In its early days, TikTok managed to fly under the radar, but its rapid growth and growing user base have brought the app unwanted public scrutiny.
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Animated Film Explains How Myanmar’s Telecommunications Law Undermines Free Speech
The law is frequently used by the powerful to silence dissent, and with more than 100 cases filed, its chilling effect on free expression is widespread.
Shutting Down the Internet Doesn’t Work – But Governments Keep Doing it
The loss of this control, at a time when the media has brought politics closer to the people, presents governments with a distinctly unsettling reality.
Information-packed Mobile Phone Will Be The End of Patriarchy One Day
While some women are overcoming social barriers with the help of the internet, others are finding economic opportunities and a platform for their views.
The Internet is Now an Arena For Conflict, and We’re All Caught Up In It
Nation-states are covertly working against each other on the very same digital platforms they use to collaborate in areas such as trade and manufacturing.
Modi Govt Has Tacitly Created Situation Where Calls For Violence Against Kashmiris Being Openly Given, Writes Sitaram Yechury
The CPI(M) General Secretary further called it shameful, undemocratic and blatantly “anti-national” politics from BJP-RSS.
Noise Matters: Why Patriotic Indians Must Tweet More, Be Heard More
A four-pronged concerted bid by Sangh handlers to get inconvenient voices off social media. BJP no longer has a walkover here.
Netizen Report: Will India’s Regional Internet Shutdowns Ever End?
Internet shutdowns continue apace in India, Venezuela’s opposition websites are under pressure and Uganda’s social media tax is driving down internet use.
Fixing Digital Democracy? The Future of Data-driven Political Campaigning
Do we know enough to regulate the private vendors central to every stage of an election campaign? We need to if we are ever to preserve free and fair elections.
What India Needs – A Citizens’ Manifesto
This manifesto goes beyond the usual promises made by political parties and chalks down focus areas for reforms in areas that range from health, education, civil liberties, transparency etc.
Big Fail: The Internet Hasn’t Helped Democracy
“…the public sphere was sure to become more accessible, diverse and robust.”