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Every design choice that social media platforms make nudges users toward certain actions, values and emotional states.It is a design choice to offer a news feed that combines verified...
Guess what Donald Trump and Amit Malviya have in common?
Both have a ‘Manipulated Media’ tag from Twitter. However BJP's IT Cell boss Malviya is unlikely to lose his job, even though he is perhaps the first Indian political figure to be called out officially
What do right wing trolls earn by insulting India’s farmers?
Right Wing affiliated actor Kangana Ranaut, BJP’s Amit Malviya, etc lead troll army in amplifying fake news, and anti farmer propaganda
All it took was a WhatsApp ‘threat’ for UP police to take a 15-year-old away
The class 10 student is accused of allegedly threatening to 'blow up' CM Adityanath, family says he meant no harm
Right Wing media working overtime to discredit farmers?
They are trying to make it appear as if the farmers marching towards Delhi are doing so to make things difficult for the general public
Kissing in temple, not suitable: MP police
Cops act on BJP leader Gaurav Tiwari's complaint; register FIR against Netflix over scene showing a Hindu girl kissing a uslim boy in a temple in an adaptation of A Suitable Boy
Finally, Editors Guild of India speaks up for Patricia Mukhim!
Mukhim had resigned from the EGI, citing its silence on her case, accusing it of defending 'celebrity editors/anchors'
Will the new amendment to Kerala Police Act curb free speech?
The Government has come up with a provision in the act to curb instances of defamatory and insulting content on social media
CJP moves Ministry of I&B against Pushpendra Kulshreshtha’s hate speech
His blatant anti-Islamic speeches generate hateful and discriminatory content against Muslims in India
Will the Army’s “pinpoint strike” rebuttal finally fact check overenthusiastic TV anchors?
It took a statement from the Indian Army to force TV anchors to take back fake news on air strike
Editors Guild writes to Assam CM on safety and protection of working journalists in the state
Letter comes in the wake of growing targeting of the media in the north east, EGI had written a similar letter to UP CM Adityanath recently
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