Russia-born tech tycoon Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, was arrested in Paris on August 24, 2024. Edited excerpts: Does Telegram’s lax content moderation policy and purported reluctance to cooperate with law enforcement agencies justify the indictment of its founder? Pranesh Prakash: It remains unclear the extent to which Telegram’s content moderation policies are lax or whether there was any …
On October 31, Twitter announced that it will no longer carry political We have always had political advertising. What is it that makes online political Pranesh Prakash: There are two things that make online political advertising different. Kiran Chandra: App-based organisations have designed Twitter said it will no longer carry political KC: Platforms, particularly Facebook, have been washing their hands …