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Nitin NareshMay 22, 2019

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A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh

At just 26, Waiz Rahim is supposed to be involved in the family business, having returned home in 2016 with…

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Nitin NareshFebruary 22, 2019

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Rakuten’s Viber chat app plans to charge to operate chatbots in controversial move

Viber, the messaging app owned by Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten, is poised to implement a controversial new strategy that will…

Nitin NareshDecember 24, 2018

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Facebook is not equipped to stop the spread of authoritarianism

After the driver of a speeding bus ran over and killed two college students in Dhaka in July, student protesters…

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Nitin NareshDecember 19, 2018

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Facebook purges more ‘bad actors’ in Myanmar but it still won’t commit to a local office

As Facebook continues to grasp the severity of the situation in Myanmar, where the UN has concluded that its social…

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Nitin NareshNovember 21, 2018

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Facebook failed to stop a child bride being auctioned on its platform

Facebook failed to prevent its platform being used to auction a 16-year-old girl off for marriage in South Sudan. Child…

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Nitin NareshOctober 31, 2018

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Zuckerberg gets joint summons from UK and Canadian parliaments

Two separate parliamentary committees, in the UK and Canada, have issued an unprecedented international joint summons for Facebook’s CEO Mark…

Nitin NareshSeptember 16, 2018

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Facebook is hiring a director of human rights policy to work on “conflict prevention” and “peace-building”

Facebook is advertising for a human rights policy director to join its business, located either at its Menlo Park HQ…

Nitin NareshAugust 27, 2018

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Facebook bans Myanmar military accounts for ‘enabling human rights abuses’

Facebook is cracking down on the military leadership in Myanmar, the Southeast Asian country where the social network has been identified…

Nitin NareshAugust 27, 2018

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Facebook bans Myanmar military officials as company struggles to address its role in deadly ethnic violence

Months after reports first drew attention to the way Facebook has been used to incite ethnic hatred in Myanmar, the…

Nitin NareshJuly 30, 2018

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Fake news inquiry calls for social media levy to defend democracy

A UK parliamentary committee which has been running a multi-month investigation into the impact of online disinformation on political campaigning…

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A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh

Rakuten’s Viber chat app plans to charge to operate chatbots in controversial move

Facebook purges more ‘bad actors’ in Myanmar but it still won’t commit to a local office

Acer may shutter or sell StarVR after location-based VR revenues sink

Covid-19:Why Indians might struggle against the Possible pandemic’s third wave?

The death of democracy in India

Indonesia short on oxygen, seeks help as virus cases soar

The solar storms will hit the Earth and cause disruption in GPS and mobile connectivity.

Floods- Why are Pune and Mumbai prone to it?