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India: Google, Facebook remove ‘offensive’ web pages

By Asian Correspondent Tue, Feb 07, 2012 11:56AM UTC View Comments

NEW DELHI (AP) — Google India has removed web pages deemed offensive to Indian political and religious leaders to comply with a court case that has raised censorship fears in the world’s largest democracy, media reported Monday. The action follows weeks of intense government pressure for 22 Internet giants to remove photographs, videos or text...

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Social Media in India [infographic]

By Sriram Vadlamani Fri, Aug 26, 2011 6:42AM UTC View Comments

India is taking to social media like bees to honey. More than 33 million Indian users are using different social media sites with 45,000 new users added every day. Facebook has seen a meteoric rise in the past six months with a 50% growth. Orkut still has 28 million users in India. India was the...

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How not to use social media, learn from Vodafone. #fail

By Sriram Vadlamani Mon, Jun 06, 2011 1:50PM UTC View Comments

I have sent a friend request to Dhaval Valia. Despite 700 million people using Facebook, the chance of me bouncing in to Dhaval Valia are slim. But thanks to the lame social media strategy of Vodafone, I now know Mr. Valia. Vodafone has sued Dhaval Valia for posting defamatory messages. The newspapers are littered with...

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India: Assessing Bharti Airtel’s ‘penny a day’ Facebook access

By Jon Russell Thu, May 19, 2011 11:30AM UTC View Comments

Facebook has introduced a “penny a day” access scheme in India in collaboration with national mobile carrier Bharti Airtel. The service is text-based and limited in functionality and messaging capability but importantly, in a market where smartphone ownership is growing but still niche, the service is open to all GSM handsets. More details come from...

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