Social media

‘Behave responsibly’: TikTok is asking Indians to guard against fake news this election season

Aria Thaker, qz.com
· Apr 13, 2019 · 01:30 pm
Fact check: Did a pre-poll survey by the BBC predict a thumping win for BJP in Lok Sabha 2019?

Arjun Sidharth, AltNews.in
· Apr 10, 2019 · 04:10 pm
Automated bots manipulated Twitter traffic before Narendra Modi’s visit to Tamil Nadu: US think-tank

Aria Thaker, qz.com
· Apr 10, 2019 · 01:30 pm
More fact-checking, dedicated teams: Facebook details strategy to curb misinformation during polls

Scroll Staff
· Apr 08, 2019 · 09:50 pm
SC refuses urgent hearing of plea challenging Madras High Court order banning TikTok app

Scroll Staff
· Apr 08, 2019 · 01:43 pm
Beware Indian social media influencers promoting brands. They may be resorting to fakery

Durba Ghosh, qz.com
· Apr 07, 2019 · 01:30 pm
The Daily Fix: Madras High Court's knee-jerk TikTok ban is another attack on free speech in India

Shoaib Daniyal
· Apr 05, 2019 · 09:30 am
If Mark Zuckerberg wants to fix the internet, he must do more than just talk about ‘new rules’

Andrew Quodling, The Conversation
· Apr 03, 2019 · 08:30 pm
Pro-BJP Facebook pages offer freebies for votes, raising questions of poll code violation

Pooja Chaudhuri, AltNews.in
· Mar 27, 2019 · 10:50 am
Election Commission advisory on telecasting exit polls includes websites, social media

Scroll Staff
· Mar 24, 2019 · 08:30 am
At Pakistan National Day event in Delhi, police question guests, ‘dissuade’ them from attending

Scroll Staff
· Mar 23, 2019 · 10:47 am
Facebook admits storing millions of user passwords in plain text, accessible to employees

Scroll Staff
· Mar 22, 2019 · 10:49 am
Fact check: Is this really a photo of missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed with Islamic State fighters?

Arjun Sidharth, AltNews.in
· Mar 20, 2019 · 05:30 pm
New Zealand PM calls for united response against social media platforms being used for violence

Scroll Staff
· Mar 20, 2019 · 03:58 pm
Four arrested for harassing journalist Barkha Dutt through calls, messages

Scroll Staff
· Mar 20, 2019 · 09:59 am
Social media platforms agree to draft ‘Code of Ethics’ for Lok Sabha polls, says Election Commission

Scroll Staff
· Mar 20, 2019 · 09:16 am
EC tells Bombay High Court it will direct social media sites not to run unapproved political ads

Scroll Staff
· Mar 19, 2019 · 09:33 am
Facebook (briefly) banned one of India’s largest pages – for warning people about Fascism

Shoaib Daniyal
· Mar 18, 2019 · 04:00 pm
Election commission may want to enforce Model Code of Conduct on social media – but it won’t be easy

Shoaib Daniyal
· Mar 15, 2019 · 07:00 am
To tackle its privacy problem, Facebook wants to be more like WhatsApp

Sacha Molitorisz, The Conversation
· Mar 14, 2019 · 11:30 pm