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SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Wednesday said it will delete beheading videos being shared at the leading social network as it re-evaluates its policy regarding whether such content is acceptable.The move came as a reversal for Facebook, which had been responding to complaints by refusing to intervene since the clips didn't violate the social network's policy because they were being shared to condemn decapitations.Facebook had equated sharing of the video at the social network to news organizations that broadcast graphic scenes to bring attention to and rally sentiment against violent acts."We will remove instances of these videos that are reported to us while we evaluate our policy and approach to this type of content," Facebook said in an email response to an AFP inquiry.The turn-about reportedly came after the California-based social network's safety advisory board criticized the decision to leave the gruesome clips up at the website.The controversy centered on two ...
PARIS: When Google launched its social networking service, Google Plus, during the summer of 2011, tens of millions of people clamoured to sign up for an account.But within months, critics had panned the new service, pointing to user pages bereft of meaningful content and exchanges. They said the new social site just wasn't, well, social. It seemed as though Facebook had cornered the market -- Google was too late to the party. Perhaps not. According ...
LOS ANGELES: Oscar-winner Catherine Zeta-Jones on Monday headed back into treatment for bipolar disorder, her spokeswoman said."Catherine has proactively checked into a health care facility," her spokeswoman Sarah Fuller said in an email to AFP."Previously Catherine has said that she is committed to periodic care in order to manage her health in an optimum manner," Fuller added.Zeta-Jones started a 30-day treatment on Monday, according to entertainment website TMZ.The actress said in 2011 that she has ...
LOS ANGELES: The Rolling Stones played a surprise show late Saturday at a small club in Los Angeles, days before their north America tour kicks off here next week.The legendary British rock band announced the gig, at the 650-capacity Echoplex in LA's trendy Echo Park neighborhood, via Twitter only hours before the evening show. Tickets were just $20, paid by cash only, and were snapped up within an hour of going on sale. Lucky fans ...
MUMBAI: Bollywood is completing a century of movies, which began in 1913 with the first all-Indian feature film "Raja (King) Harishchandra", a silent, black-and-white story of a virtuous king from Hindu mythology. As women acting was taboo, young men took on the female roles.Here are six other Hindi hits that have been landmarks for the industry:"Alam Ara" (Light of the World) - 1931India's first "talkie", this also included the first song in Indian cinema, recorded ...More Articles...
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