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Women Arrested in Mumbai for Complaining on Facebook
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 21, 2012
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filed under:
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
For over 30 hours following the death of the Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray on Saturday, stores throughout Mumbai closed their shutters and taxis and autorickshaws stayed off the streets.
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News & Media
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China's Generation Y : Youth and Technology in Shanghai
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Sep 21, 2009
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last modified
Sep 21, 2009 02:09 PM
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filed under:
Cyberspace,
Social media,
Shanghai,
Cyborgs,
Cybercultures,
Digital Natives
Within the context of internet technologies in China, Nishant Shah, drawing from his seven month research in Shanghai, looks at the first embodiment of these technologies in the urbanising city. In this post, he gives a brief overview of the public and academic discourse around youth-technology usage of China's Generation Y digital natives. He draws the techno-narratives of euphoria and despair to show how technology studies has reduced technology to tools and usage and hence even the proponents of internet technologies, often do a disservice to the technology itself. He poses questions about the politics, mechanics and aesthetics of technology and offers the premise upon which structures of reading resistance can be built. The post ends with a preview of the three stories that are to appear next in the series, to see how youth engagement and cultural production can be read as having the potentials for social transformation and political participation for the Digital Natives in China.
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Collaborative Projects Programme
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The promise of invisibility - Technology and the City
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Fill The Gap: Global Discussion on Digital Natives
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Jan 15, 2010
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last modified
Jan 22, 2010 10:54 AM
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filed under:
Social media,
Digital Activism,
Digital Governance,
Digital Natives,
Agency,
Youth,
Featured,
Cybercultures,
New Pedagogies,
Digital subjectivities,
ICT
More often than not people don't understand the new practices inspired by Internet and digital technologies. As such a series of accusations have been leveled against the Digital Natives. Educators, policy makers, scholars, and parents have all raised their worries without hearing out from the people they are concerned about. Hivos has initiated an online global discussion about Digital Natives. So, to voice your opinion, start tweeting with us now #DigitalNatives.
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Collaborative Projects Programme
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Digital Natives With a Cause?
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Invisible Censorship: How the Government Censors Without Being Seen
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 14, 2011
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last modified
Jan 04, 2012 08:59 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Google,
Access to Knowledge,
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Intermediary Liability,
Featured,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The Indian government wants to censor the Internet without being seen to be censoring the Internet. This article by Pranesh Prakash shows how the government has been able to achieve this through the Information Technology Act and the Intermediary Guidelines Rules it passed in April 2011. It now wants methods of censorship that leave even fewer traces, which is why Mr. Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology talks of Internet 'self-regulation', and has brought about an amendment of the Copyright Act that requires instant removal of content.
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Internet Governance
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Censorship makes India fall two places on global internet freedom chart
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 27, 2012
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filed under:
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
A recently released global report on the internet freedom rated India 39th in 2012, a slip from two places last year.
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Analysing Latest List of Blocked Sites (Communalism & Rioting Edition)
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Aug 22, 2012
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last modified
Sep 06, 2012 11:52 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Censorship
Pranesh Prakash does preliminary analysis on a leaked list of the websites blocked from August 18, 2012 till August 21, 2012 by the Indian government.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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On social media, Modi goes soft
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 02, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Social media,
Internet Governance
“Truth stands on its own; it doesn’t need a prop.” Is this Mahatma Gandhi? No, it’s Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Twitter. Gujarat’s elections are near, but in the arena of social media, Modi has already won. From over a million subscribers on Twitter to a Facebook page flooded with “likes”, Modi’s net is cast wide.
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open video summit
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by
Radha Rao
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last modified
Nov 19, 2009 07:04 AM
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filed under:
Social media
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After Violence in India, a Crackdown Online
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 26, 2012
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filed under:
Social media
The recent panic that led tens of thousands of Indians to flee their homes has largely subsided, leaving in its wake an uneven government crackdown on the Internet and text-messaging services that top officials blame for circulating the baseless rumors that set off the exodus.
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India: Social Media Censorship to Contain ‘Cyber-Terrorism'?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 27, 2012
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filed under:
IT Act,
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
This is the second post in the 2-part series about the perceived role of social media in the wake of the Assam clashes that spilled across the country and threatened to upset the nation's peace.
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