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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
The new public policy head of Facebook India is very different from his predecessor. His appointment sends a message—the company is looking to move away from its lobbying ways.
It has been a year since Facebook saw one of its worst hate speech disasters in India—one that eventually led to public policy head Ankhi Das stepping down. In this time, Facebook has been scouting across industries to find a suitable person for what is one of the most influential jobs in the Indian tech ecosystem. Finally, earlier this week, Facebook said that it has found the man for the job. From the company’s statement:
Facebook India today announced the appointment of Rajiv Aggarwal as the Director of Public Policy to define and lead important policy development initiatives for Facebook …
Countries across the world are coming to the consensus that children aged under 15 must not have access to social media. India, which has over 300 million children under 15 and among the cheapest data tariffs, needs to have this conversation sooner rather than later.
The Zoho co-founder’s attempt to build a WhatsApp competitor has captured the imagination of the nationalist Indian. Emotions aside, the most likely outcome is that Zoho’s other products will start selling more.
Thanks to millions of Indians with cheap data connections and little to do, Big Tech continues to make giant strides in the country. The narrative of an atmanirbhar Bharat in technology is now dead in the water.
