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You cannot win polls on social media. Can’t understand why opposition does not have confidence in our country: PM Modi at Viksit Bharat event

ANI - 9 December, 2023

PM Narendra Modi on Saturday hit out at the opposition parties over not giving importance to public welfare, saying that they cannot win polls on social media but need to interact with people and win their hearts.

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After losing badly in 3 states and winning Telangana, Congress supporters start divisive ‘North-South divide’ tweets

OpIndia Staff - 3 December, 2023

Congress supporters have insinuated and tried to cast aspersions on BJP’s victory and North voters as ‘communal’, ‘casteist’, and uneducated lots.

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Walmart joins the advertisers’ exodus from X (formerly Twitter), reports say the firm ramping up a new advertising strategy to tackle it

OpIndia Staff - 3 December, 2023

As advertising revenues are going dry, an FT report has claimed that X is accelerating a plan to attract smaller and medium-sized businesses as big brands are boycotting the social media platform.

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‘If Disney wants to blackmail me over advertising, they can go f*ck themselves’: Elon Musk says X won’t bow down to woke companies

OpIndia Staff - 30 November, 2023

Musk explained that if the advertising results in X shutting down, then the whole world will know that certain companies ganged up to shut down free speech.

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PM Modi’s pics at Sri Venkateswara Temple sparks outrage: How posing before Sheshnaag is a decades-old practice and he is not the only one to...

OpIndia Staff - 27 November, 2023

Not just PM Modi, several other politicians and notable personalities have clicked their pics in front of Sheshnaag inside the Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple.

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Probe into deepfake video of actor Rashmika Mandanna hits dead end as social media platforms can’t identify the origin

ANI - 24 November, 2023

The probe into the deepfake case of actor Rashmika Mandana has hit a dead end as social media platforms have shown their inability to give any information about individual(s) who have allegedly made the deep fake profiles.

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You are an idiot: Indian origin wife of cricketer Glenn Maxwell receives ‘hate’ for supporting Australian team

OpIndia Staff - 20 November, 2023

One Indian Instagram user abused the wife of Glenn Maxwell in Marathi while another asked whether she was happy with India's loss or her husband's victory.

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IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced a meeting with social media companies to address concerns over deep fake technology

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2023

Government to hold meeting with social media companies to discuss deep fake technology, said IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

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‘Dayn, whre, paeet’: After the death of social media influencer Smokingskills, Islamists abuse his friend

OpIndia Staff - 30 October, 2023

A few more Islamists stooped lower still. In their hatred for the young right-wing activist and influencer 'SmokingSkills07' these insensitive and rude individuals went so far as to abuse and harass his friend online

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