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‘Hinduphobia is on the rise on social media and other messaging platforms’: Rutgers report finds evidence of increase in anti-Hindu disinformation

OpIndia Staff - 13 July, 2022

The Rutgers report sheds light on evolving patterns of hate speech directed toward the Hindus across social media.

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Elon Musk pulls out of the $44 billion deal, Twitter vows to take legal action: Here is why it happened

OpIndia Staff - 9 July, 2022

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has pulled out of the $44 billion Twitter deal, alleging that the social media giant breached provisions of the merger agreement.

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Mumbai: Tempo driver Rizwan Khan issues death threats to Marathi actor, asks not to post views against Islam, arrested

OpIndia Staff - 7 July, 2022

The Mumbai Police has booked the accused under section 153 (A) and 295 (A) of the Indian Penal Code.

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‘Rapid work underway to hold social media accountable’: Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

OpIndia Staff - 5 July, 2022

The announcement by Ashwini Vaishnaw came after Twitter approached Karnataka HC against GoI’s take down notices.

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Curious case of Alt News co-founder’s ears: Netizens wonder why Mohammed Zubair keeps hiding his ears from the camera

OpIndia Staff - 3 July, 2022

One interesting thing has caught the eye of several netizens. Most of the time, Mohammed Zubair has made a conscious effort to hide his ears from the camera.

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Justice Pardiwala of Supreme Court roots for regulating social media, day after he was criticised for blaming Nupur Sharma for Udaipur murder in an...

OpIndia Staff - 3 July, 2022

Justice Pardiwala was recently criticized for his comments in a case involving ex-BJP spokeswoman Nupur Sharma.

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Uttar Pradesh: 30-year-old man arrested in Badaun for posting derogatory statements against Prime Minister on social media

OpIndia Staff - 2 July, 2022

Rehan, 30, a resident of Nadayal village in Badaun district was arrested for posting derogatory statements against PM Modi.

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More people supporting Nupur Sharma were on target of Riyaz and Gaus, were ordered by operators to behead and not shoot: Report reveals chilling...

OpIndia Staff - 1 July, 2022

Mohammed Riyaz and Mohammed Gaus had also intended to kill a businessman in Udaipur for supporting Nupur Sharma.

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Mohammed Zubair moves to Delhi High Court against remand order, Police takes him to Bengaluru to recover his laptop, hard disk

OpIndia Staff - 30 June, 2022

Zubair's laptop will be sent for the forensic examinations at CFSL, Rohini. The Police will also try to access the hard disk memory of Zubair's laptop.

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