Development Modi and the watchmen: India’s national security election April 10, 2019 0 Written by Ian Hall. Barely a couple of months ago, it looked as though Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies were going…
Asia Carole Spary in Conversation with Sunetra Choudhury April 8, 2019 0 Sunetra Choudhury is a Delhi-based journalist who was, until recently, political editor with NDTV, a major national news channel based in Delhi. She is also…
Burma/Myanmar Facebook, hate speech and civil society in Myanmar March 18, 2019 0 Written by Lisa Brooten. Social media have clearly provided outlets for the voices of those in many countries around the world who are frustrated by…
Cambodia Southeast Asia – drifting towards Digital Authoritarianism? March 15, 2019 0 Written by Jason Abbott. In the West, the principal concern of most digital activists relates to privacy issues surrounding the collection of data by governments…
Civil society Indonesia’s quest for tolerance: Everyday social media talk and spreading the ‘virus of peace’ March 14, 2019 0 Written by Dayana Lengauer. Tolerance in majority Muslim Indonesia is associated, among other things, with the national motto ‘unity in diversity’, state-recognised religious pluralism, and…
Business Sanitising and scrutinising social media in Singapore – fake news or just politics? March 13, 2019 2 Written by Howard Lee and Terence Lee. Singapore seems ready to add another feather to its cap as the ‘hub capital’ of ASEAN after Facebook…
Asia Human trafficking and the use of social media: Keeping up with the criminals January 11, 2019 0 Written by Foo Yen Ne and Tamara Nair. Commentary Photographs of Erwiana Sulistyaningsih, an abused Indonesian domestic worker who was undernourished, badly bruised and hardly…
Elections Pakistan Elections: the role of social media October 15, 2018 0 Written by Khalid Jarral The Pakistan elections of 2018 were the first time that the voters had the ability to engage in a two-way communication…
Bangladesh Experiencing the 2018 Bangladesh protests through social media August 20, 2018 0 The author requested to remain anonymous. Warning: linked images and videos may include distressing content Scrolling through social media on 28 July 2018, I came…
Pakistan Social media: awakening, liberating and empowering the Pakistani voters July 4, 2018 1 Written by Khalid Jarral. In the run-up to the general elections in Pakistan social media continues to awaken, liberate and empower the Pakistani voters. Unlike the…
