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India is considering a panel to rule on social media takedowns
India is considering whether to set up an appeals panel with the power to reverse the content moderation decisions of social media firms, the...
Report
How the Modi government’s new IT rules jeopardise the right to privacy and free speech
By Namrata Maheshwari, Ria Singh Sawhney & Akhil Thomas
In February, the Modi government’s notification of Information Technology Rules was met with concern and criticism. There were demands for the withdrawal...
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As hate content spiked, cost cuts at Facebook hit its review team
By Aashish Aryan , Pranav Mukul , Karunjit Singh
As inflammatory and divisive content increased across most markets including India, it was the global team responsible for reviewing hate...
Lynching
WhatsApp fake news connects with media bias: LSE report
LSE’s Shakuntala Banaji and Ram Bhat explain the findings of their recent research into how Whatsapp is used to spread misinformation in India, and make recommendations to improve how the platform and others tackle this problem.
Report
Enterprise Hindutva and Social Media in Urban India
Abstract
This paper delineates ‘enterprise Hindutva’ as a mediatized form of Hindu nationalism shaped largely by the affordances of social media and the cultural practices...