Social Media
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#WAR: With Bannon back at Breitbart news, what’s in store for the White House?
Scott Lucas, The Conversation
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WhatsApp rolls out new coloured text-based status updates
Scroll Staff
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Why so many people believe fake news – and how to get them to see through conspiracy theories
Mark Lorch, The Conversation
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Want people you barely know to offer an opinion about your life? That’s what Sarahah users are doing
Karishma Attari
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These Japanese Anime girls are endorsing Patanjali products and hanging out with Narendra Modi
Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
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The popularity of ‘honesty apps’ like Sarahah shows how much we desire validation – at any cost
Amy Binns, The Conversation
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Facebook and Instagram bring in updates to improve conversation threads in the comments section
Scroll Staff
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Watch: How does WhatsApp make business sense by offering a free service?
Ramakrishnan M
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Social media addiction has its perils, but Instagram is where young Indians come to bare their soul
Avantika Mehta
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Facebook tried a new tool to prevent identity fraud in India. Here’s why it may be useful everywhere
Ritesh Chugh, The Conversation
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Watch: Teen continues live-streaming after she crashes her car in California, killing her sister
Scroll Staff
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596 websites, 735 social media links have been blocked this year, Centre tells the Lok Sabha
Scroll Staff
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Video: How your social media posts can attract jail time even in 2017
Scroll Staff
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How memes have made it easier to spread anger and hate
Michelle Mielly, The Conversation
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BJP leaders fail to delete fake news posts about Bengal riots, despite images being discredited
Shoaib Daniyal
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Bengaluru: Hindi words covered up at two metro stations amid language debate
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Video: Is Instagram the worst social media platform for users?
Scroll Staff
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#Femvertising: Indian advertisements are slowly trying to overturn sexist notions
Michelle Mielly, The Conversation Nandita Sood Perret, The Conversation
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Web links: Muslims are using social media to build solidarity networks and counter Hindutva
Aparna Kalra
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‘Bharat upma ki jai’: Twitter gets into a heated debate on whether upma should be the national dish
Scroll Staff