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How to be a ‘bad girl’ in India #womenrights #socialmedia #campaign

If you want to be a ‘bad girl’ in India, we may have found the perfect guide for you. Pout, have breasts, eat too much. And go to Goa. At least, that’s the advice of a satirical poster that’s being… Continue Reading →

Disgusting, Homophobic Tweet by Ashoke Pandit , Censor Board Member #socialmedia

Disgusting, Homophobic Tweet by New Censor Board Member “Karan Johar could have easily shown his position while performing sex to his mom at home instead of making it public.#AIB Porn Show.” In another tweet, Pandit questioned whether police had given… Continue Reading →

SC quashes FIR against couple for FB post #socialmedia #censorship

NEW DELHI, January 22, 2015 Updated: January 22, 2015 15:10 IST Krishnadas Rajagopal inShare The Hindu In a fillip to free speech on social media, the Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed FIRs registered by the Bengaluru Traffic Police against a couple… Continue Reading →

Taslima Nasreen Tweet Case – Bareilly cops give her clean chit #socialmedia

Priyangi Agarwal, TNN | Jan 10, 2015,  Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen on Friday got a clean chit from the police in a 2013 case on allegations that she had hurt religious sentiments with a tweet. BAREILLY: Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen on Friday got a clean chit… Continue Reading →

#KissofLove – Hyderabad Moral Policing Turns Ugly with Gender Discrimination #Vaw #Socialmedia

By Saritha S Balan THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The gender factor is evident even within the so-called morality brigade, says Arundathi B, the Malayali student who led the ‘Kiss of Love’ (KoL) campaign on University of Hyderabad campus. Arundhati B Life for Arundathi, a… Continue Reading →

The Unsafety Net: How #SocialMedia Turned Against Women #Vaw

Under the banner of free speech, companies like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have been host to rape videos and revenge porn—which makes female users feel anything but free. CATHERINE BUNI AND SORAYA CHEMALYOCT 9 2014, 12:08 PM ET Illustrations by Jackie Lay… Continue Reading →

Why activists should boycott change.org petitions #socialmedia #onlineactivism

This post is for all who send me change.org petitions, PLEASE STOP SENDING AND START BOYCOTTING change.org   I have exposed change .org two years back and every now and then the true colours are shown in their contradictory campaigns…. Continue Reading →

#SundayReading – Violence, voices and visibility #socialmedia #mediaethics

BY LAXMI MURTHY What are the ethical implications surrounding graphic depictions of sexual violence in the media? On the morning of a hot day at the end of May, the thick branches of a mango tree in dusty Katra Sadatganj village… Continue Reading →

Woman threatened with rape on #socialmedia #Vaw #WTFnews

VINAYASHREE JAGADEESH A woman activist was shocked by a vitriolic comment that followed after she expressed support for a scientific school of thought on a social networking site. A comment posted in Kannada, by a person identifying himself as V.R…. Continue Reading →

Sharing pictures of corpses on #socialmedia isn’t the way to bring a ceasefire #Gazaunderattack

I don’t need you to tweet any more images of dead children – spreading them only devalues the currency of shared humanity Suzanne Moore ‘The awful reality is that all wars look much the same. We need not just to… Continue Reading →

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