Social Media
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#Monkmania and how BBC’s University Challenge ‘nerds’ go viral
Alec Charles, The Conversation
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How social media turned United Airlines’ PR flub into a firestorm
Anjana Susarla, The Conversation
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Crushing the intellect: Pakistan’s war on free speech in the social media era
Altaf Khan, The Conversation
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The development of school textbooks is serious business and must be monitored rigorously
Disha Nawani
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Twitter makes more space for characters in replies
Scroll Staff
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Facebook may soon allow users to post GIFs in comments
Scroll Staff
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Kazakhstan’s government is using social media to tame rebellion
Nurseit Niyazbekov, The Conversation
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Bengaluru woman booked for 'objectionable', 'defamatory' Facebook posts about Yogi Adityanath
Scroll Staff
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Do you show yourself at your best in your social feed? You're still revealing more than you think
Scroll Staff
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The age of trolls: What the BJP's new spokesperson signifies for Indian politics
Shoaib Daniyal
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CPM asks members to toe party line on social media: Times of India
Scroll Staff
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TVF case: What are the legal implications of using social media to allege sexual harassment?
Aarefa Johari
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Our experiments taught us why people troll
Justin Cheng, Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil and Michael Bernstein, The Conversation
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The legacy of Savitri Bai: why thousands of women are marching near the RSS headquarters in Nagpur
Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
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After Kerala priest's arrest, Facebook debate on sexual attraction to children causes a storm
Naveen Nair
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Who is 'Hindustani Musalman' and other Scroll.in stories that you may have missed this week
Scroll Staff
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Narendra Modi is the most followed world leader on Facebook, finds study
Scroll Staff
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Facebook is testing a chat window-like feature for posts from friends on its desktop website
Scroll Staff
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Home Ministry appoints consultant to handle its social media accounts
Scroll Staff
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Online extortion: India’s confidence tricksters are scamming women worldwide
Abhishek Dey