Influencers

#NoFilter: How France plans to crackdown on influencers

The National Assembly of the French parliament passed a bill on 30 March, introducing some new rules for influencers. The new law, if approved by the Senate, would fundamentally alter how French influencers post, and would force social media platforms to develop techniques for detecting violations

Thumbs Up: The new rules for social media influencers, explained

Failure to follow the Centre's new guidelines named 'Endorsement Know Hows - for celebrities, influencers and virtual media influencers on social media platforms' will attract a hefty fine of as much as Rs 50 lakh or being barred from endorsing products for up to six years

Xi Jinping has totally muzzled Chinese social media. How you can’t search his name on any platform

Chinese authorities have cracked down on influencers with dissenting views, introduced laws limiting speech on the web and fined companies for not adequately policing internet content

How many likes? Centre's plan to rein in social media influencers explained

The move comes as brands are frequently using 'paid promotion' by social media influencers. Those that accept payments will have to disclose their association with the products and failing to do so will result in hefty fines, sources said

The Instagram myth of holistic living: How Belle Gibson crafted her 'wellness guru' persona from falsehoods

Wellness gurus' documentation of their personal experiences will usually lack medical evidence, and borrows heavily from anecdotes.

Prajakta Koli, CarryMinati, Bhuvan Bam, Mallika Dua — why digital influencers are fetching key acting roles

For digital creators, many of whom are aspiring actors, their online popularity is helping them find a foothold in an industry that is notoriously difficult to break into.

India bans 59 chinese apps: TikTok's runaway success in India is a story best understood through the rise of the platform's many stars

To study the popularity of TikTok in India is to study an emergent Indian class, a group of individuals for whom the platform is a space inclusive of all kinds of sensibilities and contradictions.

Saurabh Bhatnagar Speaks About Financial Freedom And ‘MarketPresso’

Leading internet entrepreneur Saurabh Bhatnagar, who just concluded the launch of his software MarketPresso, talks about his journey towards achieving Financial Freedom in conversation with Digpu

James Beard Award-winning writer Mayukh Sen on the place politics and identity have in food

Award-winning food writer Mayukh Sen has developed a voice of his own — a sensitive style of storytelling about subjects who are lesser-known or those who have faded into oblivion, while taking into account facets of identity like sexuality, race and ethnicity.

Women's Day 2019: A must-follow list of 21 amazing Indian women on social media

These 21 women content creators are dominating the most influential platforms of the online world.