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Prabir Purkayastha
With his Bogus Claims, Ramdev is Pushing Patanjali Products and BJP’s Anti-Science Agenda
30 May 2021
Ramdev’s disinformation campaigns, especially against vaccines and medical science, are causing immense damage. People could die if they trust his mumbo jumbo on Covid-19.
PTI
WhatsApp Moves Delhi HC Against Centre on New Social Media Intermediary Rules
26 May 2021
'... requiring messaging apps to ‘trace’ chats is the equivalent of asking us to keep a fingerprint of every single message sent on WhatsApp, which would break end-to-end encryption and fundamentally…
PTI
IT Rules: FB, Google Working on Complying with Social Media Rules, Twitter Mum
26 May 2021
Non-compliance with rules would result in these social media companies losing their intermediary status that provides them exemptions and specified immunity from liabilities for any third-party…
Newsclick Team
WhatsApp Exploiting Absence of Privacy Law in India
20 May 2021
The extension of the deadline for enforcing the new privacy guidelines for those who use WhatsApp for business purposes, has been facilitated by the absence of any law in India that protects the…
PTI
IT Ministry Directs WhatsApp to Withdraw New Privacy Policy
19 May 2021
'It is not just problematic, but also irresponsible for WhatsApp to leverage this position to impose unfair terms and conditions on Indian users, particularly those that discriminate against Indian…
Akshat Bhushan
WhatsApp Privacy Controversy and India’s Data Protection Bill
02 Apr 2021
Is the new privacy policy of WhatsApp legal considering the new privacy regime sought to be set up by the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019? How does the tech giant’s new privacy policy square up…
Newsclick Report
Former BARC CEO Dasgupta Says He Ensured ‘Manipulation of TRP’, Arnab Goswami Bribed Him
25 Jan 2021
‘Goswami knew very well that I know how the TRP system works. He also alluded to helping me out in the future,’ he reportedly said.
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…
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.