It’s no good Twitter and Facebook serving as an ad hoc international court
by Rashmee
Posted on June 25, 2021
/ LANGUAGE In January, Twitter banned the account of Donald Trump after tweets allegedly inciting …
Read MoreYasser Arafat is arrested in India for pro-Palestinian FB post. Go figure
by Rashmee
Posted on June 4, 2021
/ LANGUAGE Here’s a quite remarkable story. In India, a 32-year-old man posted a pro-Palestine …
Read MoreMuseveni‘s Uganda: A template for presidents who don’t want to leave office
by Rashmee
Posted on January 12, 2021
Does any of this sound familiar? A president who refuses to leave office and will …
Read MoreIt’s not clear Europe can really take on ‘Gafa’ and ‘Bat’
by Rashmee
Posted on August 29, 2019
Brussels is finally trying to become something more than a lifestyle and values superpower. …
Read MoreNations need to take a bespoke and multi-faceted approach to online regulation
by Rashmee
Posted on May 14, 2019 / The National
Social media possesses immense power to influence our societies. Now, a number of countries are …
Read MoreSo, now we know. #Facebook friends aren’t real friends
by Rashmee
Posted on November 20, 2018
Enormously impressed by Florida highest court. It’s ruled on something people should know, except that …
Read MoreNick Clegg is right. Even Bhutan’s fledgling politics feels baleful effects of tech
by Rashmee
Posted on October 22, 2018
After he took a job with Facebook, former UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg explained …
Read MoreCensorship of the web is already a worldwide norm, not the exception
by Rashmee
Posted on September 5, 2018 / The National
When Facebook and Twitter face US congressmen’s questions today (September 5) about policing online content, …
Read MoreHas the ‘delete Facebook’ campaign had effect? Not so you would notice
by Rashmee
Posted on April 25, 2018
Facebook reports quarterly earnings today, the first reckoning-up since an enormous crisis of trust engulfed …
Read MoreWhat did Mark Zuckerberg know about Turkey’s elections and when did he know it?
by Rashmee
Posted on April 19, 2018
On Thursday, April 19 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey suddenly announced that presidential and …
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK