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Facebook-owner Meta didn’t want you to read the book ‘Careless People’ by ex-employee Sarah Wynn-Williams; now it’s topping bestseller charts nationwideSarah Wynn-Williams' book, 'Careless People,' criticizes Meta's leadership and despite Meta's legal attempts to block its release, it has r...
Deep dive into Meta's algorithms shows that America's political polarization has no easy fixThe four research papers, published in Science and Nature, also reveal the extent of political echo chambers on Facebook, where conservativ...
Meta's algorithms show that America's political polarisation has no easy fixFour research papers, published in Science and Nature, reveal the extent of political echo chambers on Facebook, where conservatives and li...
Digital foot soldiers: Pro-Trump bots swarm Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley on TwitterAs Republican voters size up their candidates for 2024, whoever created the bot network is seeking to put a thumb on the scale, using onlin...
View: Why it is necessary to check the market power of digital platforms like FacebookGoI is currently loath to regulate, because this may tie its own hands in managing a pliant and free channel, the reach of which allows it ...
Sheryl Sandberg’s advertising empire leaves a complicated legacyThough Sandberg may get most of her name recognition from “Lean In” — her 2013 blockbuster book encouraging women to take charge in the wor...
Elon Musk's criticism of Twitter staff triggers backlashMusk tweeted he disagreed with a decision Twitter made in 2020 to restrict the distribution of a New York Post article about U.S. President...
Big tech grapples with Russian state media, propagandaGoogle announced Tuesday that it's blocking the YouTube channels of those outlets in Europe "effective immediately" but acknowledged "it'll...
The world's big tech firms are gearing up for a massive fight with Modi’s IndiaUnlike authoritarian regimes such as Beijing, critics fear actions taken by the world’s largest democracy could offer a template for other ...
Facebook oversight board to rule on Trump's return to FacebookFacebook indefinitely blocked Trump's access to his Facebook and Instagram accounts over concerns of further violent unrest following the J...
‘We lit a fire to Modi’s social media campaign,’ wrote Facebook’s Ankhi DasA report in the Wall Street Journal newspaper claims that a day before the BJP swept to victory in the 2014 general elections, Facebook pub...
Snapchat plays smart with political ads policy, Evan Spiegel stresses on importance of fact-checkingThe CEO said Snapchat doesn’t allow things like misinformation to appear in political advertising.
The Facebook war room that battles fakes in poll seasonAs the country goes to polls, Facebook ropes in experts to keep an eye on election posts.
Facebook hires ex-journalist Natasha Jog as election integrity lead for IndiaThe New Delhi-based Jog will report to Katie Harbath, Facebook’s public policy director, global elections.
Facebook to ramp up ‘integrity efforts’ in IndiaThe company revealed that it was yet to witness “anything in terms of coordinated behaviour in India".
Indian elections top priority for Zuckerberg and Facebook: Katie HarbathFacebook is close to appointing an election integrity head, said Harbath.
Facebook offers to curb fake news during 2019 Lok Sabha pollsSources said the Facebook self-verification system would subject content that is circulated beyond a point to automatic fact-checking.
Inside Facebook’s political unit that enables the dark art of digital propagandaIn some of the world’s biggest democracies — from India to Germany and the UK — the unit’s employees have become de facto campaign workers.
Facebook, Twitter and Google change face of general elections 2014Political parties and candidates are competing with each other in breaking news and spreading messages via these outlets.
Social media changes face of general elections 2014Facebook has now 100 million users in India - its largest outside the US, while that of Twitter has more than doubled since January this ye...