reports, explored how connections felt by people towards YouTube creators they watch - known as parasocial relationships - can impact behaviour. As part of the research, hundreds of people watched videos of a woman who then revealed she had a borderline personality disorder (BPD) and di...