Social Media
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‘They fought over WiFi’: Twitter laughs about Tripura CM’s claims about internet in Mahabharata era
Scroll Staff
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Shadow profiles: Facebook knows about you, even if you’re not on Facebook
Andrew Quodling, The Conversation
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‘We want you to speak up’: Modi’s silence on Kathua and Unnao has got everyone talking
Scroll Staff
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The US law that made Facebook (and much of social media) what it is today
Frank LoMonte, The Conversation
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Cartoons on Ambedkar’s contribution to Hindu Code Bill: Twitter user resurrects forgotten history
Scroll Staff
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Mumbai Police jumps on the ‘if you don’t love me at my worst’ trend, proves its Twitter game is best
Scroll Staff
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The psychology of social media: Why good people turn bad online
Gaia Vince, Mosaic
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The anti-social network: Four ways the US government can help fix Facebook
Julia Angwin, ProPublica
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Facebook says only authorised advertisers will now be able to run ads even on non-electoral topics
Scroll Staff
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Watch: What if we abandoned privacy in the real world the way we have on social media?
Scroll Staff
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Post-truth April Fool’s Day: Indian politicians, media and brands struggle to break ‘fake news’
Soumya Rao
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Facebook begins fact-checking photos and videos to crack down on fake news
Scroll Staff
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Twitter introduces ‘Timestamps’ to share specific moments from live videos
Scroll Staff
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Shashi Tharoor’s Mahavir Jayanti Twitter gaffe sparks a hilarious thread of wrongly captioned photos
Scroll Staff
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Cultural appropriation or storm in a teacup? US woman’s India-inspired chai brand sparks a debate
Soumya Rao
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Narendra Modi app shares private data of users with American firm without consent, says cyber expert
Abhishek Dey
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Amid Cambridge Analytica-Facebook row, cartoonists show that Indians have Aadhaar to worry about too
Scroll Staff
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Reality check: India’s class divide even determines how its youth use internet (and take selfies)
Maria Thomas, qz.com
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Five scientists explain why Stephen Hawking was important to them – and the world
Alan Duffy, The Conversation Alice Gorman, The Conversation Jonti Horner, The Conversation Lisa Harvey-Smith, The Conversation Matthew Bailes, The Conversation Steven Tingay, The Conversation
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Sri Lanka: Law and order minister says 10-day emergency will not be extended
Scroll Staff