Tag: Social Media
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Modi Vs Big Tech, No Bets On Who’ll Lose This War
A few years ago Narendra Modi’s supporters were bragging about his Twitter followers (which critics of course say is bloated by 60% fake profiles) being more than the head of the Roman Catholic church. Early this week the Indian government had sent lawmen to Twitter’s office in New Delhi as a warning to toe the…
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Three rapes including two gang rapes in a month in Tripura
Shillong: ‘Is not India a part of India? Then why are the cases of rape in Tripura not reported in national media? Next time don’t give us lessons on nationalism’. These were the angry words of Pradyut Deb Barman of the royal family of Tripura in a video on social media. Last month witnessed three…
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Fake social media messages about Kolkata Doctors testing COVID-19 positive raise concern
Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi might have asked the general public to applaud the doctors and caregivers at 5 pm when Janata Curfew was on. But weeks later people who applauded the doctors working round the clock during the COVID-19 pandemic break out are using social media to spread rumours about the doctors. Take the…
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In Uttar Pradesh even peacekeepers are not safe!
Lucknow/Kolkata: The cyber crime police of India’s most politically sensitive state Uttar Pradesh is unprofessional enough to act in haste. In a bid to take prompt action it did not even make an attempt to do a background check of the person against whom the complaint had been lodged. With the killing of Hindu Samaj Party…