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  • Opinion: How performative outrage on social media is hampering Indian Muslims

    Opinion: How performative outrage on social media is hampering Indian Muslims

    Istikhar Ali
    · Oct 28, 2024 · 09:00 am
  • Web links: Muslims are using social media to build solidarity networks and counter Hindutva

    Web links: Muslims are using social media to build solidarity networks and counter Hindutva

    Aparna Kalra
    · Jun 22, 2017 · 12:30 pm
  • Crushing the intellect: Pakistan’s war on free speech in the social media era

    Crushing the intellect: Pakistan’s war on free speech in the social media era

    Altaf Khan, The Conversation
    · Apr 14, 2017 · 08:30 pm
  • Cut 'slacktivism' some slack: Internet activism isn't necessarily a bad thing

    Cut 'slacktivism' some slack: Internet activism isn't necessarily a bad thing

    Jennifer Earl, The Conversation
    · Dec 17, 2016 · 11:30 pm
  • Trump's rise has been followed by a rise in online hate

    Trump's rise has been followed by a rise in online hate

    Ken Schwencke, ProPublica A.C. Thompson, ProPublica
    · Nov 26, 2016 · 09:30 pm
  • Can Zimbabwe’s social media activism lead to Robert Mugabe's ouster?

    Can Zimbabwe’s social media activism lead to Robert Mugabe's ouster?

    Ciara McCorley, The Conversation
    · Sep 01, 2016 · 11:30 pm