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Police arrests activist Disha Ravi in connection to the “toolkit”

Police claim that climate activist Disha Ravi edited the toolkit document and shared it with Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg.  Delhi Police’s cybercrime unit arrested a 22-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi from Bengaluru for allegedly having connections to the “toolkit”...

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Twitter CEO announces Bitcoin development fund for India

On Friday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced that he along with American artist Shawn Corey Carter, famously also known as Jay-Z, plans to launch an endowment fund for the development of Bitcoin in India and Africa. An endowment fund is...

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Tussle between Twitter and Indian govt continues

When asked about the dispute between the Indian government and Twitter, US Department of State spokesperson Ned Price restated the commitment towards supporting democratic values including, freedom of expression. On Thursday, India’s Electronics and Information Technology (IT) Minister Ravi Shankar...

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Twitter suspends over 500 accounts following Indian govt directive

Twitter suspended several accounts but did not block accounts of news media entities, journalists, activists, and politicians.  On Wednesday, social media platform Twitter suspended over 500 accounts and blocked access to several other accounts within India as it partly complied...

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Twitter war over the farmers protest

Social media platform Twitter has been abuzz ever since prominent international figures like Rihanna, Greta Thunberg, Meena Harris, Mia Khalifa, Amanda Cerny and Lilly Singh  have extended support towards farmers protest. They have received support and positive responses from many...

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Signal sees surge in demand in the US and India

While a larger number of Indians reacted to WhatsApp's new privacy rule, the blocking of apps in the United States following the violent attack on the Capitol is days to be the main reason. Messaging platform Signal announced late Saturday...