Online Policing
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Vietnamese government is using its new digital laws to crack down on dissenters
The authorities have passed a raft of legislations and are deploying the state machinery to go after people who have criticised the government on social media.
Sen Nguyen, Thomson Reuters Foundation & Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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‘Anything could be a crime’: A snitching app in Saudi Arabia is being used to crack down on dissent
Saudi government apps are seen as encouraging citizen spies.
Nazih Osseiran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Uganda is reinterpreting old laws and creating new ones to restrict digital activism
From laws on defamation to terror, the African state has twisted legality to allow itself to probe, watch and arrest without warrant.
Ronald Kakungulu-Mayambala, The Conversation
Trending
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
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Why Calcutta HC struck down 25,000 teachers’ appointments and how it could impact the election
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India’s plans for tighter control over the internet have found support from Reliance Jio
A majority of around 150 respondents in a public consultation have opposed the draft rules to amend the IT Act.
Aria Thaker, qz.com & Kuwar Singh, qz.com
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YouTube removed 5 million inappropriate videos in three months even before anyone saw them
The company said automated flagging was paying off in helping remove such videos quicker.
Scroll Staff
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Travel website TripAdvisor to flag hotels where cases of sexual assault have been reported
Business listings will not be removed from the portal regardless of the number of complaints, the company said.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Twitter CEO responds to #WomenBoycottTwitter, says new rules to crack down on online harassment
Jack Dorsey said the company had been working over the past few months to take a stricter stance against silencing of voices on the social media platform.
Scroll Staff
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Watch: China’s online filmmakers will ‘dance with handcuffs on’ in the face of regulations
The Chinese government wants to counter the influence of unregulated cinema on the internet.
Scroll Staff
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YouTube apologises for blocking videos by LGBTQ members under parental-control feature
Some videos have been incorrectly labelled and that is not right, said the Google-owned video sharing platform.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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At what age should teenagers pass the ‘digital age of consent’?
A digital age of consent could ensure internet users know what they're getting into. But where to draw the line is tricky
Rebecca Wong, The Conversation
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Snapdeal has just been taken to court for selling vibrators
The sex accessories abet gay sex, alleges the complaint.
Manu Balachandran, qz.com