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Digital Native: Delete Facebook?
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Apr 08, 2018
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last modified
May 06, 2018 03:08 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Facebook,
Researchers at Work
You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
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Do I Want to Say Happy B’day?
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Aug 07, 2016
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last modified
Aug 22, 2016 09:53 AM
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filed under:
Digital Media,
Researchers at Work,
RAW Blog,
Social Media
When it comes to greeting friends on their birthdays, social media prompts are a great reminder. So why does an online message leave us cold?
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DoT Reportedly Orders Blocking of 32 Websites Including GitHub, Archive.org, SourceForge
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 02, 2015
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Social Media,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Many users on Twitter are claiming that several websites, including many software development resources such as GitHub and SourceForge, along with research resources like the Internet Archive have all been blocked on order of the Department of Telecom.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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Draft nonsense
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Nov 24, 2012
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last modified
Dec 03, 2012 09:08 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Social Media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance
Seriously flawed and dodgily drafted provisions in the IT Act provide the state a stick to beat its citizens with.
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Blog
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EC guidelines on social media: Welcome move, but not enough
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 01, 2013
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last modified
Nov 19, 2013 10:18 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
With election season close by and the growing ubiquity of social media, the Election Commission of India’s recent guidelines for how candidates and political parties must conduct themselves on social media are a well-intentioned step. But are these guidelines enough to regulate how online media is used by parties and candidates, given the kind of proxy wars that are played online? For now, not really.
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News & Media
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Effective Activism: The Internet, Social Media, and Hierarchical Activism in New Delhi
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by
Sarah McKeever
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published
Jul 16, 2015
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last modified
Jul 16, 2015 08:22 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Digital Activism,
Researchers at Work,
RAW Blog
This post by Sarah McKeever is part of the 'Studying Internets in India' series. Sarah is a PhD candidate at the India Institute, King’s College London, and her work focuses on the impact of social media on contemporary political
movements. In this essay, she explores the increasingly hierarchical system of activism on the Internet, based on Western corporate desire for data, and how it is shaping who is seen and heard on the Internet in India.
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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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News & Media
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Election Commission to monitor conduct of political parties on Facebook, Twitter and Google
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 25, 2013
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last modified
Dec 30, 2013 07:02 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
With Congress and BJP hammering away at each other in the ongoing assembly contests that will set the stage for national polls next year, the Election Commission wants to make sure social media and online platforms run by Google, Facebook and Twitter are not used to breach the code of conduct that governs candidates and parties. The commission's key concerns relate to malicious content and exceeding the campaign expense limit.
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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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European Court of Justice rules Internet Search Engine Operator responsible for Processing Personal Data Published by Third Parties
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by
Jyoti Panday
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published
May 14, 2014
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Social Media,
Internet Governance,
Intermediary Liability
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that an "an internet search engine operator is responsible for the processing that it carries out of personal data which appear on web pages published by third parties.” The decision adds to the conundrum of maintaining a balance between freedom of expression, protecting personal data and intermediary liability.
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