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Social Media Politics

Why Facebook ending fact checking in US is a warning sign for India

The company is willing to bend to power, raising concerns for India where critical voices on social media are being aggressively taken down, experts said.

Abhik Deb
· Jan 11, 2025 · 09:00 am
Why is Russia Today involved in India’s domestic politics? Congress on edited video of Rahul Gandhi

The purported Indian-specific social media account of the Russian state broadcaster had posted a video ‘trolling’ the Opposition leader.

Scroll Staff
· Aug 13, 2024 · 05:50 pm
Safe harbour rules will not apply if deepfakes are not removed, Centre warns social media firms

The clause under the Information Technology Act protects social media intermediaries from legal action against them for content posted online by their users.

Scroll Staff
· Nov 19, 2023 · 04:31 pm

Why the India-Pakistan ceasefire is giving Modi supporters heartburn

Yesterday · 09:30 pm
Indira Gandhi ‘mishandled’ situation following creation of Bangladesh, claims Assam CM Himanta Sarma

An hour ago
In wake of ceasefire, damaged homes in a Jammu neighbourhood bear witness to human cost of conflict

May 10, 2025 · 09:09 pm
Operation Sindoor: Both Hindutva backers and leftists are wrong in claiming India-Israel parallels

6 hours ago
From the fall of Islamabad to an attack on Karachi: 5 fake stories that Indian TV news ran with

May 09, 2025 · 05:22 pm

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INDIA alliance writes to Meta and Google, demands neutrality during 2024 Lok Sabha polls

The coalition alleged that their social media platforms showed ‘blatant partisanship’ towards one political formation and said it would not take this lightly.

Scroll Staff
· Oct 13, 2023 · 11:03 am
Karnataka HC suggests imposing age limit for using social media, says ‘children are addicted to it’

The court suggested that the government could extend the rules that are in place for online gaming to social media platforms.

Scroll Staff
· Sep 20, 2023 · 04:19 pm
Karnataka High Court upholds Centre’s order to block tweets, dismisses Twitter’s challenge

Justice Krishna S Dixit imposed a fine of Rs 50 lakh on the social media company.

Scroll Staff
· Jun 30, 2023 · 11:30 am

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Interview: ‘Embarrassing for Modi to compromise under Trump pressure’

Yesterday · 08:45 pm
Godi media fake news: spreading panic, escalating war tensions

May 10, 2025 · 12:00 am
Interview: ‘Sceptical that strikes will deter Pak terror’

May 09, 2025 · 08:00 am
Video: Why activists unable to blink an eye went to court against E-KYC

May 04, 2025 · 10:30 am
Video: How will the amended Waqf Act impact India’s constitutional values?

Apr 28, 2025 · 03:30 pm

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Twitter ex-CEO’s claims on threats from India show democracy being strangulated, says Opposition

The Congress said allegations of the former CEO of the social media platform showed that PM Narendra Modi tried to suppress voices during the farmers’ protest.

Scroll Staff
· Jun 13, 2023 · 02:44 pm
‘We will shut Twitter down’: Ex-CEO claims India put pressure on platform during farmers’ stir

Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, however, dismissed Jack Dorsey’s claims as an outright lie.

Scroll Staff
· Jun 13, 2023 · 08:27 am
Pro-BJP accounts lead trolling of CJI Chandrachud, researchers show

The chief Justice of India is presented as ‘an internal enemy’ who is out of touch with Indian values, says a new paper.

Scroll Staff
· May 30, 2023 · 03:10 pm

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‘The Royals’ review: All dressed up with nowhere to go

May 09, 2025 · 01:00 pm
‘Maria’ review: Angelina Jolie finds the right pitch in an off-key biopic

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Twitter would rather obey India’s social media laws than risk staff going to jail, says Elon Musk

The billionaire who owns the microblogging site said rules in India for what can appear on social media are quite strict.

Scroll Staff
· Apr 12, 2023 · 12:50 pm
Twitter accounts of several Punjab journalists withheld amid Amritpal Singh manhunt

A message displayed on the handles says that the action has been taken ‘in response to a legal demand’. However, the details of the demand are not known.

Scroll Staff
· Mar 21, 2023 · 03:52 pm
Twitter has no right to speak on behalf of those whose accounts were blocked, Centre tells HC

The Karnataka High Court is hearing a plea by Twitter against the Central government’s orders to block 39 tweets and accounts on the platform between 2021-2022.

Scroll Staff
· Feb 08, 2023 · 11:17 am

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What Donald Trump could learn from Jawaharlal Nehru about architecture

May 06, 2025 · 11:30 am
My endless quest to understand Bhagwan Singh and Bhogwan Singh

May 03, 2025 · 11:30 am
Precious histories of South Asian dance have remained hidden and ignored – until now

Apr 30, 2025 · 11:30 am
How India got entangled in the geopolitical games in 1950s Ceylon

Apr 26, 2025 · 11:30 am

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Social Media Politics

Why Facebook ending fact checking in US is a warning sign for India

The company is willing to bend to power, raising concerns for India where critical voices on social media are being aggressively taken down, experts said.

Abhik Deb · Jan 11, 2025 · 09:00 am

Why is Russia Today involved in India’s domestic politics? Congress on edited video of Rahul Gandhi

The purported Indian-specific social media account of the Russian state broadcaster had posted a video ‘trolling’ the Opposition leader.

Scroll Staff · Aug 13, 2024 · 05:50 pm

Safe harbour rules will not apply if deepfakes are not removed, Centre warns social media firms

The clause under the Information Technology Act protects social media intermediaries from legal action against them for content posted online by their users.

