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Facebook, Insta and Google took down over 21 million posts in May while WhatsApp and Twitter banned over 19 lakh ‘bad’ accounts

May has been a busy month for social media platforms in India. Between Meta-owned Facebook and Inst…

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TikTok ban results in hilarious memes on Twitter but users wonder why PUBG Mobile escaped the ban

The Indian government passed an order yesterday that banned Chinese apps in India, including popula…

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Fakers play as Musk makes people pay for a Twitter blue tick

Elon Musk recently made the blue tick a paid service, allowing all users to get a blue tick with Tw…

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WhatsApp banned two million Indian accounts during May 15-June 15 period

The new IT rules require large digital platforms -- with over five million users -- to publish c…

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Taliban leader endorses Elon Musk's Twitter, accuses Mark Zuckerberg's Threads of having an 'intolerant' policy on free speech

Anas Haqqani, a senior Taliban leader, said Twitter has "important advantages" over competitors suc…

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Who should worry about the proposed VPN ban in India

Popular VPN services, like NordVPN, ExpressVPN and IPVanish, give users anonymity on the interne…

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Twitter locks out Ravi Shankar Prasad temporarily, the minister behind India’s latest IT rules

The Twitter account was still up for public viewing, but IT minister Prasad was denied permissio…

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Elon Musk says Twitter has no 'actual choice' when complying with authoritarian government requests to restrict content

Musk has previously called himself a "free speech absolutist" and said he would only censor Russian…

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India bans PUBG, Ludo World, and 116 other Chinese mobile applications

India has banned 118 Chinese apps as border tension with China continue to flare up.

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One year of Chinese apps ban — Indian alternatives take over TikTok

“I had to make short videos on my TikTok and YouTube [channels] to direct my followers to my…

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One-third of the latest Chinese mobile apps banned by India are dating services

India’s crackdown on Chinese apps has led to the ban of notable apps like the battle royale Play…

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Experts say the ban on PUBG, TikTok and other Chinese apps may be ‘temporary’ ⁠— until data protection law comes along

What is obvious is the reason behind the ban of 118 Chinese mobile apps⁠ — the rising tension along…

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TikTok eyes a possible comeback in India, trademark filing shows

Ever since the ban on TikTok last year, there have been reports around the app possibl…

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Here’s why Twitter suspended rapper Hard Kaur’s account and singer Mika Singh faces ban from the film association

Two Indian music stars are facing the wrath of the nationalists. The video that was posted on…

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Twitter, Tiger Global, Tencent and others have pumped in over $900 million into India’s vernacular social media platforms in a year

After InShorts’ Public app, Bengaluru-based Lokal app is the latest desi social media platform to g…

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Professional PUBG gamers left in the lurch as Indian government bans Tencent’s iconic battle royale game

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) is a big part of the gaming industry boom in India. Now, with …

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Twitter has apologised to India in writing for 'Ladakh in China' error after outrage over geotagging

Twitter's deposition has come in form of an affidavit signed by Damien Karien, Chief Privacy Of…

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