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Facebook to shift from open sharing to privacy-focused platform, says Mark Zuckerberg

The shift comes at a time encrypted and anonymous posts on Facebook’s WhatsApp messaging application are already helping fuel violence and conflict in places such as India.

A NATO study successfully tricked soldiers into sharing sensitive data

The NATO project showed that even the most secure organisations are far from safe.

YouTube disables comments for some videos featuring minors amid uproar, loss of advertisers

Google’s video service giant faced flak after it was used by potential predators to exploit minors.

Truth is the first victim in India-Pakistan conflict

Right now, the more damaging war is the assault on reality by warriors of Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and hyper-nationalist news channels.

EC wants curbs on Facebook, Twitter political ads, but that’s unlikely before Lok Sabha polls

The Election Commission has written to the law ministry seeking a check on political ads on Facebook and Twitter ahead of Lok Sabha elections.

Facebook risks shutdown in India as Modi govt wants more uncensored access to WhatsApp

In its battle against fake news, India is pressing Facebook's WhatsApp for more official oversight, which could include access to protected, or encrypted, messages.

Facebook expands fact-checking network in India to spot fake news

Third party members India Today Group, Vishvas.news, Factly, Newsmobile and Fact Crescendo will add to Facebook's fact checking network.

What Robert Vadra’s colourful social media profile tells us about him

Vadra has been trying to change his image over the years, and he seems to have learnt some lessons from Salman Khan.

Even Bezos couldn’t stop a selfie leak

Bezos' selfie has triggered an alarm for billionaires everywhere, for whom personal protection is no longer just bodyguards and top-notch alarm systems.

Facebook, you are like my BFF, but you are now losing your cool edge

We all knew that the day our uncles and aunts got on Facebook, it was a warning sign.

On Camera

Mohan Bhagwat’s U-turn on ‘retire at 75’ is a Hindu succession problem

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has backtracked on his retirement rules. The ‘75-year rule’ was applied selectively to sideline some leaders, but it doesn’t apply to the top brass.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.