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‘Recognition And Status’: Why Twitter Blue Subscribers Are Happy To Pay For A Blue Tick

Published by BOOM Live By Hera Rizwan Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, announced a new deadline for the deletion of the blue verification ticks from legacy verified accounts on the microblogging site. “Final date for removing legacy Blue checks is 4/20,” Musk said in a tweet. This was the latest among the several times

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Steer Clear Of Personal Laws: Supreme Court On Same-Sex Marriage

Published by BOOM Live By Ritika Jain Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that at this stage it could “steer clear of personal laws” and focus on interpretation of the Special Marriage Act to open doors for same-sex marriage. On day 1 of the hearing on pleas seeking recognition of same sex marriage, the five-judge Constitution

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Obscurity To ‘Verified’: Trolls, Hate-Mongers Now Have Twitter’s Blue Tick

Published by BOOM Live By Archis Chowdhury A blue tick next to your Twitter account was once considered a prized asset – a symbol of verification and authenticity – given to only those who reached a certain position of prominence. Now, conspiracy theorists, trolls, misogynists, hate-mongers, and other unverified troublemakers are also sporting a blue

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Mughals and Gandhi: Will Removing History Create More Misinformation?

Published by BOOM Live By Kaisar Andrabi Delhi — Last week, news reports said that the National Council for Education Research and Training (NCERT) has changed textbooks and removed entire topics related to the Mughals and references to assassination of Gandhi. The changes have sparked concerns among educationists, historians and scholars who fear that important

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