#BobbyJindalissowhite: Twitteratis respond to Jindal’s ‘hyphenated’ remark

June 25, 2015

101112_bobby_jindal_frown_ap_328 — www.politico.com

By NewsGram Staff Writer

Bobby Jindal became the ‘Twitter-Stopper’ for the day when he made hypocritic statements about being a migrated Indo-American. According to him, people who migrated from different countries to America should not be considered as ‘Hyphenated-Americans’ anymore, but simply Americans. His insecurity became a matter of public outrage when twitteratis took upon the Twitter to show their discontentment regarding his statements. All of a sudden, ‘#BobbyJindalissowhite’ started trending in Twitter and he became the butt of a few hilarious jokes. Interestingly, not just Indians but also Indo-Americans joined this trolling movement and expressed their disappointment. Some of the most shared tweets can be seen here.

#BobbyJindalIsSoWhite that it would be impossible to search him if he is lost in Antarctica!

— Archit Kansal (@archit610) June 25, 2015

#BobbyJindalIsSoWhite the white house will be renamed Bobby House — Siddharth Sadanandan (@Siddharth25197) June 25, 2015

#BobbyJindalIsSoWhite teacher used to use him as a chalk on board

— aindrila (@falana_dimkhana) June 25, 2015

— ૐ Multum in Parvo ૐ (@ashish299) June 25, 2015

#BobbyJindalIsSoWhite that he’s approached to play Snow White in the Disney’s sequel of “Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs” — Aladdin (@Alllahdin) June 25, 2015

The Indian equivalent to “Uncle Tom” will now be “Uncle Bobby.” #bobbyjindalissowhite

— Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) June 25, 2015

#bobbyjindalissowhite he almost replaced Shahrukh Khan on this commercial. pic.twitter.com/IQstmeCq9R — Anup Kaphle (@AnupKaphle) June 25, 2015

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Social Media Laws Should Be Tightened: Germany

Facebook in July said it had deleted hundreds of offensive posts since implementation of the law

NewsGram Desk

November 13, 2018

German states have drafted a list of demands aimed at tightening a law that requires social media companies like Facebook and Twitter to remove hate speech from their sites, the Handelblatt newspaper reported Monday.

Justice ministers from the states will submit their proposed revisions to the German law called NetzDG at a meeting with Justice Minister Katarina Barley on Thursday, the newspaper said, saying it had obtained a draft of the document.

The law, which came into full force on Jan. 1, is a highly ambitious effort to control what appears on social media and it has drawn a range of criticism.

Twitter, tweets, social media — Twitter allows publishers to monetise video views globally. (VOA)

While the German states are focused on concerns about how complaints are processed, other officials have called for changes following criticism that too much content was being blocked.

The states’ justice ministers are calling for changes that would make it easier for people who want to complain about banned content such as pro-Nazi ideology to find the required forms on social media platforms.

They also want to fine social media companies up to 500,000 euros ($560,950) for providing “meaningless replies” to queries from law enforcement authorities, the newspaper said.

Till Steffen, the top justice official in Hamburg and a member of the Greens party, told the newspaper that the law had in some cases proven to be “a paper tiger.”

“If we want to effectively limit hate and incitement on the internet, we have to give the law more bite and close the loopholes,” he told the paper. “For instance, it cannot be the case that some platforms hide their complaint forms so that no one can find them.”

Also Read: Facebook Allows French Regulators to Oversee Hate Speech Control

Facebook in July said it had deleted hundreds of offensive posts since implementation of the law, which foresees fines of up to 50 million euros ($56.10 million) for failure to comply. (VOA)