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Kapil Sharma files police complaint against Preeti Simoes, journalist

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April 7, 2018

New Delhi, Apr 7: After posting a series of abusive tweets on Twitter, comedian Kapil Sharma has now filed a police complaint against ex-managers Preeti Simoes and Neeti Simoes and the journalist who he abused on Twitter yesterday, for trying to extort Rs 25 lakhs from him, according to news agency.

The comedian has alleged that the said journalist started a false and malicious propaganda to defame him on digital media after he refused to pay him the amount.

Kapil also took to Twitter to share a copy of the police complaint:

"Some people just want to defame you for few bucks but it will take ages to make a stand against the wrong.. I shall do it today n forever.."

Last evening, Kapil Sharma went on an unpleasant abusive rant on Twitter, targeting media, system and, a journalist who had been reporting negative news about him.

Kapil's first two tweets were about Salman Khan's verdict in blackbuck poaching case, wherein he lent his support to the actor sayig he's a nice man, and urged the media to not do negative stories about him. He also cursed the ghatiya system.

He then went on to accuse media for taking money for such news, and then specifically targeted a journalist of a web portal who had been reporting the cancellation of his shoots. Hurling choicest of abuses at him, the comedian lost it completely.

Later, all the abusive tweets were deleted from his Twitter handle, and a tweet was posted wherein Kapil informed his followers that his account was hacked, and apologised for the offensive tweets.

But later, it emerged that his account was NOT hacked afterall. And the tweets afterall were typed by Kapil.

The comedian decided to be honest with his followers and posted a tweet saying his account wasn't hacked and it was him who posted all those tweets. He added that his PR team deleted his Twitter rant.

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June 15,2020

Mumbai, Jun 15: Maharashtra police's cyber department has asked people to refrain from circulating online pictures of the body of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who was found hanging in his apartment in Mumbai's Bandra area.

Terming it as a "disturbing trend", it warned that circulation of such pictures could attract legal action.

Rajput, 34, was found hanging in his apartment on Sunday, sending shockwaves rippling through the Hindi film industry and elsewhere.

Later, some people circulated pictures of the actor's body on social media platforms, following which the state police's cyber department said it was in "bad taste".

A disturbing trend has been observed on Social Media platforms by Maharashtra Cyber that pictures of deceased actor Sushant Singh Rajput are being circulated, which are disturbing and in bad taste," it tweeted late Sunday night.

"It is emphasised that circulation of such pictures is against legal guidelines and court directions, and are liable to invite legal action," it added.

Urging netizens to refrain from posting such photos, the cyber department said the pictures already circulated should be deleted henceforth.

"In the digital age, every piece of information we read or watch needs to be cross-checked, verified and we all have to be careful before believing or forwarding them," it said.

After the actor's death, police said no note was found at the spot.

Police sources also said they did not find any foul play in their initial investigation.

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June 30,2020

California, Jun 30: Online video-sharing platform YouTube on Monday banned several prominent channels, including those belonging to Stefan Molyneux and Richard Spencer.

The company banned six channels for repeatedly violating YouTube's policies.

According to The Verge, other channels banned include American Renaissance (with its associated channel AmRen Podcasts) and the channel for Spencer's National Policy Institute.

YouTube began taking stern measures on supremacist channels in June 2019.

"We have strict policies prohibiting hate speech on YouTube, and terminate any channel that repeatedly or egregiously violates those policies," the Verge quoted a YouTube spokesperson as saying.

"After updating our guidelines to better address supremacist content, we saw a 5x spike in video removals and have terminated over 25,000 channels for violating our hate speech policies," the spokesperson added.

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July 11,2020

Mumbai, Jul 11: Bollywood veteran Amitabh Bachchan announced on Twitter late on Saturday that he tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection.

Taking to Twitter to announce the news, he said, "I have tested CoVID positive... " He added that family and staff had also undergone tests while Bachchan has been shifted to a hospital. 

Bachchan ended his tweet saying, "All that have been in close proximity to me in the last 10 days are requested to please get themselves tested !"

Bachchan, who was last seen in Gulabo Sitabo that released on OTT platforms, will be seen in Ranbir Kapoor-starrer Bhrahmastra.

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