Two days ago, a news clipping of Indian Olympic javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra’s interview started to go viral on social media. In an interview with Time of India, Chopra said, “ “I was searching for my javelin at the start of the final (in Olympics). I was not able to find it. Suddenly, I saw […]
Continue ReadingOn August 23, 2021 the hashtag #हिंदुस्तान_धर्मशाला_नहीं_है (translation: Hindustan is not a public shelter) started trending on Twitter. Within a couple of hours the hashtag occupied a spot on India’s list of trending hashtags with over 20,000 tweets and retweets. Timeline of the tweets: The first instance of this hashtag was used on December 26, […]
Continue ReadingResearch done by TransUnion tells us a lot of revealing facts about the extent at which online scams are taking place in India. The research shows that the number of fault attempts and cases rose by 28.3% from March 2020 to March 2021. The research is proprietary in nature and provides us with a detailed […]
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There is a relative lack of data on the intersection of misinformation and misogyny in Indian politics. In our previous pieces, we have tried to highlight a few ways in which misinformation and disinformation impacts women differently than men and how members of the LGBTQ community and cis-gender women from all backgrounds are more adversely […]
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Unlike other persecuted groups, Uyghur Muslims rarely become a topic of discussion among Muslims. Even though the reality is that Uyghurs are facing the worst kind of persecution at the hands of Communist regime of China in East Turkistan or Xinjiang province. They are actually facing a cultural and demographic genocide, but unfortunately, their plight […]
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In the last couple of weeks India has managed to administer 54 crore doses to Indian citizens. Out of which approximately 28 crore doses have been administered to men and 25 crore doses have been administered to women. There seems to be a huge gap of 3 crore people between the two sexes. According to […]
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On July 31, 2021 Madhya Pradesh’s Minister for Medical Education when asked about the inflation in the country said the following: Sarang blames Nehru and his entire family for inflation happening today and claims that inflation has been on the rise since Nehru delivered a speech on the Red Fort on 15th August,1947. Fact Check: […]
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On May 28, 2015, Shashi Tharoor the Indian Politician and Author, gave a speech at Oxford Union. In this speech he criticizes the British Colonial Rule for damaging the Indian economy. Tharoor claimed that India’s share of the global economy declined from 23% to 4 % under the British. This claim is supported by the […]
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Nisar Siddiqui As the digital landscape becomes more complex and expansive day by day, it is also becoming more difficult to navigate and easier to manipulate, as is evident from many high-profile reports about the influence of “fake news” and Twitter bots. The ability to navigate this landscape effectively without succumbing to the pitfalls of […]
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How the World is stepping up to combat hateful, harmful content online Although it is relatively common in mainstream society to condemn hate speech, including online hate speech, closer study shows that this mainstream consensus is not well enforced. Starting with the definition of hate speech and striking a balance between freedom of speech, freedom […]
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