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How memes, gaming and internet culture all relate to the Charlie Kirk shooting

Kirk’s rise to fame was largely bolstered by being extremely online – and it seems the suspect has that in common with him

The Guardian - US · Sep 16, 2025

Transparency report: India made 55,497 requests for user data from Meta in the first half of 2022

In the first six months of 2022, the Indian government made the second-highest number of requests to Meta for user data , according to the tech giant’s transparency report for the first half of this year. Meta owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, among other products.

Newslaundry · Nov 23, 2022

TMR 2022: Sophie Zhang on not being allowed to testify before India's parliament

After two years of being hosted online, The Media Rumble 2022 took place in Delhi on October 14 and 15 where leading media professionals, policymakers, and tech innovators got together to discuss the future of news, tech and policy.

Newslaundry · Oct 22, 2022

Twitter was at the forefront of content moderation. What comes next?

In 2015, a man wearing a skull mask posted a video outlining his plans to murder Brianna Wu. The skull video was only one of many such disturbing and bizarre posts targeting Wu and other women online as part of a harassment campaign dubbed GamerGate.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 27, 2022

Facebook whistle blower Sophie Zhang not to depose before House Panel

Lok Sabha Speaker did not respond to panel’s request to allow Ms. Zhang to depose on poll manipulation

The Hindu · Apr 21, 2022

Parliamentary panel grills Facebook on ‘politically motivated’ algorithm

The U.S.-headquartered firm was also asked about claims that hate content is rewarded on the platform, lack of language experts

The Hindu · Mar 29, 2022