Pranav Dixit
TikTok Is “Shocked” By Trump’s Order Threatening To Ban It And Will Fight Back
“We will pursue all remedies available to us in order to ensure that the rule of law is not discarded.”
Pranav Dixit
Trump Just Declared TikTok A "National Emergency" And Has Threatened To Ban It
In his executive order, the president argued the app "automatically captures vast swaths of information from its users" that could be used against American interests.
Jason Wells
Twitter Is Locking People Fact-Checking Trump Out Of Their Accounts
The people are not trying to spread coronavirus misinformation — but to fight against it.
Pranav Dixit
Instagram Has Launched Reels, Its TikTok Rip-Off
Reels is just like TikTok — but built right into the Instagram app.
Pranav Dixit
Google Said It Would Invest $10 Billion In India. Nearly Half Of It Is Going To The Country's Richest Man.
Google is the second large Silicon Valley tech company to buy a stake in Jio Platforms after Facebook.
Pranav Dixit
Zoom Is Fighting Rumors In India That It's A Chinese Company
Following the Indian government's ban of 59 apps owned by Chinese companies, the video app company is reminding people it's American.
Pranav Dixit
Mike Pompeo Said The US Is Considering Banning TikTok
“I don’t want to get out in front of the president, but it’s something we’re looking at," Pompeo said.
Pranav Dixit
Here Are The Things You Need To Know From Apple's Big June Event
Shiny new updates for your shiny Apple toys.
Pranav Dixit
Thousands Of Gig Workers Can’t Make A Living Unless They Install A Controversial Contact Tracing App First
Workers say the platforms are exploiting them by making it mandatory to install the Indian government's contact tracing app.
Pranav Dixit
Facebook And Instagram Will Let You Turn Off Political Ads
“For those of you who’ve already made up your minds and just want the election to be over, we hear you."
Pranav Dixit
They Refused To Censor Their Podcasts. Apple Removed Them From Its Chinese App Store.
Apple made over $13 billion from China in the first three months of 2020 alone.
Pranav Dixit
Twitter Is Now Fact-Checking 5G Coronavirus Conspiracy Tweets
“Get the facts about COVID-19."
Pranav Dixit
Twitter And Snapchat Are Reining Trump In. Critics Want Them To Do It To Politicians Around The World.
“Politicians in many places have posted worse."
Pranav Dixit
Twitter Put A "Glorifying Violence" Warning Label On Trump And White House Tweets About Minneapolis Protesters
“We've taken action in the interest of preventing others from being inspired to commit violent acts," the social media network said of Trump's tweet.
Pranav Dixit
When India's Airports Reopen On Monday, They'll Be Pushing Travelers To Use The Government's Controversial Contact Tracing App
Downloading Aarogya Setu won't be mandatory to fly, but Indian authorities will be pushing it.
Pranav Dixit
India's Contact Tracing App Is All But Mandatory. So This Programmer Hacked It So That He Always Appears Safe.
A software engineer from Bangalore was worried about being forced to download Aarogya Setu. So he ripped its guts out.
Pranav Dixit
An Entire City Has Been Told To Download A Controversial Contact Tracing App — Or Face Jail
“Not installing the app will be considered a violation of lockdown orders,” said a police order released in Noida, India.
Pranav Dixit
For A Billion Indians, The Government’s Voluntary Contact Tracing App Might Actually Be Mandatory
Aarogya Setu, which more than 75 million Indians have downloaded, might soon become more than a contact tracing app.
Pranav Dixit
We Need An “Army” Of Contact Tracers To Safely Reopen The Country. We Might Get Apps Instead.
Without enough human contact tracers to identify infected people, the US is barreling toward a digital solution, and possible disaster.
Caroline Haskins
Facebook Just Invested $5.7 Billion In India's Largest Telecom Carrier
The deal makes Facebook the largest minority shareholder in Jio.
Pranav Dixit
