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Why Anti-Spam App Doosra That Fought For Users' Privacy Shut Down
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Doosra, a privacy-focused anti-spam app, allowed people to use disposable phone numbers to be shared where they didn't trust their data being protected. But, why is it shutting down? Read on!
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Media Outlets Misreport Actor Siddharth Criticised Women For Not Celebrating RCB's WPL Win
The Rush: Several media outlets including The Indian Express, Times of India, Hindustan Times, ABP News, and Times Now ran reports claiming that actor Siddharth criticised women for not celebrating the Royal Challengers Bangalore's recent win in the Women's Premier League.
The Fact: The statement was made by Siddharth's namesake account on X and is unrelated to the actor.
The Process:
Siddharth does not have an account on X; the viral post was made by an account with a name similar to his.
We scanned the account @DearthofSid that posted the original comment criticising the lack of women during the celebrations for RCB.
The Clarifications:
Actor Siddharth took to his Instagram handle (@worldofsiddharth) and clarified that he did not write that post and that he is not on X (formerly Twitter).
The X account that shared the viral post (@DearthofSid) uploaded a new header picture with the text: 'X user clarifies that he is not actor Siddharth'.
P.S. Getting it right >>> Getting it first.
The Viksit Bharat WhatsApp Message That You Got? ECI Asks Govt To Stop
🔖 This went viral: Over the last weekend, many individuals in India received a message via WhatsApp from a verified business account named "Viksit Bharat Sampark," containing a letter from Prime Minister Narendra Modi soliciting feedback and suggestions on Indian government initiatives.
Not anymore, though: The Election Commission of India has directed the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to cease the delivery of Viksit Bharat messages via WhatsApp with immediate effect. Read Hera Rizwan’s report.
Why Anti-Spam App Doosra That Fought For Users' Privacy Shut Down
🔖 A solution for spam calls: Doosra helped Indians share a disposable secondary mobile number at public places like supermarkets, restaurants or wherever people are uncomfortable in sharing their number to stop spam. It blocks all calls by default, and only allows whitelisted numbers using the settings in their app giving people control.
But it’s shutting down: The service has been disrupted over the last few months and the firm announced they are unsure when the services will be available again with the Department of Telecom stopping their licence. What led to this? Find out in Srinivas Kodali’s story.
'They Could Pretend To Be Your Friend’: Instagram Hackers On The Prowl
🔖 This went viral: Over the last weekend, many individuals in India received a message via WhatsApp from a verified business account named "Viksit Bharat Sampark," containing a letter from Prime Minister Narendra Modi soliciting feedback and suggestions on Indian government initiatives.
Not anymore, though: The Election Commission of India has directed the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to cease the delivery of Viksit Bharat messages via WhatsApp with immediate effect. Read Hera Rizwan’s report.
🚫 Fake News You Almost Fell For
🔍Did Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar dodge a journalist’s question about cases of alleged violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) against PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah? Find out in 🔗Anmol Alphonso ↗️’s fact-check.
🔍 Apparently, cricketer Virat Kohli endorsed an online casino. No, we’re not saying it, a viral video claims so. But, did he? 🔗Srijit Das ↗️ finds out.
🔍 A cropped video of a five-judge Constitution Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud hearing arguments being made by the Solicitor General (SG) of India Tushar Mehta in the electoral bond case went viral with the false claim that the judges walked out from the hearing midway, without hearing the arguments being made. 🔗Anmol Alphonso ↗️ debunked the claim.
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