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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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Topic: Social media

How a Mayur Vihar girl built an internet empire called Miss Malini—ICQ to Instagram

Founder of the popular lifestyle blog MissMalini, Malini Aggarwal has experienced the Internet at its best and worst.

Meta to begin labelling ‘Made with AI’ audio, video & image content starting May 2024

Meta’s new policy is a response to feedback from its independent Oversight Board, which urged an update to the current policy.

Indian media covers caste only when there’s a tragedy. X, Instagram, YouTube changed that

‘Bahujan Lives Matter’, ‘Ambedkar Dhamma’, ‘Dalit Desk’, ‘Dalit_history’, ‘Dalitjournal’, ‘Dalit Camera’ are some well-known social media handles that help disseminate the ideas of Ambedkar.

China targets dissident over social media posts

In a statement released on Tuesday, police said that they had asked Li to “chat” with them about the “sensitive accounts” he followed on X.

Imran Khan’s PTI supports Amnesty’s calls for restoration of social media platform X in country

The party asserts that Pakistan's global image has been tarnished by the unwarranted censorship of social media and the continuous suppression of its own citizens.

‘Indians helped me go viral’ — Utah-based social media consultant on posing as Kiribati govt on X

The US-Kiribati dual national manages a handle on X which is followed by foreign affairs experts, top officials, journalists & even the Indian High Commission in Fiji.

South Mumbaiwala meets ticketwala & India’s neta export-import imbalance

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Misinformation ‘greatest risk’ for India, finds WEF report. Environmental risk ‘highest’ overall category

The WEF’s annual Global Risks Report also warns against risks posed by climate change, economic uncertainty and inflation, talks of increasing sense of polarisation in the world.

MeitY advisory on social media safety can backfire. It must be revisited

The new advisory can make the experience of using social media platforms frustrating. It creates new challenges instead of resolving existing ones.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.