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Vidhi Choudhary

Vidhi Choudhary

Vidhi covers business of media and entertainment, sports and pop culture for Hindustan Times.

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India adds 40 mn new internet users each year

At 400 million active internet users, India is the second largest internet user market after China.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated on May 10, 2019 02:02 PM IST

BJP outspends Congress, others in social media advertising

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is way ahead of the Congress in advertising expenditure on social media at the end of the fourth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.(REUTERS)

Published on May 03, 2019 11:35 PM IST

Avengers: Endgame may mirror Baahubali success

The new film will play in several Indian languages, with 50-60% of the screening estimated to be in Hindi

Published on Apr 26, 2019 02:22 PM IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Twitter users can now report misleading tweets on polls

Updated on Apr 24, 2019 11:27 PM IST

Netflix to stream 10 more original films in India, partners with Shah Rukh, Karan Johar

Netflix has commissioned 10 new original films for India.

Updated on Apr 15, 2019 11:25 AM IST

BJP tops ad spend on Google and YouTube

Image for representation.(Arun Sharma/HT FILE PHOTO)

Updated on Apr 05, 2019 08:56 AM IST

To curb fake news in poll season, WhatsApp starts ‘tipline’

WhatsApp has over 230 million monthly active users in India.(REUTERS)

Updated on Apr 03, 2019 12:16 AM IST

Facebook deletes hundreds of accounts, pages ‘linked’ to BJP, Congress

The Congress said in a statement that none of the pages taken down were officially backed by it or its verified volunteers.(REUTERS)

Updated on Apr 01, 2019 11:51 PM IST

Facebook apologises for identifying Kashmir as independent

Facebook on Wednesday apologised for identifying Kashmir independent of India.(AFP)

Published on Mar 28, 2019 12:21 AM IST

Exclusive: It was hard for me to become vulnerable, says Michael Phelps

Former Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps during an interview with Hindustan Times in New Delhi, on Tuesday.(Sanjeev Verma/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Apr 25, 2020 02:57 PM IST

Flying Fish out of water: ‘I’d rather run than swim,’ says Michael Phelps

Michael Phelps during an interview with Hindustan Times at ITC Maurya Hotel, in New Delhi on March 26.(Sanjeev Verma/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Mar 27, 2019 07:30 AM IST

Social media giants to draft ethics code for polls

WhatsApp Inc. offers a cross-platform mobile messaging application that allows users to exchange messages. Image for representation.(Bloomberg file photo)

Updated on Mar 20, 2019 07:34 AM IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Politics goes TikTok in new-age campaigning

A screengrab of a satirical political video on TikTok.

Updated on Mar 19, 2019 04:51 PM IST

Parliamentary panel asks Facebook to curb divisive posts on platforms

A parliamentary panel on information technology on Wednesday asked social media giant Facebook to ensure that its platform and those of its photo-sharing site Instagram and messaging app WhatsApp are not misused to create divisions, incite violence.(Reuters File Photo)

Updated on Mar 07, 2019 07:01 AM IST

India’s air strike, Pak response step up heat on Twitter

India has an estimated 30 million Twitter users but the corresponding number for Pakistan is not independently available. With 13.74 million conversations ( 77.4% of the total), India made up the bulk of these conversations.(Reuters/Picture for representation)

Published on Feb 28, 2019 01:32 AM IST

‘No evidence of foreign interference in India polls yet’: Twitter vice-president Colin Crowell

Colin Crowell, Twitter’s vice president for global public policy and philanthropy, said the 2019 elections ar critically important for the microblogging site.(Amal KS/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Feb 26, 2019 10:58 PM IST

Government renews warnings to social media sites on polls

HT Image

Published on Feb 22, 2019 11:34 PM IST

Twitter’s public policy head Colin Crowell to attend parliamentary panel on Monday

Twitter has also set up an “internal cross functional elections group” in its efforts to protect the integrity of elections in the country.(AP File Photo)

Updated on Feb 22, 2019 02:35 PM IST

‘Willing to participate, but need more time’: Twitter on parliamentary panel hearing

Image for representation.(REUTERS FILE PHOTO)

Updated on Feb 10, 2019 07:27 AM IST

Political ideologies don’t dictate policy, product changes: Twitter

Twitter Friday said it believes in impartiality and does not take any actions, such as blocking of accounts, based on political views.(REUTERS)

Updated on Feb 08, 2019 11:44 PM IST

Political advertisements on Facebook to carry disclaimers

Advertisements that reference political personalities, political parties and elections on social networking site Facebook in India will now carry disclaimers about who published and paid for the ad.(REUTERS)

Updated on Feb 08, 2019 07:46 AM IST

Ahead of LS polls, WhatsApp tells political parties not to spam users

India is WhatsApp’s biggest market with more than 200 million users.(REUTERS)

Updated on Feb 07, 2019 02:58 PM IST

Budget: Rise in demand may be limited to FMCG, say experts

While these sops will put some extra money in the hands of the two classes of consumers and boost demand for items of daily use and low-cost staples, they are not expected to lift purchases of more expensive items, executives at other consumer goods companies said.(AP)

Updated on Feb 02, 2019 09:18 AM IST

Data protection bill may get Cabinet nod next week

The need for a new legislation has been felt as the Information Technology Act, which provides for privacy and security of data in digital form, has its limitations.(Representative image)

Published on Jan 05, 2019 07:16 AM IST

India on their minds

‘In India, Sacred Games has created a level of awareness for Netflix that didn’t exist before.’(Photo courtesy: Netflix)

Updated on Jan 06, 2019 11:52 AM IST

Ad man Piyush Pandey to become global creative chief of Ogilvy

Piyush Pandey, who has three decades of experience in advertising, will be chief creative officer, worldwide, in Ogilvy from January 1, 2019.(HT File Photo)

Updated on Dec 05, 2018 11:20 PM IST

Using US polls insights to prepare for India elections, says Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey

During his first visit to India, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey said the country would be the next big growth frontier for Twitter.(Burhaan Kinu/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Nov 15, 2018 08:57 AM IST

What drives fake news in India? Here’s what a BBC study found out

A study done by the BBC World Service Group, titled ‘Beyond Fake News’, used multiple methods to understand the circulation of fake news in India.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated on Nov 12, 2018 08:23 AM IST

Brazil’s experience a red flag for WhatsApp in Indian polls, say experts

WhatsApp has over 200 million users in India, its largest market.(AFP File Photo)

Published on Oct 21, 2018 07:15 AM IST

Rural Indians don’t trust messages on WhatsApp blindly: Survey

The Digital Empowerment Foundation survey titled “What’s up Rural India?” recorded responses from only 1018 rural users in 14 states.(Reuters File Photo)

Updated on Oct 19, 2018 01:43 PM IST

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