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  Facebook will expand its policies on harassment to remove more harmful content, the company said on Wednesday in its latest change following congressional testimony of whistleblower Facebook will expand its policies on harassment to remove more harmful content, the company said on Wednesday in its latest change following congressional testimony from a whistleblower who faulted the social media giant for not doing enough to stop harmful content. Under the new, more detailed harassment policy,  Facebook  will bar content that degrades or sexualises public figures, including celebrities, elected officials and others in the public eye. Existing policies already prohibit similar content about private individuals. Another change will add more protections from harassment to government dissidents, journalists and human rights activists around the world. In many nations, social media harassment has been used in efforts to silence journalists and activists. Lastly, the company ba...

  The post mortem of a farmer, Gurvinder Singh, who lost his life in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence was performed again on Wednesday, informed Dinesh Chandra, District Magistrate of Bahraich. The post mortem of a farmer, Gurvinder Singh, who lost his life in the  Lakhimpur Kheri violence  was performed again on Wednesday, informed Dinesh Chandra, District Magistrate of Bahraich. While speaking to ANI, Dinesh Chandra, DM of Bahraich, said, “An expert panel of doctors had come from Lucknow to monitor the post mortem, which was recorded in compliance with the orders from Chief Minister’s Office. The panel will give the result. The post-mortem is being done again as the satisfaction of the family is our priority.” He added, “Family of a person who died in Lakhimpur incident had raised doubts over post mortem and requested another one. The state government complied and post mortem was done again to ensure it is done impartially and transparently.” The post mortem was done again ...

  Facebook says it will ban ads on its platform that discourage vaccinations with an exception carved out for advocacy ads about government vaccine policies Facebook says it will ban ads on its platform that discourage vaccinations with an exception carved out for advocacy ads about government vaccine policies. The company already bans ads about vaccine hoaxes,” such as the false idea that vaccinations cause autism. The latest policy expands the ban to ads that discourage vaccines for any reason. But  Facebook  also said Tuesday that ads that advocate for or against legislation or government policies around vaccines including a COVID-19 vaccine will still be allowed. These ads will still have to be approved by the company as political advertisements and include a paid for by label on who is funding them. And unpaid posts by people or groups that discourage vaccinations will also still be allowed the new policy only includes paid advertisements. The social network said it ...