Coronavirus: ‘Gag order issued,’ says BJP on Mumbai Police notice against fake news

A Mumbai BJP spokesperson claimed the order was similar to ones issued in the Emergency and blamed the Congress, a ruling coalition partner.

Scroll Staff

· May 26, 2020 · 11:01 am

How WhatsApp allowed shadow groups within UK’s political parties to dictate the course of Brexit

The admin of a Whatsapp group wields power akin to the leader or whip in a traditional party structure.

Aliaksandr Herasimenka, The Conversation

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Anastasia Kavada, The Conversation

· Jan 15, 2020 · 11:30 pm

Why Dalits are accusing Twitter of casteism and communal bigotry

Around the world, the platform has been accused of pandering to authoritaranism. Some of those accusations are now being made in India.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Nov 06, 2019 · 06:30 am

A spoof Indian government on Twitter is providing laughs and some necessary dissent

AltSarkar is a role-play government, complete with a prime minister and RBI, that relies heavily on satire.

Manavi Kapur, qz.com

· Sep 01, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Nigeria has shown that WhatsApp doesn’t only help spread fake news, but can also help fight it

While the 2019 Nigerian election saw a huge amount of pro-government fake news circulated through the app, it also gave the Opposition a cheap way to fight it.

Nic Cheeseman, The Conversation

· Jul 31, 2019 · 09:30 pm

MTNL shares tweet eulogising Nathuram Godse, says ‘it is difficult to digest the truth’

Twitter users criticised the state-run telecom company, and asked it to first improve its services and fix phone lines. The company then deleted the tweet.

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· Jun 20, 2019 · 02:50 pm

This is probably why Narendra Modi even follows trolls on Twitter

The prime minister’s strategy has worked in his favour, experts say.

Aria Thaker, qz.com

· Jun 05, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Anurag Kashyap files FIR against ‘Modi supporter’ who threatened his daughter with rape

The film director had shared the man’s threatening post in a tweet on May 23.

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· May 27, 2019 · 03:43 pm

Facebook rejects co-founder’s call to break its monopoly by separating it into multiple firms

Co-founder Chris Hughes wrote an article expressing concern about Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘staggering influence’ and ‘unilateral control over speech’.

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· May 10, 2019 · 07:58 am

Facebook purge: Hundreds of BJP-related pages were taken down – but not mentioned in firm’s release

The tech giant’s move, so close to India’s elections, raises several concerns.

Pooja Chaudhuri, AltNews.in

· Apr 07, 2019 · 12:52 pm

Facebook (briefly) banned one of India’s largest pages – for warning people about Fascism

While the ban was soon revoked, the episode is another reminder of how social media giants have enabled the rise of the far right across the world.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Mar 18, 2019 · 04:00 pm

Pro-BJP pages account for 70% of ad spending made public by Facebook, analysis shows

Between February 7 and March 2, Facebook pages of BJP members and ministers and propaganda pages run directly by the party spent over Rs 1.5 crore on ads.

Pooja Chaudhuri, AltNews.in

· Mar 10, 2019 · 11:10 am