India

India's internet shutdown crisis: A growing threat to digital rights

Written by Kanav Narayan Sahgal

6 January 2025

A year of elections and digital repression in South Asia: 2024 in focus

Written by Rezwan

2 January 2025

Data Narratives Civic Media Observatory: Country Reports

Written by Civic Media Observatory

31 December 2024

Artificial Intelligence Narratives: A Global Voices Report

Written by Civic Media Observatory

23 December 2024

Stories about India

The transformative potential of AI and digital tools in securing the integrity of elections in Africa

AI can significantly enhance democratic processes, but only if ethical and inclusive considerations are prioritized

Written by Cecilia Maundu

18 November 2024

Website blocking in India: One arrow for all

In India, government power over online spaces has been expanding

Written by Shubhangi Heda

19 August 2024

Minority journalists are under threat in South Asia

Reporters have faced harassment, arrest, threats and even death

Written by GroundViews

14 June 2024

The slow but steady erosion of India’s civil society

"An attack on one is an attack on all"

Written by Kanav Narayan Sahgal

1 April 2024

Three Maldivian deputy ministers disciplined over social media comments about India's PM

Some ministers made derogatory comments about India's PM

Written by Rezwan

9 January 2024

Breaking down India's new data protection law: Good, bad, or ugly?

The fourth version of the law was swiftly passed

Written by Alok Prasanna Kumar

26 September 2023

Ethnic clashes bring Indian state Manipur to the brink of civil war

The state authorities have failed to curb the ongoing violence

Written by Vishal Yashoda Manve, Rezwan

9 August 2023

‘Post at your own risk': An interview with Indian journalist Srishti Jaswal

“My crime is the expression of critical thoughts”

Written by Rezwan

23 May 2023

Online gender-based violence: A tool of digital authoritarianism in India

"Trolling ends up muzzling us on more ends than one."

Written by Advox

16 March 2023

India's war against a BBC documentary on Modi

The government tried to suppress the documentary in India

Written by Ananya

20 February 2023

A fact-check of India’s socio-political undercurrents: the case of Zubair

There are differing opinions about the terms 'fake news' and 'fact-checking'

Written by Advox

21 December 2022

The tweets may flow: A look into India’s take-down requests

The world's largest democracy has the highest number of takedown requests

Written by Advox

4 November 2022

The true colours of Truecaller in India: app accused of being negligent about data privacy

Truecaller has refuted all these allegations in a press release

Written by Rezwan

14 October 2022

Can citizens of democracies still trust the law? A GV Insights discussion

A summary of our International Day of Democracy webinar

Written by Ameya Nagarajan

11 October 2022

LIVE on September 22: Techno-authoritarianism in India

The session will be streamed live on YouTube

Written by Sindhuri Nandhakumar

9 September 2022

LIVE on September 15: Can citizens of democracies still trust the law?

The session will be streamed live on YouTube

Written by Advox

9 September 2022

Unfreedom Monitor Report: India

An excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in India

Written by Advox

18 August 2022

In Brazil and India we are seeing an increase in tensions between platforms and states

Twitter and Meta in an uneasy relationship with the government

Written by Advox

17 August 2022

Disruptive technologies, demagogic governance: Data (un)democracy in India during COVID-19

India has focused on a deterministic usage of technology ignoring human rights

Written by EngageMedia

12 August 2022

Access the Unfreedom Monitor database

The relational database of the Unfreedom Monitor research

Written by Advox

14 July 2022

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