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VARIETY

 |  4-minute read
Facebook, Twitter, Appeal for help on social media, Social Media

How social media came to the rescue in India’s deadly Covid second wave

As the number of Covid cases rose and the system was inundated with the Covid tsunami, another heartening trend has played out on social media.

Subimal Bhattacharjee
 @subimal

SCI-TECH

 |  5-minute read
Policymaking, Social Media, Chinese apps, Tiktokban

TikTok: US explores, India's ban continues

The US is working towards taking advantage of TikTok’s popularity but the Indian government is still continuing its ban on the app that has been a platform where many young talents mushroomed.

Subimal Bhattacharjee
 @subimal

VARIETY

 |  5-minute read
Information technology act, Social Media, Chinese apps, Tiktok

How long will the clock tick for TikTok?

Across the world, there have been concerns raised over security and transparency of Chinese apps like TikTok.

Subimal Bhattacharjee
 @subimal

VARIETY

 |  BREAKING NEWS INTO PIECES  |  7-minute read
Rwa, Covid-19, Social Media, Coronavirus

All this Corona getting too much. Hand it over to the RWA

A high viral load of coronavirus kills. The corona information overload is debilitating to our sanity. To complicate things, some of that information is viral.

Kamlesh Singh
 @kamleshksingh

VARIETY

 |  BREAKING NEWS INTO PIECES  |  7-minute read
Social Media, Language, Grammar nazis, Sushantsinghrajput

Sushant Singh Rajput commits suicide: We cannot deal with language of death

Grammar Nazis are passé, now we have a posse of Woke Nannies correcting what we say.

Kamlesh Singh
 @kamleshksingh

VARIETY

 |  4-minute read
Social Media, Rape Culture, Sexual assault, Boislockerroom

Bois Locker Room: Why boys cannot always be boys

The descent into poor taste has taken years, but social media has pushed the adolescents into a permanent quarantine where no teacher or parent has access.

Krishna Kumar

VARIETY

 |  5-minute read
Social Media, Indian newspaper society, Newspaper, E-paperpdf

Why social-media admins cannot be penalised for sharing newspaper PDFs

Recent news reports had said that INS had warned social media group administrators of legal action for allowing circulation of e-paper PDFs on social media.

Subimal Bhattacharjee
 @subimal

VARIETY

 |  3-minute read
Fake news, Social Media, Tiktok, Lockdowndiary

Lockdown Diary Of A Teenager: India goes TikTok in quarantine

With baseless rumours doing the rounds on TikTok, we all have a responsibility to follow ‘netiquettes’ and be law-abiding and respectful netizens.

Arshya Gaur
 @ArshyaGaur

VARIETY

 |  7-minute read
Twitter, Instagram, Social Media, Lockdowndiary

Lockdown Diary Of A Teenager: The compulsive need to be 'on' all the time

Being ‘on’ all the time is actually a method to distract ourselves from our hardships and a temporary escape for us from the real world.

Arshya Gaur
 @ArshyaGaur

POLITICS

 |  5-minute read
Jagan mohan reddy, Balakot air strike, Indian armed forces, Social Media

How social media has become a weapon of the modern armed forces

Of late, it has increasingly become apparent that social media is more than a tool today. It has become a weapon in its own right.

Lt Gen Satish Dua
 @TheSatishDua