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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
With 61.1% of votes in CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s pocket, the proposal’s advocates had little hope.
On Wednesday, Meta shareholders voted against a proposal to study the company’s political entanglements and content management biases in India.
The proposal, submitted by non-profit advocacy firm Ekō, garnered only 5% of votes in support. It had argued that Meta was “a critical catalyst of religious violence in India” and its “lack of transparency concerning India presents a clear and present danger to the Company’s reputation, operations and investors”.
The results were in line with Meta’s recommendations to its investors. The company had opposed the study and said it was “unnecessary” since it had made “substantial investments” to combat hate …
The loan aggregator keeps sending updates on WhatsApp even to users who haven’t applied for a loan. The company is exploiting a grey area in India’s telecom regulatory framework and WhatsApp’s policies.
The homegrown social startup is betting big on India’s latest content obsession—minute-long episodes of high-stakes dramas. Cut through the noise and the microdrama hype itself doesn’t add up.
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.
