Bringing you quick updates on the tech space, policy-making and digital rights from India and across the globe. Bengal police pull down 500+ social media posts The West Bengal Police have removed 500 posts deleted from social media platforms in the last 4 days. These posts were allegedly spreading fake news concerning “post-poll violence in Bengal” and “Hindu genocide in Bengal”, the Times of India reported. The police found that three videos, which were circulating on social media alleging violence by members of the re-elected Trinamool Congress, were actually from Brazil, Venezuela and Bangladesh. While the Crime Investigation Department has got Facebook, Youtube and Twitter to take down 300 posts, the state police pulled 200 posts from these platforms. Top Stories from MediaNama No data capture policy in place to govern vaccine alert apps Police has arrested people for pirating Hotstar streams: Sunil Rayan Government should enable traceability on crypto-currency investments: IndiaTech.Org 55 orgs, groups write to govt seeking transparency on Agristack and other digital moves around agriculture BharatPe raises Rs 50 crore in debt from Northern Arc Payments major BharatPe raised Rs 50 crore or $7 million in debt from Northern Arc Capital. This is the sixth debt round of funding for the company. Earlier this year, it had raised Rs 200 crore in venture debt from Alteria Capital, InnoVen Capital and Trifecta Capital, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank. The company has disbursed of over Rs 1,600 crore to more than 200,000 merchants since the launch of the lending…
