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Sasank, Prabir Purkayastha
The Ugly Truth of WhatsApp’s User Data Privacy
16 Jan 2021
Facebook’s meteoric rise as one of the biggest global monopolies has been accompanied by continuous weakening of its user privacy. With WhatsApp users voting with their feet, has Facebook’s past…
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Fearing Retaliation, Facebook Did Not Act Against Bajrang Dal, Says Report
14 Dec 2020
Facebook’s questionable position on anti-minority activity in India has come under the scanner of The Wall Street Journal again, with the newspaper reporting that the social media giant di
PTI
15 Democratic Senators ask Facebook to Take Action to Check Anti-Muslim Bigotry
17 Nov 2020
In a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, the senators expressed concern over the use of Facebook and WhatsApp to incite violence against Muslims in India and in other areas around the world.
Shinzani Jain
US Congressional Hearings on Digital Platform Monopolies
07 Nov 2020
United States House Antitrust Subcommittee’s investigations of Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook reveal that the digital economy is highly concentrated, suggests strengthening of anti-trust laws and…
K Raveendran
Ankhi Das’s Exit from Facebook Is Not Enough for Indian Users
01 Nov 2020
The WSJ report highlighted how important the Indian market was for the business of Facebook, as the platform is banned in China, the only other country with the potential of a billion customers.
Steven Hill
Can Facebook be Used to Steal an Election?
31 Oct 2020
How to rein in Facebook and social media platforms
Pooja Chaudhuri
Most Facebook Fact-checking Partners in India Fail to Fact-check BJP-led Misinformation
26 Oct 2020
Facebook has a rampant misinformation problem. False news on the platform is believed to be true by regular users who, when emotionally triggered, amplify these claims.
Prabir Purkayastha
Google Under Fire in US for Predatory Monopoly Practices
23 Oct 2020
The US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Google-Alphabet (Alphabet is
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Delhi Riots: No Coercive Action Against Facebook VP Till Oct 15 over Assembly Panel Summons, Says SC
23 Sep 2020
Delhi Assembly's peace and harmony committee had issued a notice to Facebook India’s vice president and managing director in connection with complaints accusing the social media giant of deliberately…
Peoples Dispatch
Facebook Blocks Dozens of Accounts just Days Ahead of anti-pipeline Social Media Campaign
22 Sep 2020
Dozens of Facebook accounts were blocked ahead of a scheduled social media campaign against the Coastal GasLink project, in support of the Wet’suwet’en tribe in Canada