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- Election campaign: parties draw battle lines on media platforms
- In the run-up to the 2014 polls, parties are drawing up media strategies that have a focus on young voters. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 05, 2013 10:23 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
- Online Censorship: How Government should Approach Regulation of Speech
- Why is there a constant brouhaha in India about online censorship? What must be done to address this? by Sunil Abraham — last modified Dec 05, 2012 07:06 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Fragmentation in a Democracy : The Role of Social Movements and the Media
- The Observer Research Foundation, Delhi, together with the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Berlin, will be convening a Round-table on Fragmentation in a Democracy : ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 29, 2013 07:45 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
- Google survey: 37% of urban Indian voters are online
- 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 ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 07, 2013 10:41 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
- We the goondas
- 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 ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 04, 2014 03:06 PM — Filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Social Media, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect
- Election Experiment Proves Facebook Just Doesn't Care About Fake News In India
- Much-hyped fact-checking initiative identified only 30 bits of fake news in month-long Karnataka campaign. Yup — 30! by Admin — last modified May 31, 2018 10:56 PM — Filed under: Social Media, Facebook, Internet Governance
- Why NPCI and Facebook need urgent regulatory attention
- The world’s oldest networked infrastructure, money, is increasingly dematerialising and fusing with the world’s latest networked infrastructure, the Internet. by Sunil Abraham — last modified Jun 12, 2018 02:07 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance, Privacy
- 'Full belief in fake texts shows cops not trusted'
- 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 ... by Admin — last modified Jun 26, 2018 01:21 AM — Filed under: Social Media, WhatsApp, Internet Governance
- Bengaluru cops' twitter handle in ethical storm
- The city's privacy activists are among the most strident in trying to prevent the Union government from gaining unprecedented access to citizens' personal ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 07, 2017 02:38 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance, Privacy
- New rules leave social media users vulnerable: Experts
- They analyse the implications of the government vs Twitter controversy on individual privacy by Krupa Joseph — last modified Jun 14, 2021 11:27 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social Media, Internet Governance
- Facebook’s Free Internet Access Program in Developing Countries Provokes Backlash
- In India and Indonesia, users criticize Internet.org initiative, saying it violates the principles of net neutrality. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 29, 2015 04:35 PM — Filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
- The Legal Validity of Internet Bans: Part II
- In recent months, there has been a spree of bans on access to Internet services in Indian states, for different reasons. The State governments have relied on ... by Geetha Hariharan and Padmini Baruah — last modified Oct 08, 2015 11:17 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Access, 69A, Section 144, Article 19(1)(a), Blocking
- Digital India: Did Modi get it wrong in Silicon Valley?
- A bear hug, a photo filter and a new debate on net neutrality - Ayeshea Perera examines the domestic fallout of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Facebook ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 18, 2015 04:44 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Google, Facebook, Internet Governance
- How To Win Friends, FB Style
- True to form—and Facebook—there was a warm, friendly and familial feel to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s townhall meeting at Melon, California, with Mark ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 18, 2015 12:02 PM — Filed under: Social Media, Facebook, Internet Governance
- What Bengaluru Thinks of the Big Tech Announcements in Silicon Valley
- There is a split verdict on the big tech announcements made out of California during the Prime Minister's visit, in the desi version of Silicon Valley - ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 18, 2015 01:26 PM — Filed under: Social Media, Facebook, Internet Governance
- Outrage before sharing
- Has the social media converted people into a lynch mob that seeks out justice and passes judgement instantly, without bothering to hear both sides of the ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 20, 2015 05:08 PM — Filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
- Rise of the bot: all you need to know about the latest threat online
- In the last week of December, 2013, former union railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal lodged a police complaint in Chandigarh after witnessing “an unusual rise ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 31, 2014 07:16 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Wikipedia, Internet Governance, Access to Knowledge
- Social Notworking - 'Murder by Twitter'
- Suketu Mehta (@suketumehta) - terrible news about sunanda tharoor. this is murder by twitter. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 04, 2014 07:02 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
- WhatsApp ruling: Experts seek privacy law
- On August 25, Whatsapp updated its policy to share user content with social network; the decision opened new monetisation models for the messaging app. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 27, 2016 02:35 AM — Filed under: Social Media, WhatsApp, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Tech companies like Gmail, WhatsApp may be asked to store user information
- The government is moving to formulate rules that will require technology ‘intermediaries’— including email services like Gmail, chat apps such as WhatsApp and ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 14, 2016 01:12 AM — Filed under: Social Media, WhatsApp, Internet Governance
- Here is why government twitter handles have been posting offensive and partisan messages
- You have failed us big time Mr Kejriwal, for your petty political gains you can become headlines for Pakistani press,” read a tweet on October 5 from ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 16, 2016 03:24 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Twitter, Social Networking, Internet Governance
- Google, Facebook will not place ads on sites distributing fake news
- Google plans to update its AdSense program policies to prevent placement of its ads on sites distributing fake news. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 15, 2016 01:59 PM — Filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
- How The U.K. Got A Better Deal From Facebook Than India Did
- The U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and India’s Karmanya Sareen shared a similar concern – how messenger application WhatsApp’s decision to ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 18, 2016 01:56 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance, Privacy
- India bans social media in Kashmir for one month
- Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have banned 22 social media sites including Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter in an effort to calm tensions in the ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 27, 2017 04:09 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social Media, Internet Governance
- The year social media came of age in India
- Sambhavi Saxena, 19, was at Jantar Mantar on December 25 protesting against Nirbhaya's brutal rape when Delhi Police swooped down, rounded her up along with ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 31, 2012 03:33 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
- LinkedIn will help people in India train for semi-skilled jobs
- Microsoft has launched Project Sangam, a cloud service integrated with LinkedIn that will help train and generate employment for middle and low-skilled workers. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 24, 2017 01:51 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
- Kashmir: Telecom firms struggle to block 22 banned social media sites
- A BSNL official says engineers are still working on shutting down the 22 social media sites but so far had been unable to do so without freezing the Internet ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 04, 2017 02:29 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social Media, Internet Governance, Censorship
- A 13-year-old's rape in TN highlights the major threat online sexual grooming poses to children
- Predatory paedophiles online pose a major threat to children who form 7% of internet users in India. by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 19, 2017 10:16 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
- Faking it on WhatsApp: How India's favourite messaging app is turning into a rumour mill
- Spreading fast and wild on WhatsApp fake news about riots, ‘miracle’ currency by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 19, 2017 02:44 PM — Filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
- Suicide videos: Facebook beefs up team to monitor content
- Responding to the spate of suicides being livestreamed, social media giant Facebook has announced it will add another 3,000 people to its 4,500-strong review ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 20, 2017 02:59 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
