This Chapter of TypeRight has tried to track the digital narrative of the grand Indian Lok Sabha election vis-a-vis use of social media, campaign and propaganda of political parties through digital media and how the Indian digital consumers being targeted through medium and the messages.
What does this year's (2024) budgets mean for digital access and the divide?
Last week, as Julian Assange finally left his 2x3 prison cell where he stayed in isolation for the past half a decade, this week's TypeRight goes back to see what the legacy the entire episode leaves behind on the Internet.
Many parts of our society have been changed by the fast development of the internet and digitization, especially in the realm of economics. This includes changes in company practices, changes in consumer behaviour (with consumers becoming prosumers), the introduction of digital platforms, and the establishment of the network economy.
Salutes on International Workers' day!
Digital Ecosystems and Social Impact: WSA 2024 Global Review of National Developments
Hate is a new business across digital platforms. Hate is a new strategy, political strategy. Hate is trending almost every day on social media platforms. Hate is most watched, most engaged, most shared, most reshared, and unchecked. The challenge is should hate be fought, challenged, or worked upon to be prevented? In this chapter of TypeRight, we would share our observations how is a termite to democracy, and we will also share how at Digital Empowerment Foundation, it is being taken at a national level to fight by preparing hundreds of cadres to become fact checkers and information councillors.
In December 2023, Rishi Sunak, once again, made headlines for a bold and controversial policy proposition which seeks to ban social media usage for those under 16 citing mental health and well-being reasons. Shortly after the statement, Sunak was deeply criticised for the proposition and an article published in The Guardian went as far as calling the plan ‘silly.’ Since then, three months have passed, however, no further development has been observed on that front.
Social Media platforms are the final frontier of all means of journalism and media. Any form of intended censorship through algorithm and bias cannot be a norm. The Shadowbanning of Palestine related news and information can be a great case in learning how censorship is practiced in the time of Platform dependencies.
In this late New Years' chapter of TypeRight, we recap the developments of the past year across digital rights and access, and also take a look at our work on the same as we enter the twenty-second year of our founding.
After initial reports of the Pegasus surfaced in 2021, and several denials by the state, last month we see fresh news of some new snooping. We take a look. And we also add several news and analyses for referential reading. Happy New Year 2024.
‘Women Empowering Women’ documents the journey of several women who’ve fought against struggles and built their own enterprise from scratch. Their process of personal and social change along with gaining power and control over their life’s choices, is what makes their stories of empowerment worth giving a read. Digital empowerment for these women was like a multi-dimensional process which enabled them to unlock their true potential and identities. They developed businesses and were financially independent, which for them was a turning point in life. Digital Empowerment Foundation has helped them provide a platform for achieving functional digital literacy and is extremely delighted to see their growth as important individuals in society. On the basis of patriarchal views, women have suffered, but now they have the opportunity to succeed in all spheres of life and this is a testimony of such transformations.
From the release of Bihar's Caste Census to national demands of a similar census, premier institutes witnessing caste-suicides and surveys confirming its prevalence, some developments of the past month prompt us to ask how far has digital access and equity gone for the marginalised communities?
This week's TypeRight looks into internet blackouts, disinformation campaigns, and how they legitimise war and massacres, in relation to the recent incidents in the middle east.
The G20 Conference concluded recently in New Delhi, under India's presidency with several accolades and a handful of criticism. This week we analyse the event for what it entails for digital public infrastructure. One of the points the preamble of the G20 New Delhi Leaders' Declaration commits to:
Half a decade ago, we felt that the battle towards a fairer internet for everyone was almost won - but today, the country's network operators are plotting to overturn it. This week, TypeRight looks into the newly drawn battle lines for Net Neutrality.
What does the changed Data Protection Bill passed in Parliament entail, and how do we see it in connection with several other legislations passed in the past couple of years? This week's TypeRight takes a look:
After twenty years of empowering the communities at the margins in India, DEF has reached a new milestone with our partnership with CWE in Kenya. This week on TypeRight, our team gets back with updates from Kenya:
This week, we see three important updates from the country, one horrendously shocking, one surprising, and another welcoming. We look at an update from Manipur, Rajasthan, and the EdTech giant Byju's in this chapter of TypeRight.
Elon Musk has famously called the social-media/microblogging platform that he acquired last year as the Internet's de facto town square. Some would say the same of Reddit. But all's not well in any of the town squares, and as the citizens/netizens are increasingly unhappy with the changes, what would be the future of the platforms, and how they deal with the challenges of the digital age?
