JOB OPPORTUNITY: Senior Research and Teaching Associate in "Media & Internet Governance" at the University of Zurich. See: jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stellen…

Took a slight detour from PhD work and co-wrote this fun chapter exploring platformisation of matchmaking in India! This comes through, along with other super interesting works, in a timely compilation on Digital Platforms and the Global South. taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/…

Indian media regulations bear the narrative of 'parity' and 'level playing field'. But are these goals achievable through lofty content governance measures or are they serving to expand the government's censorial capacities? We write for Tech Policy Press techpolicy.press/media-regulati…

Are accusations of political funding being no less than extortion true? Is there a pattern? In Part 2 of the EXCLUSIVE newslaundry-TheNewsMinute investigation, Prateek Goyal, Korah Abraham, NandiniChandrashekar, and Basant Kumar find out. newslaundry.com/2024/02/21/par…

Oh boy! Always knew the obscure doctoral work on smell and caste will one day be handy in a public debate. Smells carry caste & discrimination. How we smell & what we smell is deeply political & in our case, framed by caste. Read more here. DM for pdf. degruyter.com/document/doi/1…

We’re super excited to announce the international seminar ‘Socio-technical intermediaries & platformization of culture’ on 12 April, Paris. We hope to launch discussions on the meso-layer of cultural intermediaries involved in platformization. Reg & info: mcusercontent.com/fbd34d23cdce4b…

This will have grave effects on access to diverse news sources and journalists, especially those moving to independent creator accounts (propelled by Instagram’s algorithmic preference)

Authoritative state in India prefers to govern through platforms. It’s in the states’ interest to act with impunity and limited accountability when it comes to the use of 69A IT Act. Replugging something I wrote on this- sciencespo.fr/public/chaire-…

[Journée d'études] Le programme officiel de la JE "Politiques culturelles : évolution, pertinence et influence" est disponible. L'événement aura lieu le 24 mai 2024 au sein du Campus Condorcet et en ligne ! Inscriptions obligatoires : forms.gle/kCqUBFxAUoipgZ…

On World Press Freedom Day, I reflect on the lack of it in India! The government sirens 'national interest' at will to muzzle critical press The Wire 360info.global

🚨🚨 In a direct attempt to stifle online speech & expression, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting wants to regulate online content on “news & current affairs”, by sneaking in revisions to the Broadcasting Bill, 2023. How does this affect content creators & all of us? 1/7🧵👇 hindustantimes.com/india-news/new…

The Policy reportedly states that the content should not be “indecent, obscene or anti-national.” Some reports also suggest that the Policy includes penalties for posting objectionable content ranging from 3 years imprisonment to life. 3/4 indiatoday.in/india/story/ut…

#BREAKING: Bombay High Court's "Tie-Breaker" Judge Justice Atul Chandurkar holds the amendments to IT Rules for establishing Fact Check Units (FCUs) to be illegal and ultra vires to Articles 14, 19 and 21. J Chandurkar agrees with Justice Gautam Patel's views and strikes down

It was real pleasure to be part of this #AOIR2024 panel with brilliant scholars @nadjaschaetz, Anna Schjøtt Hansen, Yarden Skop, Sangeet Kumar and Simran Agarwal. Thank you Axel Bruns for offering to chair the session and writing up the take-aways! We missed you Jannie Møller Hartley!

🚨 New article alert! Our expert Simran Agarwal critically analyzes the Google News Initiative in India, exploring its structure, implementation, and impact since 2018. Published in the International Journal of Communication (open access). ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc…

Once again, this just goes to show how conditional and contingent the power of civil society can be in platform governance. Platforms (and states) can to easily yank away civil society powers for their interests

In his work, Robert Gorwa | @[email protected] underlines importance of political will in understanding how states shape platforms formally and informally global.oup.com/academic/produ… In her work Simran Agarwal shows how states sometimes seek to exercise "governance through platforms" sciencespo.fr/public/chaire-… 2/6

🚨23 Senior Delhi Police officers have been empowered to issue takedown orders for 'illegal content' to intermediaries, including social media companies, under the IT Act! 🧵Some context on why this is alarming! hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-n…

I enjoyed a lot this article that analyzes the impact of Google News Initiative in India. As Google through its cash increasingly controls the media research narrative across the world, such work is particularly valuable and needed. #media #journalism #tech #research #academia