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Election campaign: parties draw battle lines on media platforms
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 26, 2013
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last modified
Sep 05, 2013 10:23 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
In the run-up to the 2014 polls, parties are drawing up media strategies that have a focus on young voters.
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Online Censorship: How Government should Approach Regulation of Speech
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Dec 05, 2012
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filed under:
Social Media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Why is there a constant brouhaha in India about online censorship? What must be done to address this?
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Fragmentation in a Democracy : The Role of Social Movements and the Media
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 11, 2013
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last modified
Oct 29, 2013 07:45 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
The Observer Research Foundation, Delhi, together with the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Berlin, will be convening a Round-table on Fragmentation in a Democracy : The Role of Social Movements and the Media on October 16, 2013 at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi. Sunil Abraham is a speaker in the session on Impact of Media, Social Media & Technology on Democracy / Governance.
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Google survey: 37% of urban Indian voters are online
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 08, 2013
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last modified
Nov 07, 2013 10:41 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
Almost four out of every 10 urban voters (or 37%) in India are online, just a little less than the number (42%) that are undecided about whom they will vote for in the 2014 general elections, according to a survey by Google India and research agency TNS released on Tuesday.
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We the goondas
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 04, 2014
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last modified
Aug 04, 2014 03:06 PM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Censorship,
Social Media,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect
You can now be arrested in Karnataka even before you commit an offence under the IT Act. You could be in jail under the Goonda Act even if not guilty under the Indian Copyright Act. If govt thinks you are planning to send a 'lascivious' photo to a WhatsApp group, or forwarding a copyrighted song, you can be arrested.
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Election Experiment Proves Facebook Just Doesn't Care About Fake News In India
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by
Admin
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published
May 31, 2018
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filed under:
Social Media,
Facebook,
Internet Governance
Much-hyped fact-checking initiative identified only 30 bits of fake news in month-long Karnataka campaign. Yup — 30!
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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Why NPCI and Facebook need urgent regulatory attention
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Jun 12, 2018
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The world’s oldest networked infrastructure, money, is increasingly dematerialising and fusing with the world’s latest networked infrastructure, the Internet.
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Blog
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'Full belief in fake texts shows cops not trusted'
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by
Admin
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published
Jun 26, 2018
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filed under:
Social Media,
WhatsApp,
Internet Governance
Nilotpal Basu and Abhijeet Nath, an audio engineer and digital artiste, were beaten to death in Assam's Karbi Anglong last week based on rumours that they were kidnappers.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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Bengaluru cops' twitter handle in ethical storm
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 07, 2017
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The city's privacy activists are among the most strident in trying to prevent the Union government from gaining unprecedented access to citizens' personal information through Aadhaar. But in their own backyard, Bengaluru police have been publishing on Twitter the phone numbers of thousands of citizens reporting various crimes such as gambling on the streets, random quarrels and harassment of women.
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News & Media
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New rules leave social media users vulnerable: Experts
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by
Krupa Joseph
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published
Jun 14, 2021
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Social Media,
Internet Governance
They analyse the implications of the government vs Twitter controversy on individual privacy
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News & Media
