Writer/Activist. MA of Public Policy from Central European University. Civil rights, mental health, and government transparency.
Joined November 2013
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1/2 Let me respond in advance to "you're not Indian." Having an opinion about international human rights issues is not limited by nationality. It's textbook perpetrator script, like when parents who beat their kids say "it's family business" when neighbors worry about the screams
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I was explaining how insane people like this sound when arguing that Hindu fascists should be entitled to poison everyone w/fireworks on Diwali. I used the example of Christian fascists fussing about imaginary threat from "Happy Holidays" not "Merry Christmas" She proves my point
Is that tyohar you are trying to say in Nepali?wow! And why can’t you say Festival greetings to all Hindu New Yorkers? Why only Nepali New Yorkers? No festival wishes for those others celebrating Lakshmi Puja! Are you scared to say Hindu?
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Having found out the hard way (during an attack) that my faraday cage is broken, I decided to get another tiffin. It blocks a lot of signal, but doesn't fully cut it off until you add a sheet of tin foil under the lid. Makes a tight seal @internetfreedom @SFLCin @geoblockedindia
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I repeatedly argue that protests and social movements for democracy & rights are Indian, ingrained in Indian history, and unavoidable in understanding India. The sympathy of foreign allies for India is evidence of global resonance of concerns, not lack of indigeneity of movements
"Protests remind us that democracy is not a static system, but a living, breathing process that improves through collective action and community building."
scroll.in/article/1096757/fo…
An excerpt from the Introduction to ‘10 Indian Protest Movements that Shaped the Nation’, by Parvathi Sajiv.
@DuckbillBooks
#bookexcerpt
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Dystopic Orwellian censorship to legitimize and streamline what is already selective enforcement favoring fascists and their violent, inaccurate, cultish ruling-party aligned posts that harm India's reputation. Foreshadowed by their desire to create Indian social media like China
The IT Ministry has begun discussions on a sweeping overhaul of India’s social media regulatory framework, including a proposal to withdraw the legal immunity available to platforms like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X for content posted by their users, The Indian Express has learnt.
The emerging view within the government is that social media platforms can no longer be considered passive carriers of information, given their use of sophisticated algorithms to rank, recommend and amplify content, and their ability to moderate posts based on their own community guidelines, which may not always align with Indian laws. Such practices, a section of the government believes, amount to exercising editorial control over content, raising questions about whether these companies should continue to enjoy the same legal protections as traditional intermediaries.
The government’s thinking has also received impetus from recent observations by the Supreme Court in the Just Rights for Children Alliance vs S Harish case, where the court raised concerns about social media companies’ failure to adequately prevent the circulation of child sexual exploitation and abuse material.
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In honor of the attempt by @DelhiPolice to enforce legal threate allegedly from the RSS and take down accounts of @internetfreedom @geoblockedindia and @SFLCin without due process, I am sharing Chapter 6 Be Wary of Paramilitaries of Jason Stanley's On Tyranny.
Some of you have seen the potty humor lewd insults Vijay's army of fascist harassers slung at me. One of them thought he was insulting me by creating this image. Thanks for the crappy (haha) AI art @banshee_burma_ showing me triumphant. I have too many t-shirts, so new sticker!
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@Abhilash279 and @AishwaryaVarma also found a couple pieces I didn't know about today. Disinfo.
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This one alleges I met Bhushan. I don't speak the language, and have yet to translate what it says.
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@AishwaryaVarma and @Abhilash279 just found your piece on the disinformation ecosystem attempt to connect Neha Bora and France. Thanks for the work. You mentioned me, and I'd love if you would be willing to help me correct the narrative they made up about me.
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@VivekKatju I read your op-Ed in @TheFederal_News They don't care about the truth... it's shooting first and drawing the target later to create a pretext for a crackdown. I was accused as 'foreign hand." Watch the Asra Nomani trash. See this parallel:
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p…
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I want every journalist to have this article as the far right fabricates the same type of "terrorist" conspiracy. @sayoniaiyar @swaminomics @TheAsianAgeNews Please spread it for understanding of the Asra Nomani junk being popularized in India.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p…
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@sayoniaiyar just saw your reporting explaining the long history of "foreign hand" allegations being used to discredit domestic disaenters. I would like to talk, as I was accused of being that foreign hand by Vijay Gajera who made a variety of false claims about me on X recently.
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Wishful thinking, failing to see the fact that Modi undermined Indian democracy using the same techniques as Trump: voter role purges (see Greg Palast) among others. The difference is that Indians knew more about it due to good media. U.S. media lied "election integrity is fine"
"Today, India is once again in the vanguard — this time leading, perhaps, in the opposite direction....Beset as Modi is by crises within and without, his iron grip on power is clanging against the steel of India’s messy democracy."
Truly excellent from @lpolgreen
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Nobody is "talking against the sovereignty and integrity of India" by criticizing Modi, human rights abuses, and the far right. Where have we seen this playbook? Oh, conflating criticizing Netanyahu with antisemitism. Not licking Modi's boots isn't Hindu hate. Dissent = democracy
Foreigners supporting the integrity and sovereignty of India - Good
Indians, OCI cardholders, foreigners talking against sovereignty and integrity of India - Bad
Don’t worry. I’m sure the Delhi police will educate you once your bond is cancelled.
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Hello tagged "journalists." You were invoked to protect @IndianGuyEE because I hurt his feelings by pointing out his hypocrisy. He cried "Mommy!" To you. What does that say about you? @ShivAroor @ARanganathan72 @palkisu @WIONews
Playbook: tag media w/defamatory lies w/hurt ego.
What I showed @IndianGuyEE that got me blocked as he had a little tantrum and stormed off in a huff! maybe he should call his page "Indian Little Boy" or "Little Boy Bharat"?
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What I showed @IndianGuyEE that got me blocked as he had a little tantrum and stormed off in a huff! maybe he should call his page "Indian Little Boy" or "Little Boy Bharat"?
When a troll gets triggered so much that hw blocks the person who showed him his own post, does he not get paid for the day? @IndianGuyEE Can't the far right find less sensitive little boys to post online for them?
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Here's what triggered poor, fragile @IndianGuyEE His own words and the suggestion his mother should be ashamed. What's that phrase these trolls like when journalists get attacked online? "If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen."
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Looks like a triggered @IndianGuyEE and he blocked me. Can't take the truth. I just pointed out his classic misogynistic ego fragility and hypocrisy. What he needs is therapy not a cult troll club and access to an online megaphone. What a shame upon his country. #snowflake
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Sharing for what looks like a carefully compiled and worthy of attention reddit threat, especially if the poster has conflated criticism with being "anti-India" which isn't the same thing if you're a mature adult who isn't a narcissist. Just my opinion.
Leftist Indian writes a long essay about RW indian subs, cries about Hindutva & the comments are full of westoids being racist towards Indians
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