HERZLIYA IS A coastal Israeli city where a large number of the country’s wealthy citizens live. Outside the Middle East, this affluent city, named after Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, often finds mention for its expensive villas and fine beaches located in a tony neighbourhood called Herzliya Pituach. But lately, it has earned … Continue reading Israeli Company NSO’s Spyware Is in the News in India for All the Wrong Reasons
How WhatsApp Is Changing Indian Politics
JENCY JACOB, MANAGING EDITOR, BOOM FACTCHECK, RECALLS THE DAY Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman sharply attacked the opposition in the Lok Sabha for calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “chor” (thief) over the Rafale fighter aircraft deal. Jacob and his colleagues at their fact-checking firm joked that a “clipped video” of Sitharaman would soon go … Continue reading How WhatsApp Is Changing Indian Politics
WhatsApp Will Replace Facebook as the Online Battlefield in Elections 2019
DIVYA SPANDANA HAS fans requesting selfies with her wherever she goes. This actor-turned politician from Karnataka who now heads the social-media division of the Congress party obliges such entreaties as if by force of habit. When she sits back to chat, she says she is saddled with work, and it shows: in between sentences, she … Continue reading WhatsApp Will Replace Facebook as the Online Battlefield in Elections 2019
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