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It’s not just that Facebook didn’t answer any questions of substance, it’s that the Delhi assembly committee didn’t ask many.
Over an hour and 20 minutes had gone by. There were questions posed in this duration that would have tested the patience of Shivnath Thukral, but this one really took him by surprise.
On 18 November, the Facebook India public policy executive was put on a stand, in front of a committee formed by the Delhi legislative assembly. The room full of committee members, cameramen looking to record the proceedings and a couple of Facebook executives, was beaming with anticipation. Thukral was under oath and, for the first time in India, a proceeding involving a big-tech firm was to be …
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.
