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Smruti Koppikar
Will India Challenge the Fake News Ecosystem and its Key Manipulators?
25 Dec 2020
Raps on the knuckles of Republic Bharat and Amit Malviya by Twitter and OfCom expose India’s massive propaganda and disinformation cabal.
Mani Chander
Supreme Court’s Curious Judgment in the Amish Devgan Case: Numerous Questions
23 Dec 2020
The court’s apprehension that a regimented definition of hate speech might lead to the curtailment of expressive freedom is evident from the Devgan judgment.
Newsclick Report
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
Tarique Anwar
After 27 Years of Twists and Turns, CBI Court to Pronounce Verdict on Babri Demolition Case
29 Sep 2020
The main accused include leaders of the ruling party, LK Advani, MM Joshi, Kalyan Singh, Nritya Gopal Das and Vinay Katiyar.
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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…
Newsclick Report
Delhi Violence: Can’t Justify License to BJP Leaders to Give Threats: Ribeiro to Police Chief
17 Sep 2020
The former IPS said his doubts on why three BJP stalwarts’ ‘hate speeches’ were being overlooked was not addressed by the Delhi Police Commissioner in his email response.
Parth Maniktala
What Was the Mysterious Conspiracy of Delhi Police Against Devangana Kalita?
02 Sep 2020
Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal have been in prison for over 100 days. While the police are yet to file an FIR against BJP leader Kapil Mishra, whose speech is deemed to be the primary…
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Report Says Top Facebook Executive Openly Backed Modi on Internal Company Group
31 Aug 2020
“We lit a fire to his (Modi) social media campaign and the rest is of course history (sic),” Das reportedly wrote on the group a day prior to when results for the Lok Sabha Elections in 2014 were…
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.
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Facebook Employees Take on Bosses on Hate Speech Tolerance in India
21 Aug 2020
This follows WSJ’s expose of how the social media behemoth has not been taking action against several BJP leaders’ hate content.