Selected Tag: social media
Selected Tag: social media

IAS Out, IPS In: The New Federal Information Order

Governments – state and union – are linking the PR machinery with state intelligence,  and while this might help manage crises, the move risks turning into an apparatus to curb dissent.

Rakesh Khar

July 17, 2026 at 8:32 AM IST

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WhatsApp’s Usernames And India’s Privacy Challenge

WhatsApp’s username feature has triggered understandable concerns about cybercrime. The larger challenge is regulating digital harm without discouraging privacy-preserving product evolution

Srinath Sridharan

Anand Venkatanarayanan

July 6, 2026 at 5:51 AM IST

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Accountability as Publishers, Not Bans, Is the Solution to Social Media Harm

Protecting young users and democratic discourse requires platform accountability, not age bans that are hard to enforce and easy to evade.

TK Arun

January 31, 2026 at 5:10 AM IST

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