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Subhash Rai
Big Tech Should be Part of the Commons
29 May 2020
Donald Trump’s latest tweets on mail-in ballots has put the spotlight back on the president and his supposed love-hate relationship with Big Tech.
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Abir Dasgupta
Ambani Family Reshuffled Shares in Reliance Industries Before Facebook Deal
25 Apr 2020
Not very long before the $5.7 billion (Rs 43,000 crore) investment in Reliance Jio by social media giant Facebook was announced, Mukesh Ambani and his family members shuffled their shares within the…
PTI
Facebook Acquires 10% Stake in Jio Platform for Rs 43,574 Crore, Becomes Largest Minority Shareholder
22 Apr 2020
Jio Platforms, Reliance Retail Ltd and WhatsApp have also entered into a commercial partnership agreement. This is to further accelerate Reliance Retail's new commerce business on the JioMart…
Newsclick Report
Government to Bring New Regulations for Social Media Platforms to Curtail Hate Messages
05 Mar 2020
Along with the decision of the central government, Delhi government has also come up with full-page advertisements in leading dailies detailing how to become the part of the surveillance system.
Newsclick Report
Assam Lecturer Arrested for FB Posts Alleging BJP-RSS’s Role in Delhi Violence
29 Feb 2020
Even though Sengupta had issued an apology, the college premises erupted with demonstrations by students demanding his termination, following which he has resigned.
Prabir Purkayastha
Ministers Play Hide-and-Seek in Parliament on Pegasus
22 Nov 2019
Replies in Parliament by two ministers ducked the question whether a government agency used Pegasus to hack citizens phones.
Prabir Purkayastha
What Is Ravishankar Prasad Hiding on WhatsApp Hack?
08 Nov 2019
Why is our IT Minister, instead of ordering a criminal investigation into the hacking of WhatsApp platform and citizens’ smartphones, hiding behind the plea that others did it first?
Newsclick Team
Mystery Behind Rafale, US Withdraws Troops from Syria and More
09 Oct 2019
In this episode of Daily Round-up, we talk about the twist in the Rafale deal and Anganwadi workers’ protest in Jharkhand.
AFP
Social Media Giants, Led by Facebook, Beef up Steps to Fight ‘Extremist’ Content
24 Sep 2019
The board of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism will be led by the tech industry, with non-governmental groups heading an advisory board.
AFP
Twitter CEO’s Account Hacked, Offensive Tweets Posted
31 Aug 2019
The messages contained racial epithets and included a retweet of a message supporting Nazi Germany.