political content
Coverage of political content in the Nexus archive.
- Cockroach poster row: Kerala’s MG University ups the ante, moves to withdraw funds for national conference
Kerala’s MG University Registrar issued a notice to the SFI-led university union, warning that financial assistance for a national conference scheduled from August 3 to 6 will be withdrawn. The university claims the union violated its order prohibiting political content.
- FCRA Rules tightened: NGOs must declare social media accounts, stick to specified activities; political content barred
NGOs registered under FCRA, 2010 must declare their social media accounts and adhere to specified activities, with political content prohibited. They are also required to disclose the geographical scope of their programs.
- Social‑media feeds are detoxified by a redesigned algorithm
A redesigned 'diversified extremity' algorithm by Bluesky reduced exposure to polarizing political content during the 2024 US presidential election, improved accuracy of social norm perceptions, and maintained user enjoyment. The experiment, published in Nature in 2026, demonstrated that making feeds more representative of users can mitigate polarization without sacrificing engagement.