Sunetra Sen Narayan and Shalini Narayanan's book The WhatsApp India Story looks at how the app has earned a reputation as a hotbed of misinformation, especially during elections.
Investigators say apps have become a 'menace', allowing scammers to spoof, hack and phish people. These frauds stem from lack of proper data protection & privacy, say experts.
Across the world, though, organised crime cartels are continuing to use free, easily available tech tools, and the patience of some governments is starting to run out.
Wireless and Internet Service Providers Association of Pakistan has raised alarms about the impact of the govt’s efforts to monitor the internet. It warns of a ‘mass exodus of businesses’.
WhatsApp's previous privacy campaign ads show the potential for impactful storytelling but the recent effort indicates that the brand might need to reevaluate its creative approach.
Experts suggest that there exist alternative methods to tackle digital crimes & law enforcement agencies should utilise metadata instead of weakening end-to-end encryption.
Issuing a WhatsApp number, she said people can send their blessings, prayers or any other messages for Aam Aadmi Party national convenor and she will communicate those to him.
Ministry of Electronics and IT informed the Commission that messages along with a letter from PM Modi were sent before Model Code of Conduct came into force on 16 March.
The government’s proposal to ask WhatsApp to disclose the originator is sound but its demand for exclusivity and control over this process is unacceptable and must be resisted.
In the centuries to come, economist Bibek Debroy's Mahabharata will attain the importance we attach to the texts of Shankara, Ramanuja, and Madhvacharya.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.
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