Facebook allowed a network of fake accounts to artificially inflate the popularity of an MP from India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), for months after … Facebook planned to remove fake accounts in IndiaRead more
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3,400 Communal Riot Cases Registered in India from 2016 to 2020
Nearly 3,400 communal riot cases were registered in the country between 2016 and 2020, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said in Lok … 3,400 Communal Riot Cases Registered in India from 2016 to 2020Read more
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History of how Sangh Uses Religious Processions to Spark Riots
India’s history, beginning in 1947, is peppered with instances when the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and its affiliates harnessed religious processions to spawn violence. Their modus … History of how Sangh Uses Religious Processions to Spark RiotsRead more
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Two Petitions that Tell Us the Difference Between Hind and Hindutva
Eighty-five years ago, on March 23, 1931, Shaheed Bhagat Singh and his two comrades-in-arms, Shaheed Rajguru and Shaheed Sukhdev were hanged in Lahore by the … Two Petitions that Tell Us the Difference Between Hind and HindutvaRead more
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BJP Gets Cheaper Ad Rates on Facebook Due to its Polarising Content
Facebook’s algorithm grossly favours Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) advertisements because of the divisive nature of the content, as revealed by part four of a year-long … BJP Gets Cheaper Ad Rates on Facebook Due to its Polarising ContentRead more
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Facebook ‘Charged BJP Less’ Than Rivals
In a huge and unfair advantage to the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook promoted the party’s advertisements at 29% less … Facebook ‘Charged BJP Less’ Than RivalsRead more
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Court Allows Filing Sedition Charges Against 36 Accused in Bulandshahr Violence
An incident on December 3, 2018, made national headlines, in which 54-year-old police inspector Subodh Kumar Singh was allegedly lynched by a mob led by … Court Allows Filing Sedition Charges Against 36 Accused in Bulandshahr ViolenceRead more
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They Cannot Silence Dabholkar, Pansare, Kalburgi, or Gauri Lankesh
https://www.newsclick.in/sites/default/files/styles/responsive_885/public/2017-09/Gauri%20Lankesh%20pansare.jpg Seven years ago, on 16 February 2015, the veteran communist leader, rationalist thinker, senior labour lawyer, and prolific writer Govind Pansare was shot at … They Cannot Silence Dabholkar, Pansare, Kalburgi, or Gauri LankeshRead more
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Gujarat-Based ABG Shipyard ‘Defrauded’ 28 Banks of Rs 22,842 Cr
In the biggest bank fraud in the past 75 years, totalling Rs 22,842 crore in India, public sector State Bank of India (SBI) has refuted … Gujarat-Based ABG Shipyard ‘Defrauded’ 28 Banks of Rs 22,842 CrRead more
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After Alt News Raised the Issue, Facebook, YouTube Ban Accounts Spreading Hindutva Hate
On December 23, 2021, Harish Ramkali, a member of the Bajrang Dal in Haryana, posted on Facebook that any school that dresses its students as … After Alt News Raised the Issue, Facebook, YouTube Ban Accounts Spreading Hindutva HateRead more