Anti Social Media
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Does quitting social media have long-term benefits? Here’s what researchers say
It would be difficult to figure out how much of a person’s increase in life satisfaction is due to quitting social media, and not other factors.
John Malouff, The Conversation
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Twitter and Meta want to make money from protecting users’ identities. Will it work?
Should you pay for Meta and Twitter’s verified identity subscriptions? A social media researcher explains how the choice you face affects everyone else.
Anjana Susarla, The Conversation
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Why Elon Musk’s ‘hardcore’ management style is responsible for the chaos at Twitter
The eccentric billionaire’s treatment of his employees has prompted many to leave.
Libby (Elizabeth) Sander, The Conversation
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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In Amit Shah’s Gandhinagar, three Lok Sabha candidates allege they faced pressure to withdraw
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Why is the 2024 Congress manifesto silent on pushing back against majoritarianism? History has clues
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‘Exhuma’ review: A grave holds secrets to a troubled Korean past
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How Twitter’s liberal policy on porn allows Indian Muslim women to be harassed
A plethora of handles promoting obscene content showcasing Muslim women as submissive to Hindu men thrives on the platform.
Pooja Chaudhuri
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Cambridge Analytica row shows how Facebook is killing democracy with its personality profiling data
The social media platform harvests individual users' data and sells it to advertisers, who narrowly target specific messages to particular people.
Timothy Summers, The Conversation
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Creator of Humans of Hindutva deletes Facebook parody page after receiving death threats
The administrator wrote on a website that he had ‘no desire to end up like Gauri Lankesh or Afrazul Khan’.
Scroll Staff
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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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Video: What will it take to bring back peace to Manipur?
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Watch: Meet Sparkles, the new avatar of Boston Dynamics’ robot dog with a special costume
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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The video of the ‘drunk’ policeman on the Delhi Metro showed the after-effects of a stroke
The 50-year-old constable is seeking compensation for the video, which, he claims, has 'irreparably maligned his image in the eyes of the public'.
Scroll Staff
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Rude comments online are a reality we can’t get away from
Without the non-verbal communication we rely on in real life, chat online is bound to get heated.
Vincent Brown, The Conversation