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Tuesday, May 14, 2024
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Global Pulse: Former French president is under investigation for allegedly receiving funds from Gaddafi

Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg has admitted to Facebook's data breach into what has now turned into the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Now Facebook faces flak in India, from RSS chief and Modi government

The Cambridge Analytica controversy spawned several top trends on Twitter where many users also echoed the viral call to “#deletefacebook”.

Facebook besieged by Wall Street, Washington and Europe

Facebook has struggled to respond to the allegations following the Cambridge Analytica data breach, and their own employees have been in the dark.

Does Cambridge Analytica have links with Congress & Rahul Gandhi, asks Ravi Shankar Prasad

The minister for Information Technology also said any attempts to influence India's electoral process through undesirable means will not be tolerated. 

The firm at the centre of FB data leak row: A mining behemoth of a different sort

Cambridge Analytica, headquartered in London, is known to aid political campaigns through voter profiles crafted via extensive data mining. New Delhi: A UK-based data analytics...

Chic & Dangerous: These Facebook meme pages make sexism, casteism and intolerance cool

They may speak the language of urban millennials, but a set of Facebook pages are raising questions about whether they are subtly spreading hate and discrimination under the guise of humour.

HoaXposed: Man followed by PM tweets false quote by Farhan Akhtar about Kasganj violence

The tweet has since been deleted but the post wasn't taken off Facebook despite the actor debunking it as fake. 

As cocaine is to rock stars, media is to Modi and Trump

Both Modi and Trump manufacture their authenticity with fake news, peddled through Facebook in the US and WhatsApp in India.

Doing away with net-neutrality may be easier said than done

Considering the behemoths that Alphabet Inc, Facebook, Netflix, Amazon and Snap Inc are today, it may be imprudent to expect the repeal of net neutrality to be a smooth sail.

In Pakistan, even Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid gets abused for calling out harassment

The filmmaker, who has won two Oscars and an Emmy, said a Karachi hospital doctor harassed her sister on Facebook, but was called several names for it.

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Brokerages & hedge funds make a killing as India’s inexperienced youth flocks to the equity market

Indians aged 20-30 are trading in options market in droves, but know nothing about it & so keep losing money. If losses mount, it could undo gains India saw in investment culture, analysts fear.

Pensionless Maha Vir Chakra awardee who trained Mukti Bahini continues to fight for rights

Chiman Singh, injured in 1971 India-Pakistan war, was discharged as non-pensioner in 1972. In his petition, he states denial of pension is contrary to settled law.

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.