2018 saw trust in major social media networks fall, creating a landscape ripe for new competitors to thrive. Focusing on the quality and meaningfulness of connections – rather than how many people have – the Hello app encourages people in India to act like they would face to face.

If a social network’s members remain the same but everyone’s place is reshuffled, could it impact their quality of life for the better? Canvas8 spoke to Nicholas Christakis, Nudgestock speaker and Yale professor, to learn how our online and offline networks can be harnessed for positive change.

India is WhatsApp's biggest market, but the platform has inadvertently become a tool used to spread misinformation – sometimes with tragic consequences. After multiple lynchings, linked to messages spread via the app, WhatsApp has introduced restrictions on message forwarding.

The digitisation of India is drastically impacting how people shop, communicate, and entertain themselves. But with dark social platforms unleashing a tide of misinformation and the government pushing to centralise personal data, web users are quickly realising the dark side of connectivity.