Social Media Watch: Indian Polarized Society

Ideological Polarisation: the Political Landscape in India. It’s the fact that Indian are much more polarized than they were in ten or fifteen years ago. The divisions between right winger and so-called liberals on fundamental political issues. In recent years, these gaps have grown even larger.People are becoming more extreme in their ideological leanings.Rigid ideological difference makes it really difficult to express a view independently.Even veteran journalists are trolled by netizens.

Twittersphere Reacts to Encounter of Hyderabad...

All four accused in Hyderabad veterinarian’s rape and murder case were killed in an encounter at 3:30 am local time on Friday. According to Cyberabad police, the accused were taken to the crime scene to recreate the incident, when they reportedly tried to escape and tried to snatch weapons from the Police and fired.Police on …

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Freedom of Speech Does Not Provide...

Netizens believe that right to poke fun and even to offend others even religiously or even cyber stalking is an integral part of freedom of speech but some experts believe that freedom is not absolute and should not use as a licence to abuse.
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The social media application TikTok is booming in popularity especially with kids who use it to share short, usually funny videos. But TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, is owned by China, and this is raising concerns by U.S. lawmakers worried about the security of the app’s American users….Studies show when people pet an animal, their blood pressure goes down along with stress and anxiety. That’s why therapy dogs are increasingly found in schools, counseling centers and even in hospitals

Freedom House: Social Media Increasingly Conduit...

The democracy watchdog group, Freedom House, has released a report painting a bleak outlook for the way many governments are using social media

Fueled by Teenagers, TikTok, the Short...

The video app TikTok has become the world’s most downloaded app. Teenagers are fueling the craze by posting videos as short as 15 seconds of themselves dancing, lip-syncing, being silly and generally showing off

Bangladesh to Regulate Facebook, YouTube Users,...

The Bangladesh government plans to require its citizens to obtain licenses to use social media platforms such as Facebook and YouTube, and has already installed software giving it the ability to remove online content, Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar told BenarNews

China Wages Overseas Information War on...

Google says it has taken down more than 200 YouTube channels that were linked to the Chinese Communist Party’s disinformation campaign targeting the Hong Kong protests

With High-Profile Death, Social Media Erupts...

Theories about the death of Jeffrey Epstein, a financier at the center of a sex trafficking case, took off on Twitter and Facebook over the weekend, making their way quickly into mainstream news

Now a Days Journalism is a...

Now a days journalism increasingly a risky business.journalists around the world under direct attack.Apart from physical violence,cyber trolling also effect a journalist’s mental health specially women journalists often bullying for their opinions in social media