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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 mad rush for protein products needs a reset
Startups and legacy FMCG players are increasingly launching packaged food rich in protein, but rampant misselling is spoiling the party.
09 Apr 2025
Does Nikhil Kamath’s investment in LehLah signal a turnaround for content commerce platforms?
Startups like LehLah and Wishlink are helping small creators monetise their content. Will this strategy work?
07 Apr 2025
Why the Ranveer Allahbadia witch hunt is bad for freedom of expression
The YouTuber is in the crosshairs of all branches of the government for his poor joke. The actual joke could be on the notion of free speech in the country.
20 Feb 2025
Can SEBI push more finfluencers to get registered?
The regulator has eased the eligibility criteria to become a registered investment advisor, but the compliance procedures could still make social media influencers offering financial advice wary of registration.
06 Feb 2025
ShareChat to trim workforce by another 5%
Since January 2023, the homegrown social media firm has seen multiple rounds of layoffs to cut costs.
15 Jan 2025
Meta faces parliamentary summons for Zuckerberg’s Indian election remark
After announcing a hands-off approach to curbing misinformation on Meta-owned platforms last week, its CEO is now under fire for failing to fact-check his own comments.
14 Jan 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
Can Bluesky catch up with rival X?
The social media platform, which has seen the number of users shoot up in the past couple of months, aims to be a worthy alternative to X. But it remains to be seen how its ambitions will pan out in the long run.
05 Dec 2024
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn fined €310 million over non-compliance with EU data protection law
The Irish Data Protection Commission found the social media platform to be in violation of the norms around processing of user data for targeted ads and behavioural analysis.
24 Oct 2024