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Firstpost
March 28, 2018
During his evidence, Wylie also said that his predecessor, Dan Muresan, Head of Elections at SCL Group, had also been working in India before he died in ... Rahul Gandhi needs to apologise to the nation for trying to subvert India's election process using the Brahmastra of Cambridge Analytica," he said.
Times of India
March 28, 2018
Wylie, 28, claims the data was sold to CA, which then used it to psychologically profile people and deliver material in favour of Donald Trump during the 2016 US elections. He also criticised CA for running campaigns in "struggling democracies", which he called "an example of what modern-day colonialismÃâà...
DailyO
March 28, 2018
With election 2019 just about a year away, the Modi government can't even run for cover. But the Modi government appears callously indifferent to the problem. No less than the prime minister himself believes the problem doesn't exist because even those selling pakodas can be considered employed.
Inc42 Media
March 28, 2018
As Facebook-Cambridge Analytica issue gained heat and the US government prepares to take stringent measures, the Indian Election Commission believes the entire Facebook fiasco as mere 'aberration' and has decided to continue using social media platform in the upcoming state elections.
Times of India
March 28, 2018
BENGALURU: The Karnataka poll — the results of which will be announced on May 15 — is already heated with BJP and Congress keenly aware of the importance of the prize: A loss will rob Congress of one of two major states in which it is still in office while BJP needs a win to regain the momentum it lostÃâà...
BuzzFeed News
March 28, 2018
India's Ministry of Information and Technology issued a notice to Facebook on Wednesday asking five questions, including how Facebook planned to prevent its platform from being exploited to influence elections in India, Facebook's largest market outside the US with over 240 million users. Facebook'sÃâà...
Newshub
March 25, 2018
India's information technology minister last week warned against any abuse of social media in elections, following reports that the analytics firm improperly accessed information on millions of Facebook users to target US voters. Friday's notice to the firm followed local media reports that Indian politicalÃâà...
The Diplomat
March 16, 2018
Although no party can expect to win every election in a democratic set up, the BJP's loss in the Gorakhpur parliamentary constituency was a particular shock. A BJP bastion for over 30 years. Gorakhpur is the seat of temple politics. The seat was recently vacated by Yogi Adityanath, after being anointed asÃâà...
Channel NewsAsia
March 3, 2018
The BJP's succes has further consolidated the party's grip on national politics ahead of the crucial 2019 general elections, when Modi will be running for re-election. Since winning the 2014 elections under Modi, the BJP has expanded its rule from seven states to 21, out of 29 Indian states. It controlsÃâà...
