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

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Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation

· Jan 02, 2023 · 09:30 pm

‘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

· Sep 15, 2022 · 09:30 pm

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

· Sep 11, 2019 · 11:30 pm

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

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Kuwar Singh, qz.com

· Feb 08, 2019 · 01:30 pm

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

· Apr 25, 2018 · 12:43 pm

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

· Nov 10, 2017 · 09:14 am

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

· Oct 14, 2017 · 11:01 am

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

· Jun 20, 2017 · 08:00 pm

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

· Mar 21, 2017 · 01:08 pm

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

· Dec 24, 2015 · 06:00 am

Snapdeal has just been taken to court for selling vibrators

The sex accessories abet gay sex, alleges the complaint.

Manu Balachandran, qz.com

· Feb 27, 2015 · 02:30 pm