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Here is why government twitter handles have been posting offensive and partisan messages
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 16, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Twitter,
Social Networking,
Internet Governance
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 @IndiaPostOffice, the official twitter handle of the Indian postal service.
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News & Media
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Regulating Social Media: Unrealistic, Impossible, Necessary?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 15, 2013
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last modified
Apr 30, 2013 04:50 PM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Video,
Censorship,
Social Networking
The Press Council of India Chairperson Justice Markandey Katju calls for regulating social media, saying it will prevent offensive material coming into the public domain. But is it really necessary to regulate the social media? If yes, is it possible to do it?
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Analyzing the Latest List of Blocked Sites (Communalism and Rioting Edition) Part II
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by
Snehashish Ghosh
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published
Sep 25, 2012
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last modified
Sep 27, 2012 10:42 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Intermediary Liability,
Social Networking
Snehashish Ghosh does a further analysis of the leaked list of the websites blocked by the Indian Government from August 18, 2012 till August 21, 2012 (“leaked list”).
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Internet Governance
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Online Pre-Censorship is Harmful and Impractical
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 07, 2011
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last modified
Dec 12, 2011 05:00 PM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Obscenity,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
YouTube,
Social media,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship,
Social Networking
The Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Mr. Kapil Sibal wants Internet intermediaries to pre-censor content uploaded by their users. Pranesh Prakash takes issue with this and explains why this is a problem, even if the government's heart is in the right place. Further, he points out that now is the time to take action on the draconian IT Rules which are before the Parliament.
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Internet Governance
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The (in)Visible Subject: Power, Privacy and Social Networking
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by
Rebecca Schild
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published
Feb 26, 2010
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last modified
Aug 18, 2011 05:06 AM
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filed under:
Social Networking,
Attention Economy,
Facebook,
Privacy
In this entry, I will argue that the interplay between privacy and power on social network sites works ultimately to subject individuals to the gaze of others, or to alternatively render them invisible. Individual choices concerning privacy preferences must, therefore, be informed by the intrinsic relationship which exists between publicness/privateness and subjectivity/obscurity.
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Openness
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Blog
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Does the Social Web need a Googopoly?
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by
Rebecca Schild
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published
Mar 02, 2010
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last modified
Aug 18, 2011 05:06 AM
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filed under:
Privacy,
Social Networking,
Competition,
Google Buzz
While the utility of the new social tool Buzz is still under question, the bold move into social space taken last week by the Google Buzz team has Gmail users questioning privacy implications of the new feature. In this post, I posit that Buzz highlights two privacy challenges of the social web. First, the application has sidestepped the consensual and contextual qualities desirable of social spaces. Secondly, Google’s move highlights the increasingly competitive and convergent nature of the social media landscape.
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Openness
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Blog
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No to homosexuals, yes to their vote
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 21, 2014
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last modified
Apr 04, 2014 09:54 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Social Networking,
Internet Governance
The ad appears at the bottom of the page. It has BJP’s symbol and Modi’s photograph displayed prominently.
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News & Media
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Does the Safe-Harbor Program Adequately Address Third Parties Online?
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by
Rebecca Schild
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published
Apr 16, 2010
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last modified
Aug 02, 2011 07:19 AM
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filed under:
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Facebook,
Data Protection,
Social Networking
While many citizens outside of the US and EU benefit from the data privacy provisions the Safe Harbor Program, it remains unclear how successfully the program can govern privacy practices when third-parties continue to gain more rights over personal data. Using Facebook as a site of analysis, I will attempt to shed light on the deficiencies of the framework for addressing the complexity of data flows in the online ecosystem.
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Blog
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Colour Me Political
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Apr 09, 2010
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last modified
Aug 04, 2011 10:34 AM
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filed under:
Cyberspace,
Digital Activism,
Digital Natives,
Youth,
Social Networking
What are the tools that Digital Natives use to mobilise groups towards a particular cause? How do they engage with crises in their immediate environments? Are they using their popular social networking sites and web 2.0 applications for merely entertainment? Or are these tools actually helping them to re-articulate the realm of the political? Nishant Shah looks at the recent Facebook Colour Meme to see how new forms of political participation and engagement are being initiated by young people across the world.
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Digital Natives
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Blog
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Survey : Digital Natives with a cause?
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by
pushpa
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published
Jun 08, 2010
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last modified
Aug 04, 2011 10:35 AM
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filed under:
Social media,
Digital Natives,
Youth,
Featured,
Digital subjectivities,
Social Networking
This survey seeks to consolidate information about how young people who have grown up with networked technologies use and experience online platforms and tools. It is also one of the first steps we have taken to interact with Digital Natives from around the world — especially in emerging information societies — to learn, understand and explore the possibilities of change via technology that lie before the Digital Natives. The findings from the survey will be presented at a multi-stakeholder conference later this year in The Netherlands.
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Digital Natives
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