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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Investigation does little to prove wrongdoing on the part of Facebook in political advertising; Google announces another app store change.
Editor's note: Last week, Al Jazeera published a four-part series, investigated and written by The Reporters’ Collective, an Indian non-profit media organization, and ad.watch, which researches political ads. The broader theme of the series was to assess the influence of Facebook on Indian elections by investigating hundreds of thousands of political advertisements on Facebook and Instagram. We have read and re-read the series and talked to people in and around the tech ecosystem. And the consensus is that while the year-long investigation touches upon a number of important points, several of the conclusions drawn belie an understanding of how Facebook advertising and sponsored posts work. The investigation does uncover a news site called NEWJ, which is funded by Reliance Industries-owned Jio Platforms; NEWJ appears to mix in pro-Bharatiya Janata Party news along with what looks like deliberate misinformation. That there is a web of such organizations or companies that act as a front for political propaganda is known, but the details are important and investigations such as the one by The Reporters’ Collective for Al Jazeera are needed. The nexus of direct …
The online storytelling company is betting that content will be the most sought-after commodity as scores of platforms jump on the microdrama bandwagon. But success will hinge on whether it has a good enough story to draw the audience.
SEBI has lowered the bar for loss-making startups to list. In that context, a company like Zepto redefines the meaning of risk in public market investing.
The 15-year-old company has bought one brand after another in the hope of growing fast. That plan has fallen flat on its face, but there’s no stopping Wingreens.
