15 ARTICLES
Meta appoints Arun Srinivas as MD and head of India operations
He will work with Sandhya Devanathan, who used to head the tech giant’s India operations before taking on a larger role leading both India and Southeast Asia
16 Jun 2025
India's draft personal data protection rules intend to protect children, but may still come up short
Reacting to the recently released draft rules, experts say they will likely fail in their objective unless a lot more work goes into creating public awareness and finding feasible solutions.
09 Jan 2025
How Bewakoof, once a trendsetter, fell out of favour with young people
Indian youngsters are experimenting with newer D2C brands like never before. Bewakoof’s early success and its 2022 acquisition by retail giant Aditya Birla Fashion should have given it the edge, but the company has been left behind.
17 Dec 2024
Meta approved harmful political ads during Indian election, says report
The tech giant allegedly approved a series of AI-manipulated political advertisements that spread disinformation and incited religious violence.
21 May 2024
How dangerous are influencers peddling supplements?
Short answer: Fairly. But it doesn’t look like they’re going to stop anytime soon.
17 Jun 2023
Meta shareholders snub proposal to assess hate speech, political bias in India
With 61.1% of votes in CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s pocket, the proposal’s advocates had little hope.
01 Jun 2023
The government wants veto on social media takedowns
One year on, a proposed amendment to the controversial IT Rules could further shake things up.
07 Jun 2022
Meet India’s first virtual influencer
Two Indian teams are building out hyper realistic models who look, emote and feel almost like real people.
06 May 2022
Al Jazeera’s non-exposé on Facebook + Google’s billing shift
Investigation does little to prove wrongdoing on the part of Facebook in political advertising; Google announces another app store change.
25 Mar 2022
Nobody wants Gaana
India’s oldest music streaming service has been on a hunt for both investors and a buyer. It has found neither.
03 Dec 2021