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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

Language and power: What Ambedkar and Periyar teach us about Maharashtra’s Hindi debate

Jul 01, 2025 · 09:00 am
For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance

Yesterday · 08:30 pm
A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant

Jul 01, 2025 · 11:30 am
How the uncivility in India’s gated communities is the result of deliberate political design

Yesterday · 07:30 am
What India can learn from China: Dictatorship, democracy and the road not taken

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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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Watch: ‘Pushed’ into Bangladesh at gunpoint, two Assam residents return to narrate their ordeal

Jun 19, 2025 · 07:03 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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Watch: In action drama ‘Maalik’, Rajkummar Rao plays a gangster

Jul 01, 2025 · 02:07 pm
‘Tanvi The Great’ film trailer: A woman with autism wants to join the Indian Army

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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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When India nearly barred Israel from a Davis Cup tie in Delhi

Jun 24, 2025 · 11:30 am
How a sixth-generation sarangi maestro honours his family’s centuries-old legacy

Jun 14, 2025 · 11:30 am
When US media feared ‘another Cuba’ in the Himalayas and Indian Ocean

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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

Language and power: What Ambedkar and Periyar teach us about Maharashtra’s Hindi debate

Jul 01, 2025 · 09:00 am

For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance

Yesterday · 08:30 pm

A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant

Jul 01, 2025 · 11:30 am

How the uncivility in India’s gated communities is the result of deliberate political design

Yesterday · 07:30 am

What India can learn from China: Dictatorship, democracy and the road not taken

2 hours ago

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

Why Madrasi Camp’s demolition in Delhi signals the end of a unique community

Jun 26, 2025 · 07:15 pm

Scroll Adda: ‘Secular forces fixate on footnotes, Hindutva gets how Indians deal with history’

Jun 20, 2025 · 06:00 pm

Watch: ‘Pushed’ into Bangladesh at gunpoint, two Assam residents return to narrate their ordeal

Jun 19, 2025 · 07:03 pm

Video: The destruction of the Indian university

Jun 15, 2025 · 06:00 pm

Eco India: How can Kannauj's famous perfume industry survive the effects of climate change?

Jun 08, 2025 · 08:55 am

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

‘Heads of State’ review: An agreeably preposterous geopolitical buddy comedy

Yesterday · 08:15 am

‘Aankhon Ki Gustaakhiyan’ trailer: Shanaya Kapoor, Vikrant Massey in film based on Ruskin Bond story

Jul 01, 2025 · 07:35 pm

Watch: In action drama ‘Maalik’, Rajkummar Rao plays a gangster

Jul 01, 2025 · 02:07 pm

‘Tanvi The Great’ film trailer: A woman with autism wants to join the Indian Army

Jun 30, 2025 · 01:15 pm

Start the week with a film: Texture and layers in murder mystery ‘Only the River Flows’

Jun 30, 2025 · 08:00 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

A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant

Jul 01, 2025 · 11:30 am

In Bengaluru, an ancient play finds new voice in the world’s oldest living dramatic tradition

Jun 28, 2025 · 11:30 am

When India nearly barred Israel from a Davis Cup tie in Delhi

Jun 24, 2025 · 11:30 am

How a sixth-generation sarangi maestro honours his family’s centuries-old legacy

Jun 14, 2025 · 11:30 am

When US media feared ‘another Cuba’ in the Himalayas and Indian Ocean

Abhik Deb
· Jan 11, 2025 · 09:00 am

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

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· 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

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· Apr 12, 2023 · 12:50 pm

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· Mar 21, 2023 · 03:52 pm

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· Feb 08, 2023 · 11:17 am