Social Media Strategy
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Why Elon Musk’s plan to charge Twitter/X users $1 will actually make the platform’s problems worse
The businessman’s idea of a ‘bot tax’ is not the best way forward.
Hamza Mudassir, The Conversation
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How offering incentives can prompt social media users to post more accurate information
An accuracy-based reward structure could help restore waning user confidence.
Ian Anderson, The Conversation, Gizem Ceylan, The Conversation & Wendy Wood, The Conversation
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Several Twitter users change identities to claim to be Muslims who support citizenship law
Alt News finds that many of these handles had in previous tweets declared themselves to be Hindu.
Jignesh Patel, AltNews.in
Trending
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Expelled BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani arrested in Rajasthan
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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Facebook takes down another influence campaign from Iran that targeted Indians
This influence campaign targeted people “across the world, although more heavily in the middle east and south Asia”.
Aria Thaker, qz.com
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Facebook plans to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger: New York Times
The three services will continue to remain stand-alone apps, but it would allow users to communicate across the apps.
Scroll Staff
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Snapchat eyes a bigger share of the Indian market after shunning it all this while
The pressure to grow in new markets like India perhaps stems from the platform’s losing battle against Instagram.
Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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‘We have learned a lesson’: Facebook says it’s trying to tackle spread of misinformation in India
An interview with a public policy manager at Facebook.
Durba Ghosh, qz.com
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A toxic work environment could be weakening the social media cell of the Congress
Instead of growing in the months before the 2019 general elections, the team is now battling attrition, according to interviews with employees.
Aria Thaker, qz.com
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The anti-social network: Four ways the US government can help fix Facebook
For years, Congress and federal regulators have allowed the world’s largest social network to police itself – with disastrous results.
Julia Angwin, ProPublica
The Reel
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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How the Euro 2016 sponsors were ambushed on social media by ‘unofficial’ brands
This so-called ambush marketing is an established phenomenon, but social media has become the perfect new vehicle for it.
Simon Chadwick and Alex Fenton, The Conversation
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Four things Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg might discuss with Narendra Modi
The Silicon Valley executive is likely to seek a reduction of controls on users and on businesses.
Mayank Jain