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Wary of ghosts on TikTok, Instagram? This DU graduate ‘treats’ people possessed by spirits

Known popularly as Manu bhaiya, this 42-year-old godman has a huge fan following on social media and a large population of women visitors come to him for 'treatment'.

How YouTube has become a refuge for Pakistani journalists battling censors

YouTube is increasingly becoming the platform of choice for reporters facing one of the harshest media crackdowns in Pakistan’s 72-year history.

400 million social media users are set to lose their anonymity in India

New guidelines expected to be out this month will require Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and TikTok to reveal users' identities if govt agencies ask them to.

YouTube will fund kids shows based on these 12 words

YouTube plans to spend $100 million to fund original kids programming over the next three years for audiences aged three to eight.

In 2020, Google will have to wrangle the beast it created with Youtube

As 2020 begins, Youtube is being dragged deeper into political fights over privacy, copyright and content moderation. In response, it is trying to preserve the sanctity of its status.

YouTube bans racial and sexual insults, but with exceptions

YouTube said videos that include harassment language in certain contexts, such as a documentary or a scripted satire, will not be removed.

Don’t assume only kids are watching kids videos, YouTube says

The popularity of kids’ programming has put YouTube in an uneasy position, as it has been arguing against Federal Trade Commission's rules that automatically identify viewers younger than 13 based on the content of videos.

Technology is further dividing the world, says Barack Obama

Barack Obama said globalisation and the internet was turbocharging a rise of extreme inequality, making it one of the biggest risks for young people.

Millions of Indians can’t get enough of ‘chudails’ on YouTube

Animated videos for children featuring bloodthirsty 'chudail' or witches are raking in millions of views — mostly from men.

Mukbang — the Korean trend of eating food online that’s taking India by storm

Put away your table manners — mukbang videos are all about chewing loudly, slurping and binging on huge quantities of food.

On Camera

In Great Game for Kabul, India plays a patient hand. Multi-alignment to compartmentalisation

Pakistan’s reported air strikes on Kabul last night, coinciding with Acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s visit to India, seem intended to send...

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.