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India has demanded social networking websites take down provocative messages and blocked some online content after anonymous threats sparked an exodus of migrants from southern cities.

Tens of thousands of workers and students from the remote northeast region returned home last week from Bangalore, Mumbai and other cities fearing attacks from Muslims in reprisal for recent ethnic clashes in the state of Assam.

The Indian government has said many of the internet posts, fake video clips and phone messages spreading rumours of plans to target migrants were sent from arch-rival Pakistan.

The Ministry of Communications said late on Monday that an order had been issued on August 17 but that 'such inflammatory and harmful content continued to appear on the social networking sites'.

It added the government was meeting with representatives of the sites to curb the content, and it stressed that 'a lot more and quicker action is expected from them to address such a sensitive issue'.

Google issued a statement on Tuesday saying any content intended to incite violence was already prohibited on its products, including YouTube videos.

'We understand the gravity of the situation... and continue to work closely with relevant authorities,' it said in response to the government's demands.

Officials declined to name which other sites were affected, while Twitter and Facebook were not immediately available for comment.

The government also said 245 web pages had been blocked, declining to give further details.

Asked whether social networking sites were being used to whip up ethnic tension, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde told reporters: 'We have got sufficient evidence. The whole process is in investigation mode.'

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21-08-2012 02:28 The government has identified over 250 websites and blogs that participated in the online campaign of hatred against Indians from the North-East. About 125 websites have already been blocked. Rest will be forced offline in the next few hours. The Department of Telecom has said that objectionable content is still available online and has suggested that social networking sites have not responded to requests to urgently delete inflammatory posts.

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India has demanded social networking websites take down provocative messages and blocked some online content after anonymous threats sparked an exodus of migrants from southern cities.

Tens of thousands of workers and students from the remote northeast region returned home last week from Bangalore, Mumbai and other cities fearing attacks from Muslims in reprisal for recent ethnic clashes in the state of Assam.

The Indian government has said many of the Internet posts, fake video clips and phone messages spreading rumours of plans to target migrants were sent from arch-rival Pakistan.

The Ministry of Communications said late Monday that an order had been issued on August 17 but that "such inflammatory and harmful content continued to appear on the social networking sites".

It added the government was meeting with representatives of the sites to curb the content, and it stressed that "a lot more and quicker action is expected from them to address such a sensitive issue".

Google issued a statement on Tuesday saying any content intended to incite violence was already prohibited on its products, including YouTube videos.

"We understand the gravity of the situation... and continue to work closely with relevant authorities," it said in response to the government's demands.

Officials declined to name which other sites were affected, while Twitter and Facebook were not immediately available for comment.

The government also said 245 web pages had been blocked, declining to give further details.

Asked whether social networking sites were being used to whip up ethnic tension, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde told reporters: "We have got sufficient evidence. The whole process is in investigation mode."

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Intel's Ultrabook Race is the very first race that will put your social networking prowess to the test.

Twitter influence will be put to play as four contestants battle for social networking supremacy as they run through the urban jungles of Moscow and Sydney searching for clues and their followers and friends on Twitter and their other social networks aid them in their quest.

Contestants are led by Indonesian celebrity, Daniel Mananta, who tops with more than 1.5 million Twitter followers. Indian actress, singer and VJ Anusha Dandekar is the lone female contender, while the other two are tech geeks American Mark Watson and Brazil's Leon Martins.

The Ultrabook Race is more than just pocketing the $10,000 prize it is more of a test of cunning influence and resourcefulness in getting ahead of everyone else.

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The contenders will be given clues and they can make use of their Ultrabooks and their social networks.

Moscow to Sydney

At the first leg, the contenders fielded in the streets of Moscow are tasked to find their Intel Ultrabooks with only a set of clues.

Daniel, known in his country as Indonesia Idol host, led the other challengers in finding the Intel Ultrabook.

There were other tasks done by the challengers in the colourful streets of Moscow including cooking a dish with just a photo and instructions from their twitter followers.

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CEBU, Philippines - Back in the days when "WiFi Hotspots" were only found in coffee shops, airports and public places, the working premise of online social networking was relatively new, propelled as a simplified version of how netizens could manage and maintain online journals with journal entries, photos and other digital content shared to friends and family.

Online entities like Friendster, Myspace and Multiply effectively managed to harness the internet as a social network kingmaker, but as a cursory look at how Facebook has grown to be the giant social network that it is today, the top three social networks of the early 2000's have had to make some changes in their operative goals.

As Friendster now stands as a "social gaming" entity, Multiply recently announced its intentions to halt its social networking working features come December 2012, shifting its focus area on the increasing demand for online e-commerce portals.

This means that by the last quarter of this year, Multiply will no longer be highlighting photo and video uploading/sharing, blog-posting and personal messaging for social networking purposes, focusing all of its energies in helping online sellers setup online shops in cyberspace.

Given the reported 11 million Multiply users, the move is one which a casual observer would note as smart, just as how smart Friendster was in shifting its focus on "social gaming", rather than fighting tooth and claw against the increasing followers and growth of Facebook, its main competition in the social networking arena at the time.

Though it is too soon to tell if Multiply's making the right or wrong move in severing itself from its social network roots, the consistent rise of e-commerce, matched with the estimated 350 million consumers based in the Philippines and in Indonesia (Multiply moved is headquarters to Indonesia too, from its base in Boca Raton, Florida), proves to be a lucrative market where Multiply could thrive and continue to move forward as an e-commerce brand.

As change simply for the sake of change is not always a good thing, the changes Multiply is intent on making is one that is promising for Multiply, its loyal followers, and the rising number of online sellers and shoppers in Southeast Asia.

Multiply will be providing workarounds over how current Multiply users could easily download and archive their personal content in the days ahead, before it halts its social networking arm by December. Multiply users are advised to save their uploaded digital media before they are permanently removed. Visit http://www.multiply.com for updates. (FREEMAN)

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