A recent Washington Post article detailing a whistle-blower complaint on Twitter’s lack of protection for user data and a number of breachers, alleges that the Indian government forced Twitter to put one of its agents on the payroll, with access to user data at a time of large-scale protests across the country.
In our latest Himal Twitter Spaces session, recorded on 22 September, Apar Gupta speaks to Hija Kamran and Harsha Man Maharjan to understand the interaction between social media platforms and governments in Southasia and how increasing social media use has impacted society.
Moderator:
Apar Gupta - Lawyer, Co-founder and Executive director of the Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF). Based in India.
Speakers:
Hija Kamran - Digital rights advocate based in Pakistan. Kamran has worked on key internet governance and privacy issues in the country.
Harsha Man Maharjan - Senior researcher at Martin Chautari. Maharjan writes for various publications on media practices, media policy and media history. Based in Nepal.
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