What will US Big Tech cos do on Indian polls?

April 16, 2018 11:06

'India's first state elections in 2018 kick off in May. Early next year, the country's 800 million voters will decide whether Prime Minister Modi makes a comeback. And heightened concerns about data privacy and election interference mean that the world will be watching to see if US tech companies repeat old mistakes in the world's largest democracy,' writes Pranav Dixit on Buzzfeed.com, here.

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