Is Nigeria’s Twitter Ban A National Sovereignty Or Anti-Democratic Move? By Andrew Korybko Observers are divided over whether Nigeria’s decision to ban Twitter in response to the platform deleting a controversial tweet by President Buhari directed against south-eastern separatists is a… Read More ›
Facebook’s Censorship Of RT’s Redfish Is Literally Digital Fascism By Andrew Korybko The word “fascism” has been carelessly thrown around in recent years, but Facebook’s censorship of RT’s Redfish was literally an example of digital fascism since the company’s page was… Read More ›
Examining The Ethics And Implications Of Twitter’s Censorship Policy In India By Andrew Korybko Twitter caused a stir by complying with the Indian government’s request to temporarily “withhold” access to dozens of accounts for users within the country in response to… Read More ›
By Haleema Khalid Freedom of speech—the right to express views without government restraint is a democratic ideal in practice since the ancient Greek period. The ancient Greek word “parrhesia” which presumably appeared in Greek literature for the first time at… Read More ›
Beware Google’s Dystopian COVID-19 Surveillance – It’s Straight Out of Orwell’s ‘1984’ By Aral Bereux Straight out of 1984 and into 2020 with one giant leap. Orwell is turning in his grave as the powers of Google track you and… Read More ›
By Madiha Ghaffar As the world is battling coronavirus pandemic which started in December 2019, we have witnessed the power and constructive role of social media. Since 2020 rolled around, the outbreak turned into an international pandemic. As a result,… Read More ›
A recount of a workshop in Toronto Yesterday we attended an event that changed my perspective on raising kids completely. I will try to summarize the key points as it will be helpful to all. The speaker was Dr. Leonard… Read More ›
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By Syeda Qudsiya Mashhadi For the past one week, first the social media and then the electronic media relentlessly shoved the image of a ‘Chai wala’ from Islamabad down our throats till it became nauseatingly annoying! I don’t know when our… Read More ›
Mumbai Attack of 2008 and role of Social Media By Faraan Khan About the Author Faraan Khan
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