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Hashtag Democracy

S Prasannarajan

Isn’t it time for a Big Tech glasnost?

Shush No More

Art and infographics on social media platforms are breaking taboos

Enemy of Stardom

If 2020 taught celebrities anything, it was that social media was their enemy

‘Cultures where people share more about themselves will be slow in switching’

Noted behavioural economist Dan Ariely on WhatsApp users fleeing to Signal and Telegram

An Absolute Right to Cancel

Social media companies have turned an authoritarian corner after the Capitol Hill riots

Cruelty of the Mysterious Man

Cyberbullying saw a dramatic spike in India during the lockdown

A Cancel Culture Mutation

Tanishq pulling out a harmless ad is one more precedent for social media coercion

The Sounds of Our Discontents

Dumb furies in the age of social media

The Social South

With high literacy and internet reach, the southern states are driving demand for videos in regional languages

The New Evil Empire. Or Is It?

A search engine may turn us into useful data. Does that make Google a slave trader?

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