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Prabir Purkayastha
Can BJP’s Politics and Facebook’s Business Thrive without Hate?
22 Aug 2020
The problem of hate news is built into the genes of big digital monopolies like Facebook. We need to break up these monopolies and regulate them as the new public utilities of the digital age.
Tarique Anwar
Delhi Violence: How ‘Kattar Hindu Ekta’ WhatsApp Group Mobilised Rioters for Killings
10 Jul 2020
Nine men have been chargesheeted for killing Muslims and throwing their bodies in a drain at Bhagirathi Vihar.
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
Demands Action Against Those Posing Threat to Press Freedom Amid Pandemic
03 Apr 2020
The statement released by Foundation for Media Professionals also states that to lay the blame for flight of migrants at the door of the media is to deflect potential blame from the government and…
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.
PTI
JNU Violence: HC Seeks Delhi Police, WhatsApp, Google Reply on Preserving Data
13 Jan 2020
The court’s order came on a plea filed by 3 JNU professors seeking data and other evidence related to violence in campus on January 5.
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.
Newsclick Team
WhatsApp Hacking, Protest Against RCEP and More
04 Nov 2019
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Subodh Varma
Who Benefits? The Question Nobody’s Asking in the WhatsApp Hacking Case
03 Nov 2019
Snooping illegally on phones of lawyers and activists (and maybe others) is of use only to government.
Newsclick Team
How Serious Is Snooping Through WhatsApp?
01 Nov 2019
WhatsApp has said that some unknown sources, through the use of Israeli spyware Pegasus, have spied on nearly 1,400 people across the world.