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New Indian online rules risk state overreach and abuse

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INDIA

The new rules follow a stand-off between Twitter and the central government last month over some posts and accounts. The government has used this stand-off as an opportunity not…

Press freedom will decline in South Asia

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SOUTH ASIA

Bangladesh is ranked lower than any other South Asian country, even Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. Bhutan, judged to have the freest media in the region, and Nepal are the only South…

Bulgarian premier will resist pressure for real reform

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BULGARIA

The murder comes at a difficult moment for Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, who has faced mounting media criticism of police and government incompetence, ministers’ resignations and…

Tech firms face tougher operating climate in India

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INDIA

Under the new rules, certain online platforms face criminal liability if they do not comply with official requests to remove unlawful content or trace its original source.

Political value of social media will rise in Africa

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AFRICA

Relatively low internet penetration rates (an average of 40% across the continent) and stark differences in digital access within and across states mask social media’s increasing…

India’s data regime favours state and domestic tech

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INDIA

The joint parliamentary committee (JPC) tasked in 2019 with examining a draft Personal Data Protection Bill submitted its report and a revised version of the bill, renamed as the…

Global South tightens social media grip amid protests

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INT

Civil society actors routinely use social media to spread content that fuels anti-government sentiment, to organise demonstrations and to document and amplify protest actions…

Anti-disinformation approaches will proliferate

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INT

However, these efforts are neither universally applied nor commonly accepted. The proliferation of frameworks to combat disinformation demonstrates shared motivations among…

India faces growing scrutiny over human rights

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INDIA

A search by tax officials of BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai in February came just weeks after the broadcaster aired, in the United Kingdom, a two-part documentary critical of…

Autocratic rulers try diverse controls on social media

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INTERNATIONAL

Social media controls in closed political systems.