Social Media
-

Emoji power: A new mosquito emoticon may help battle diseases like dengue
Cameron Webb, Ian M Mackay, The Conversation
-

Counterview: Why did the list of India’s top public intellectuals consist only of upper-caste men?
Saba Naqvi
-

Three things Facebook must do if it wants to win back people’s trust
Bhaskar Chakravorti, The Conversation
-

Meet Prashant P Umrao, the lawyer against whom Rajdeep Sardesai has filed a police complaint
Arjun Sidharth, AltNews.in
-

India’s 5 most important public intellectuals – and what this list says about our national discourse
Dhruva Jaishankar
-

‘SAD (Serious Acronym Disorder)’: Twitter users are on TOP of the world over Modi’s latest wordplay
Scroll Staff
-

An Indian designer has accused global fashion house Christian Dior of copying its print
Maria Thomas, qz.com
-

How writer Margaret Atwood was tried on social media and convicted by the press
Sharon Coen, The Conversation
-

Spate of ‘good morning’ messages slows down one in three smartphones in India: WSJ
Scroll Staff
-

Up for a fight: How social media is enabling indie wrestling to break WWE’s monopoly on the business
Bill Zimmerman, The Conversation
-

Outrage in Bangladesh about a viral photo of Pranab Mukherjee should give India cause for concern
Shafquat Rabbee
-

Shamed and sidelined for too long, plus-size women in Pakistan are now speaking up
Annam Lodhi
-

Clothing company H&M appoints global diversity manager after backlash over racist advertisement
Scroll Staff
-

Facebook cuts news on your timeline to give you more time with advertisers
Tom Felle, The Conversation
-

Army chief says curbs on social media in Jammu and Kashmir are necessary to control militancy
Scroll Staff
-

Home Ministry asks states to maintain database of suspects to fight cyber crime
Scroll Staff
-

The Readers’ Editor writes: Indian media is following ‘WhatsApp journalism’ instead of fighting it
C Rammanohar Reddy
-

No filters: An Indian female artist is talking about sexuality, health and flatulence on Instagram
Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
-

Desperate for WhatsApp, tens of thousands of Indians with cheap phones flood a US coder’s website
Peter Krumins
-

To deal with rise of social media, Election Commission sets up panel to suggest new poll rules
Scroll Staff