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The loss-making social media platform, which had tied up with third-party firms to fight misinformation during the 2019 general elections, has seemingly decided not to renew their contracts ahead of the upcoming polls.


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.
Even though the government of India did a U-turn on the mandatory pre-installation of the anti-fraud app on all mobile phones sold or imported in the country, the larger problem of petty cybercrime remains grim.
One of the few remaining foreign venture capital funds in India, Lightspeed has had a rather quiet year—especially when compared to some of its peers. The 2026 IPO pipeline may be the reset it needs.