29 ARTICLES
How Community Notes works and why it really doesn’t
Meta says it is replacing its third-party fact-checking programme with what X has in place to fight misinformation. Not the brightest of ideas.
12 Jan 2025
News explainers that stood out in 2024
Bluesky vs X, the UAE deluge, Adar Poonawalla’s investment in Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions and more.
30 Dec 2024
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
Koo, India’s social media app, is shutting down
The acquisition talks between the four-year-old social media startup and Dailyhunt have fallen through.
03 Jul 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
How BJP captures public discourse, one celebrity tweet at a time
Unflinching support from athletes, actors, journalists, defence personnel and businesspersons is key to the Modi government’s popularity on the social media platform.
03 Feb 2023
The unchecked rise of India’s ‘finfluencers’
Even as SEBI trains its lens on content creators offering financial advice online, there has been a surge in unregistered advisers doling out unverified tips to unsuspecting followers.
05 Jan 2023
Zindabad to everyone willing to fight the good fight
Memory is a powerful thing. Inspiration is tenacious like weeds. To be Mohammad Zubair is to be on the side of truth and civility.
13 Jul 2022
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
How IGNOU is letting its students down
Delayed delivery of course material, exams rescheduled at short notice and next to no communication with students have become hallmarks of India’s flagship distance education university.
20 May 2022