Topic
Social Networking
12 items.
16 Oct 2016
News
Here is why government twitter handles have been posting offensive and partisan messagesYou 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.
7 Jan 2016
News
Facebook Free Basics vs Net Neutrality: The top arguments in the debateOn Twitter, there's a whole conversation around Facebook Free Basics and whether zero-rating platforms should be allowed in India. Here's a look at the debate.
21 Mar 2014
News
No to homosexuals, yes to their voteThe ad appears at the bottom of the page. It has BJP’s symbol and Modi’s photograph displayed prominently.
15 Apr 2013
News
Regulating Social Media: Unrealistic, Impossible, Necessary?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 …
25 Sep 2012
Blog post
Analyzing the Latest List of Blocked Sites (Communalism and Rioting Edition) Part IISnehashish 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”).
7 Dec 2011
Blog post
Online Pre-Censorship is Harmful and ImpracticalThe 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 …
21 Jan 2011
Blog post
The Digital Tipping PointIs Web 2.0 really the only reason why youth digital activism is so successful in mobilizing public engagement? A look into the transformation of Blank Noise’s blog from a one-way communication medium into a site of public dialogue and …
8 Jun 2010
Blog post
Survey : Digital Natives with a cause?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 …
16 Apr 2010
Blog post
Does the Safe-Harbor Program Adequately Address Third Parties Online?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 …
9 Apr 2010
Blog post
Colour Me PoliticalWhat 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 …
2 Mar 2010
Blog post
Does the Social Web need a Googopoly?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 …
26 Feb 2010
Blog post
The (in)Visible Subject: Power, Privacy and Social NetworkingIn 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 …