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Companies
Fake News, Hate Speech and Misinformation: Inside Facebook's Challenges in India
Recent news reports outline how Facebook's products in India are awash with hateful content. Here's all you need to know.
6 min read
Oct 25, 2021
Media
Money
How the COVID-19 Pandemic has Ravaged the News Industry
We look at the changes being brought about in the news industry by the COVID-19 pandemic and how this could end up remaking the business as a whole.
6 min read
Jun 17, 2020
Tech
Media
Twitter Bans Tweets Spreading Misinformation About the Coronavirus Pandemic: How Fake News is Being Fought
In this age of misinformation, we look at what three agencies - social media companies, international bodies and startups - are doing to combat the lies and fake news.
2 min read
Mar 20, 2020
Companies
Markets
Economy
NCLAT Restores Cyrus Mistry As Chairman of Tata Group and Other Top News Today
Cyrus Mistry restored as Chairman of Tata Group by NCLAT. GST Council meets today; rate hike unlikely. Facebook mulls hiring users as contractors to fact-check content on its platf...
5 min read
Dec 18, 2019
Tech
Social Media & Stock Trading: How Your Tweets & Facebook Posts Influence Stock Prices
Algo-trading is a system of trading where complicated trading strategies are constructed into algorithms that use this information to inform users of any profit-making opportunity...
4 min read
Jul 7, 2019
Markets
Economy
Companies
Lenders of Jet Offer Bidders 31.2%-75% in the Airline, US Considers Imposing Tariffs on EU, FB to Activate Fact-Checking Centres Ahead of Elections et al.
Lenders of Jet offer bidders 31.2%-75% in the airline. No expression of interest received on day one. Potential bidders include TPG Capital, Etihad, NIIF. Oil hits five-month high...
5 min read
Apr 9, 2019
Economy
Billionaire Raj, Appointment, Competition and More...
As per a report by Oxfam, which of the below statements is most accurate? In context of Google, which of the below statements is least accurate? And more!
2 min play
Jan 27, 2019
Media
How Twitter is Faking and Breaking News
Twitter, the 280-character micro-blogging platform has changed more than just the face of social media. Often used as a reporting tool, 'tweeting' now situates itself in the ambit...
6 min read
Nov 24, 2018
Media
Loss of Trust in Indian News Media: The Story of Concentration and Contradiction
India as a market is experiencing an 'extreme loss of Trust' in its key institutions. The percentage drop it turns out, has been most acute for media, with more than 70% of surveye...
4 min read
Oct 20, 2018