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Evidence is mounting that Russian trolls working for the Kremlin-linked Internet Research Agency stoked divisions in the US during the last election, going as far as to contact US-based activists to promote and organize rallies and other actions.

Social media has revolutionized the way many humans communicate. In Mexico, that means it’s become one of the only ways residents can get information about drug cartel violence. But that has the government nervous.

According to author Andrew Keen, the promise of the Internet is far removed its reality. Far from creating equality, he says, it’s birthed a new elite.

We need to be moving to a model where activists demand “no representation without conversation,” said Zeynep Tufekci in a discussion about privacy, social media censorship, hashtag activism and global youth protests at the South by Southwest festival in Austin.

More and more Indians are turning to online retailing sites to find big deals and do their holiday shopping. But despite big customer numbers and growing investment, there are still huge problems with the industry as it gets off the ground.