Articles for Public Discourse

Dalrymple Is Right: India’s Academic Retreat Has Given Birth to WhatsApp History
1 month ago

Dalrymple Is Right: India’s Academic Retreat Has Given Birth to WhatsApp History

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 22, 2024 12:25 IST - 7 MINS READ The recent debate around the state of academic history in India provoked by William Dalrymple’s comment has sparked off an insightful exchange of ideas by various writers. Dalrymple contends that the emergence of “WhatsApp history” in India directly springs from the failure of academic historians to present history in …

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Why Bezos and LA Times owner are right about not endorsing Harris
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Why Bezos and LA Times owner are right about not endorsing Harris

Times of India  

Jeff Bezos, billionaire owner of Amazon and The Washington Post, and Patrick Soon-Shiong, owner of the Los Angeles Times, provoked outrage when they blocked their newspapers from endorsing Kamala Harris in the upcoming US presidential election. The obvious next question is what ‘neutrality’ means, especially when one side appears to be openly challenging democratic norms. With Trump’s refusal to uphold …

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Ahinda Groups, Litterateurs, and Thinkers to Stage 'Delhi Chalo' Protest Against Siddaramaiah
2 months ago

Ahinda Groups, Litterateurs, and Thinkers to Stage 'Delhi Chalo' Protest Against Siddaramaiah

The Hindu  

A round-table meeting has been convened to finalise a 'Delhi Chalo' program in protest against the alleged conspiracy to unseat Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The program will involve representatives of Ahinda organisations, litterateurs, and progressive thinkers holding a protest in the national capital before meeting President Droupadi Murmu and submitting her a memorandum.

Politics Law Social Issues Public Discourse Delhi
Free Speech v. Digital Disinformation: How Is State Intervention In Social Media Content Moderation Being Navigated In USA & India
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Free Speech v. Digital Disinformation: How Is State Intervention In Social Media Content Moderation Being Navigated In USA & India

Live Law  

Recently, the United States Supreme Court in Moody v. NetChoice, LLC refrained from issuing what could have been a landmark judgment on a pivotal issue: whether states can enact laws that limit the power of social media companies to moderate content. This case revolved around the constitutionality of laws enacted by Texas and Florida that aimed to restrict social media …

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Combatting AI-driven disinformation in elections
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Combatting AI-driven disinformation in elections

Hindustan Times  

The Cambridge Analytica scandal of March 2018 thrust the role of social media in shaping electoral politics into the forefront of public discussion. AI has emerged as a potent tool for accelerating the production and dissemination of disinformation, playing a significant role in organised efforts to sway public opinion and influence electoral outcomes. In an era where the proliferation of …

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Climate disinformation is on the rise. Here's how to fight back
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Climate disinformation is on the rise. Here's how to fight back

Salon  

When a pair of climate change-deniers spread lies about climate scientist Michael Mann, he sued his attackers and actually won, after a jury awarded him a $1 million settlement in February. The Competitive Enterprise Institute's Rand Simberg and the National Review's Mark Steyn wrote a pair of blog posts about Mann in 2012 in which they made two defamatory claims: …

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Right Word | How Bharatiya tradition of ‘Vaad’ can help uplift our public discourse that has hit a new low
2 years, 2 months ago

Right Word | How Bharatiya tradition of ‘Vaad’ can help uplift our public discourse that has hit a new low

Firstpost  

The root cause of this problem is that we adopted the Western framework of ‘debate’ under European influence of around 200 years and left our own tradition of ‘Vaad’ that we have inherited since the birth of our civilisation The public discourse in today’s Bharat has hit a new low. Bharatiya vs European framework of ‘Debate’ The root cause of …

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Let us put the public back into the country’s public discourse
2 years, 7 months ago

Let us put the public back into the country’s public discourse

Live Mint  

The imagination and collective life of a nation are defined in large part by its public discourse. Public discourse is what allows ordinary people the space for expression and engagement in our collective life and what gives citizens the ability to prioritize and set boundaries within which governance decisions are made. However, the public discourse in our country is no …

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More than Thatcher or Reagan, India Needs its Own Ayn Rand and Milton Friedman
3 years, 5 months ago

More than Thatcher or Reagan, India Needs its Own Ayn Rand and Milton Friedman

News 18  

The champions of liberalization often rue the fact India never had statespersons like Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, leaders for whom opening up the economy was not just a matter of expediency but an article of faith. More unfortunate, however, is the fact that we never had an Ayn Rand, a Milton Friedman, and a Fredrick Hayek—the intellectual giants who …

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How IFCN was propped up to maintain Leftist hold over public discourse
3 years, 7 months ago

How IFCN was propped up to maintain Leftist hold over public discourse

Op India  

There is a concerted manner in which the Left Cabal, in concert with their Big Business masters, prop up dubious networks and groups in order to hijack a particular phenomenon in order to sustain their monopoly over the narrative. The Specter of Fake News In India, we have consistently documented the numerous times when mainstream media has peddled fake news …

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Column: Did tech companies go too far in banning President Trump? The answer is no
3 years, 11 months ago

Column: Did tech companies go too far in banning President Trump? The answer is no

LA Times  

President Trump at the rally Wednesday that touched off his followers’ attack on the Capitol. In permanently suspending Trump’s @realDonaldTrump account Friday, Twitter cited his incitement of the violent mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, as well as “the risk of further incitement of violence.” The platform’s action, coming as it did at the very tail end of …

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Death Of Democratic Institutions: The Inevitable Logic of Neo-Liberal Political Economy & Abandonment of Directive Principles of State Policy
4 years, 1 month ago

Death Of Democratic Institutions: The Inevitable Logic of Neo-Liberal Political Economy & Abandonment of Directive Principles of State Policy

Live Law  

This is the full text of the lecture delivered by Justice B Sudershan Reddy, former Supreme Court judge, as part of the first KG Kannabiran Commemoration Lecture on Law, Justice and Human Rights on 9 November 2020 At the very outset, let me unreservedly place on record that I feel it to be a great honour to have been asked …

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'This Has Never Been The Level Of Public Discourse': CJI Bobde To Arnab Goswami's Lawyer
4 years, 1 month ago

'This Has Never Been The Level Of Public Discourse': CJI Bobde To Arnab Goswami's Lawyer

Live Law  

In the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice of India on Monday passed certain remarks on the style of reporting followed by Arnab Goswami, Chief Editor of the Republic TV. This has never been the level of our public discourse", CJI Bobde told Senior Advocate Harish Salve, who was appearing for Goswami.The Court. This has never been the level of our …

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