A tool for oppression
On the Digital Security Act curbing political dissent in Bangladesh.
Anupam Debashis Roy | Oct 25, 2022
Foreign investment in Southasia’s telecoms, restrictions on protests in the Maldives and more
Southasiasphere: Issue #10 - Updates and analysis from around the region.
The Editors | Jul 24, 2020
And then they came for my Instagram filter
Nepal’s proposed regulations on social media have troubling implications for journalism and free speech.
Chhetria Patrakar | Feb 20, 2019
Southasia’s free speech conundrum
How the misuse of social and mainstream media contribute to misperceptions and violence.
Mirza Sadaqat Huda | Feb 09, 2015
Drawing a line: Pakistan’s jihad against the internet
Urooj Zia examines Pakistan’s cascading clamp-down on its citizens’ access to the internet and the worrying precedents it sets
Urooj Zia | Jul 25, 2013
The woman who pretended to be who she was (online)
As the internet changes, it challenges us to ask who we really are both online and offline
Lawrence Liang | Jul 15, 2013
Digital native
Online networks have only marginally promoted civil society activism in Southasia
Madhavi Bhasin | Jul 11, 2013
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