Social Media
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Fact check: Did a pre-poll survey by the BBC predict a thumping win for BJP in Lok Sabha 2019?
Arjun Sidharth, AltNews.in
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Automated bots manipulated Twitter traffic before Narendra Modi’s visit to Tamil Nadu: US think-tank
Aria Thaker, qz.com
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More fact-checking, dedicated teams: Facebook details strategy to curb misinformation during polls
Scroll Staff
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SC refuses urgent hearing of plea challenging Madras High Court order banning TikTok app
Scroll Staff
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Beware Indian social media influencers promoting brands. They may be resorting to fakery
Durba Ghosh, qz.com
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The Daily Fix: Madras High Court's knee-jerk TikTok ban is another attack on free speech in India
Shoaib Daniyal
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If Mark Zuckerberg wants to fix the internet, he must do more than just talk about ‘new rules’
Andrew Quodling, The Conversation
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Pro-BJP Facebook pages offer freebies for votes, raising questions of poll code violation
Pooja Chaudhuri, AltNews.in
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Election Commission advisory on telecasting exit polls includes websites, social media
Scroll Staff
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At Pakistan National Day event in Delhi, police question guests, ‘dissuade’ them from attending
Scroll Staff
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Facebook admits storing millions of user passwords in plain text, accessible to employees
Scroll Staff
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Fact check: Is this really a photo of missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed with Islamic State fighters?
Arjun Sidharth, AltNews.in
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New Zealand PM calls for united response against social media platforms being used for violence
Scroll Staff
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Four arrested for harassing journalist Barkha Dutt through calls, messages
Scroll Staff
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Social media platforms agree to draft ‘Code of Ethics’ for Lok Sabha polls, says Election Commission
Scroll Staff
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EC tells Bombay High Court it will direct social media sites not to run unapproved political ads
Scroll Staff
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Facebook (briefly) banned one of India’s largest pages – for warning people about Fascism
Shoaib Daniyal
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Election commission may want to enforce Model Code of Conduct on social media – but it won’t be easy
Shoaib Daniyal
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To tackle its privacy problem, Facebook wants to be more like WhatsApp
Sacha Molitorisz, The Conversation
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Facebook and Instagram continue to be down for some users across the globe
Scroll Staff