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Invisible bars
On the guise of clamping down on religious extremism, Bangladesh has often shutdown the Internet. But this causes more misinformation and speculation, says Sam Jahan. I had to re-write this essay several times: to remain safe. You may wonder why. I will explain soon....
Royal Kill-Switch
Prateek Pradhan, editor-in-chief, baahrakhari.com, recalls the Nepal King’s absolute communication clampdown in Nepal more than a dozen years ago, and discusses the lessons learned. Ujjwal Acharya: In February, 2005, King Gyanendra cut off all communication channels,...
E-curfews: Killing hope in Kashmir
Faisul Yaseen, political editor of the English daily Rising Kashmir published from Srinagar, provides an insider’s view of how error 404 is crushing journalism in Kashmir. Every now and then Kashmir finds itself in an age when Larry Page, Mark Zuckerberg and Jack...
Internet: Oxygen for Journalism
Quetta-based journalist Saadullah Akhter says that internet shutdowns are tantamount to shutting down journalism itself, especially in the remote areas of conflict-prone Balochistan. In the 21st century when the world is virtually a global village and the internet has...
Loss of a critical voice
Ujjwal Acharya pays tribute to his friend, Yameen Rasheed, a bold and courageous voice of dissent in the Maldives, silenced in the prime of his life. “You never know what’s in store in the future. I could get killed, or I could live a normal life,” Yameen Rasheed told...
Technology has made it easier to harass women
Farzana Ali is Bureau Chief, AAJ TV- Peshawar, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan What are you experiences with online harassment and trolling from your work? Whenever I do any programs about the government of Khyber Pakhtunkwa (KPK), which is not as per their...
Stand by and support other women journalists
Dhanya Rajendran is co-founder and editor-in-chief of The News Minute, a digital news platform reporting and writing on issues in India, with a specific focus on the five southern states. She is the former bureau chief, South India, for Times Now television. She has...
Awareness and collective countering key to fight online harassment
Dilrukshi Handunnetti is consultant editor at the Daily and Weekend Express, the first international newspaper published from Colombo, Sri Lanka. She is also the Co-convener of the South Asian Women in Media, Sri Lanka. What are you experiences with online harassment...
Trolling is stoppable
Understanding trolling behaviour holds to clue to stopping it. Trolling and online abuse is today an ugly reality of the online space. The phenomenal opening up of opportunities to reach out and disseminate news and opinions online is accompanied by an unpleasant...
I tweet but am very selective and very careful
If technology has made it easier to harass women in general and journalists in particular, it has also given women space to break the silence and talk about it. They will find they have a whole army behind them to back. For example, the #shoutingback or Everyday...
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