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Facebook and Reliance Jio are teaming up to get India on ‘WhatsApp phones’

Facebook and Mukesh Ambani’s Jio are building a massive user base that will boost their own fortunes. One recent afternoon in the Indian city of...

‘From now on, she is always going to be tainted:’ Why Sheryl Sandberg can’t have it all

Facebook’s Sandberg will have to change the way she works to undo the damage to the company and her reputation.

The easiest way to fix Facebook is to break it up

It is a monopoly, having either bought or crushed most potential competitors

Facebook’s scandals show urgent need for change

Facebook’s serial scandals and repeated deceptions are not acceptable. It must close the gap between words and actions.

Facebook draws flak for Sudanese child bride auction

Tech giants Facebook, Amazon & Apple witness a slump in shares, and US President goes after military heroes.

What if Snapchat were to copy Facebook for a change?

Facebook has relentlessly copied Snapchat. It is time to turn the tables.

Why young Indians aren’t on Twitter

On his India trip, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sought to pitch Twitter as a platform to effect change, but India's young swear by other social networks.

How the use of emoji on Islamophobic Facebook pages amplifies racism

Emoji can cloak microaggressions in humour and play.

Meet the men who donate sperm on Facebook

Just as Uber transformed the taxi business and Airbnb shook up the hotel world, online sperm donation is the sperm bank, reinvented.

Rana Ayyub or Shefali Vaidya, nobody is safe from fake screenshots

Both sides of the political divide on social media have used fake images and screenshots to advance their agenda, and the Indian public has lapped it up.

On Camera

Prajwal Revanna case shows why and how sexual crimes by men in politics can go unchecked for years

It would be a disservice to the women of Hassan to look at Prajwal Revanna’s alleged abuse of power as a ‘sex scandal’. Allegations against him show what ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ actually means.

High capacity usage, fresh borrowings & new orders — why FY25 could be a big year for pvt investment

Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.