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GS-4TECHNOLOGY ETHICS AND PLATFORM REGULATION

The $18-Billion Settlement That Mattered Less Than the Silence It Bought

The settlement, announced by state attorneys-general on August 26, ends a federal trial that would have put CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the stand over claims Meta knowingly built addictive features and hid them from the public. Unlike past tech settlements built around monetary penalties alone, this one legally mandates structural design changes and ties $5 billion in further payments to whether rivals TikTok, Snapchat and…

Sub TopicSTRUCTURAL REGULATION OF ALGORITHMIC ADDICTIONSourceCALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL'S…
UPSC Relevance9/10
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GS-4PROTECTION OF VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES

It Took a Constitutional Body to Get the Right Law Applied

The NCST issued its notice on August 25, giving the J&K chief secretary, the DGP and the Kishtwar SSP five days to respond, after a complaint from the Tribal Gujjar Bakerwal Welfare Foundation flagged that police had not applied the SC/ST Act despite the victim being a tribal minor and the accused a person in a position of institutional authority. The case has triggered protests across the district.

Sub TopicCONSTITUTIONAL OVERSIGHT VS. ADMINISTRATIVE APATHYSourceINDIAN EXPRESS, HINDUSTAN TIMES…
UPSC Relevance9/10
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GS-4INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS IN INQUIRY COMMITTEES

IIT-Delhi Rebuilds Its Own Inquiry Panel - And Admits Why

IIT Director Rangan Banerjee announced the reconstituted committee late on August 26, days after students boycotted classes over the presence of former Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar on the original panel, citing his past remarks linking student protests to "radicalisation." Kumar has since recused himself and Justice Mukta Gupta has been appointed as the new chair.

Sub TopicINSTITUTIONAL SELF-GOVERNANCE VS. INDEPENDENT INQUIRYSourceINDIAN EXPRESS, HINDUSTAN TIMES…
UPSC Relevance9/10
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