Selected Tag: social media
Selected Tag: social media

WhatsApp’s Usernames And India’s Privacy Challenge

WhatsApp’s username feature has triggered understandable concerns about cybercrime. The larger challenge is regulating digital harm without discouraging privacy-preserving product evolution

Srinath Sridharan

Anand Venkatanarayanan

July 6, 2026 at 5:51 AM IST

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Accountability as Publishers, Not Bans, Is the Solution to Social Media Harm

Protecting young users and democratic discourse requires platform accountability, not age bans that are hard to enforce and easy to evade.

TK Arun

January 31, 2026 at 5:10 AM IST

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