Scroll Staff · Nov 19, 2023 · 04:31 pm

Trending

Why the India-Pakistan ceasefire is giving Modi supporters heartburn

Yesterday · 09:30 pm

Indira Gandhi ‘mishandled’ situation following creation of Bangladesh, claims Assam CM Himanta Sarma

An hour ago

In wake of ceasefire, damaged homes in a Jammu neighbourhood bear witness to human cost of conflict

May 10, 2025 · 09:09 pm

Operation Sindoor: Both Hindutva backers and leftists are wrong in claiming India-Israel parallels

6 hours ago

From the fall of Islamabad to an attack on Karachi: 5 fake stories that Indian TV news ran with

May 09, 2025 · 05:22 pm

INDIA alliance writes to Meta and Google, demands neutrality during 2024 Lok Sabha polls

The coalition alleged that their social media platforms showed ‘blatant partisanship’ towards one political formation and said it would not take this lightly.

Scroll Staff · Oct 13, 2023 · 11:03 am

Karnataka HC suggests imposing age limit for using social media, says ‘children are addicted to it’

The court suggested that the government could extend the rules that are in place for online gaming to social media platforms.

Scroll Staff · Sep 20, 2023 · 04:19 pm

Karnataka High Court upholds Centre’s order to block tweets, dismisses Twitter’s challenge

Justice Krishna S Dixit imposed a fine of Rs 50 lakh on the social media company.

Scroll Staff · Jun 30, 2023 · 11:30 am

Video

Interview: ‘Embarrassing for Modi to compromise under Trump pressure’

Yesterday · 08:45 pm

Godi media fake news: spreading panic, escalating war tensions

May 10, 2025 · 12:00 am

Interview: ‘Sceptical that strikes will deter Pak terror’

May 09, 2025 · 08:00 am

Video: Why activists unable to blink an eye went to court against E-KYC

May 04, 2025 · 10:30 am

Video: How will the amended Waqf Act impact India’s constitutional values?

Apr 28, 2025 · 03:30 pm

Twitter ex-CEO’s claims on threats from India show democracy being strangulated, says Opposition

The Congress said allegations of the former CEO of the social media platform showed that PM Narendra Modi tried to suppress voices during the farmers’ protest.

Scroll Staff · Jun 13, 2023 · 02:44 pm

‘We will shut Twitter down’: Ex-CEO claims India put pressure on platform during farmers’ stir

Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, however, dismissed Jack Dorsey’s claims as an outright lie.

Scroll Staff · Jun 13, 2023 · 08:27 am

Pro-BJP accounts lead trolling of CJI Chandrachud, researchers show

The chief Justice of India is presented as ‘an internal enemy’ who is out of touch with Indian values, says a new paper.

Scroll Staff · May 30, 2023 · 03:10 pm

The Reel

Start the week with a film: In ‘Last Night of Amore’, the wages of temptation

7 hours ago

Sensuous, delicate, poetic: The 1978 classic from Sri Lanka that is set to make a splash at Cannes

May 10, 2025 · 07:45 am

‘The Royals’ review: All dressed up with nowhere to go

May 09, 2025 · 01:00 pm

‘Maria’ review: Angelina Jolie finds the right pitch in an off-key biopic

May 09, 2025 · 09:15 am

‘Gram Chikitsalay’ review: A bitter pill to swallow

May 09, 2025 · 09:05 am

Twitter would rather obey India’s social media laws than risk staff going to jail, says Elon Musk

The billionaire who owns the microblogging site said rules in India for what can appear on social media are quite strict.

Scroll Staff · Apr 12, 2023 · 12:50 pm

Twitter accounts of several Punjab journalists withheld amid Amritpal Singh manhunt

A message displayed on the handles says that the action has been taken ‘in response to a legal demand’. However, the details of the demand are not known.

Scroll Staff · Mar 21, 2023 · 03:52 pm

Twitter has no right to speak on behalf of those whose accounts were blocked, Centre tells HC

The Karnataka High Court is hearing a plea by Twitter against the Central government’s orders to block 39 tweets and accounts on the platform between 2021-2022.

Scroll Staff · Feb 08, 2023 · 11:17 am

Magazine

When cars were still rare, two US women decided to experience India from behind the wheel

May 10, 2025 · 11:30 am

What Donald Trump could learn from Jawaharlal Nehru about architecture

May 06, 2025 · 11:30 am

My endless quest to understand Bhagwan Singh and Bhogwan Singh

May 03, 2025 · 11:30 am

Precious histories of South Asian dance have remained hidden and ignored – until now

Apr 30, 2025 · 11:30 am

How India got entangled in the geopolitical games in 1950s Ceylon

Abhik Deb
· Jan 11, 2025 · 09:00 am

Scroll Staff
· Aug 13, 2024 · 05:50 pm

Scroll Staff
· Nov 19, 2023 · 04:31 pm

Scroll Staff
· Oct 13, 2023 · 11:03 am

Scroll Staff
· Sep 20, 2023 · 04:19 pm

Scroll Staff
· Jun 30, 2023 · 11:30 am

Scroll Staff
· Jun 13, 2023 · 02:44 pm

Scroll Staff
· Jun 13, 2023 · 08:27 am

Scroll Staff
· May 30, 2023 · 03:10 pm

Scroll Staff
· Apr 12, 2023 · 12:50 pm

Scroll Staff
· Mar 21, 2023 · 03:52 pm

Scroll Staff
· Feb 08, 2023 · 11:17 am