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Nigeria caught in WhatsApp fake news whirlwind ahead of elections

After numerous infamous cases of people in India and Brazil falling prey to fake news spread on WhatsApp, the problem is now spreading to Nigeria. The West African nation is hosting its national elections in February next year, and a report from The Poynter Institute says its citizens are at risk of being conned by misinformation surrounding political parties – and it’s reaching people through WhatsApp. дальше »

2018-12-3 11:35


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India’s national disaster authority hacked to promote Bitcoin scams on Twitter

The cryptocurrency market is going through a rough patch, but this isn’t stopping scammers from duping people out of their funds. Hackers took over the official Twitter account of India’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to promote blatant Bitcoin giveaway scams – a trend that’s been plaguing social media for months now. дальше »

2018-11-6 12:47


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An Indian mental health clinic is treating its first Netflix addict

Most of us are no strangers to spending hours binging great and not-so-great shows on Netflix. But as it turns out, you can have too much of a good thing. An Indian user was so addicted to the service that he spent an average of seven hours a day streaming shows on the platform – and had to undergo treatment at a mental health facility to help wean himself off it. дальше »

2018-10-8 12:37


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‘Totalitarian’ – Antonopoulos Slams India’s Identity-Based Digital Currency Plans

Andreas Antonopoulos has labeled plans from India’s central bank to create an identity-based national digital currency as “incredibly dangerous” as details emerge of a fresh crackdown on cash. ‘Democracy Dies’ In comments on Twitter August 30, the well-known cryptocurrency educator said India’s history of limiting cash availability to citizens and forcing through surveillance measures via its Aadhaar system would lead to the “death” of democracy. дальше »

2018-8-31 19:00


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India’s Leadership Accused of Involvement in ‘Mega Bitcoin Scam’

The Indian National Congress (INC) party, the largest political party in the nation, is accusing the ruling Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) of money laundering through bitcoin. INC, more commonly known as the Congress Party, alleged Thursday that the BJP was converting “black money” into white using bitcoin in the western state of Gujurat, the English-language дальше »

2018-7-6 07:58


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Court Says India’s Crypto Trade Bank Account Boycott Will Continue

India’s highest court has declined to end a ban enacted by the national central bank that bars the country’s crypto exchanges from doing business with regulated financial firms. Bloomberg reported Tuesday that the Indian Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, said that the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) prohibition on providing services to crypto-related дальше »

2018-7-3 21:52


NSE Official Says Blockchain Technology Will Change Traditional Financial Systems

A senior official with the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) has admitted that blockchain holds a lot of promise for the financial sector and can change the traditional systems. On a side discussion during the fifth Cisco India Summit, Sankarson Banerjee said that “Blockchain is genuinely a different way of doing things. дальше »

2018-6-27 19:09


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