Aria Thaker

As a wave of protest against sexual harassment swept across India last October, a youth-culture website called Homegrown published an essay titled “Women Turning On Women Cripples Everything The #MeToo Movement Is Fighting For In India.” The piece criticized the opposition to #MeToo being voiced by a handful of women commentators. It was also, it turns out, a subtle jab at Varsha Patra, Homegrown’s CEO.

One of Narendra Modi’s most controversial strategies on Twitter—his generous use of the “follow” button—may also be the key to his success on the platform.

On May 28, Facebook announced that it had taken down around 90 accounts and pages linked to Iran, as part of efforts to curb “coordinated inauthentic behaviour.” The social media platform carries out such purges about once a month, if not more often.

Tripura’s spell of extreme weather may not have ended yet.

For Smriti Irani and parliamentary elections, the third time really has been the charm.

India’s wealthiest man must have faced a rare disappointment today (May 23).

India is set to elect Pragya Thakur, a terror accused woman and a fan of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin, to parliament.

India’s parliamentary election, history’s largest ever, finished the last of its seven phases on Sunday (May 19). Exit polls announced later that night showed that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the right-wing coalition of parties that has governed India for the past five years, is likely to return to power. Polling agencies expect the alliance to win a significant mandate, estimated at anywhere between 287 and 365 parliamentary seats out of 543 total.

India’s Muslim population is rising. In 2015, their number stood at 195 million, which, due to high birth rates, has almost doubled since 1991, according to the Pew Research Center. Their share has increased from 12% to 15% in this time period. By 2060, Pew estimates, there will be more Muslims in India than anywhere else in the world (Indonesia has more today), and they will constitute 19% of Indians.

Misinformation peddlers are weaponising Wikipedia amid the ongoing Indian election.

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Indians with higher levels of education are likely to be both optimistic and pessimistic about technology, a Pew Research study shows.

As India’s mammoth election enters the final stages, the primary opposition party has for the first time paid for Twitter ads.

The Indian state, often quick to impose bans, has turned particularly trigger happy in recent months. And a large chunk of India’s middle-class seems likely to have no problem with that.

As India’s parliamentary election nears its end, fact-checkers report a spike in fake news circulation on social media.

TikTok is back with a vengeance in India.

As India heads for the last three phases of its general election, social media misinformation is turning especially ridiculous.

Millions of Indians love watching Game of Thrones (GoT)—and for some of them, that involves overcoming a hefty language barrier.

India’s general election is almost half way through, but Twitter is set to combat a niche category of fake news only now.

TikTok is likely to be available for download in India again soon.

A recent allegation of sexual harassment against the chief justice of India is now reportedly being cited by other judges to keep women off their staff.

If India’s 2019 parliamentary polls were to be judged entirely by the political advertisements on Facebook, it is all about economics.

After giving its local rivals a run for their money, Reliance Jio has now set a global record.

India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is once again the top political advertiser on Facebook in the country for the week ended April 13, after a steep drop-off the previous week.