Social media
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Pro-BJP Facebook pages offer freebies for votes, raising questions of poll code violation
Pooja Chaudhuri, AltNews.in
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Election Commission advisory on telecasting exit polls includes websites, social media
Scroll Staff
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At Pakistan National Day event in Delhi, police question guests, ‘dissuade’ them from attending
Scroll Staff
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Facebook admits storing millions of user passwords in plain text, accessible to employees
Scroll Staff
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Fact check: Is this really a photo of missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed with Islamic State fighters?
Arjun Sidharth, AltNews.in
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New Zealand PM calls for united response against social media platforms being used for violence
Scroll Staff
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Four arrested for harassing journalist Barkha Dutt through calls, messages
Scroll Staff
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Social media platforms agree to draft ‘Code of Ethics’ for Lok Sabha polls, says Election Commission
Scroll Staff
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EC tells Bombay High Court it will direct social media sites not to run unapproved political ads
Scroll Staff
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Facebook (briefly) banned one of India’s largest pages – for warning people about Fascism
Shoaib Daniyal
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Election commission may want to enforce Model Code of Conduct on social media – but it won’t be easy
Shoaib Daniyal
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To tackle its privacy problem, Facebook wants to be more like WhatsApp
Sacha Molitorisz, The Conversation
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Facebook and Instagram continue to be down for some users across the globe
Scroll Staff
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BJP suggested poll panel against bringing print media under 48-hour curbs before voting day: HT
Scroll Staff
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The Daily Fix: Indians need to be vigilant about social media disinformation at election time
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
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Lok Sabha polls: All political ads on social media will need prior certification, says ECI
Scroll Staff
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IAF says pilot Abhinandan does not have any social media accounts, warns against fake ones
Scroll Staff
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Fact check: Another manufactured audio clip, this one to falsely claim BJP plotted to hack EVMs
Pooja Chaudhuri, AltNews.in
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Why WhatsApp could play a more potent role in India’s elections than it has in other countries
Lipika Kamra, The Conversation Philippa Williams, The Conversation
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How funnyman José Covaco became a viral star despite rarely leaving his Bandra flat
Nair DA