By Rema Rajeshwari IPS and Dr Suneem Ahmad Khan
Much has been theorised about how big tech and social media have disrupted societies across the world. The aftermath of Pulwama is this theory demonstrated in practice.
Pakistanis started by expressing sorrow over the lives lost at Pulwama. But very quickly, as social media was filled with anger and hate, the empathy receded and counter-accusations began.
IPS officer Rema Rajeshwari writes of what she learnt about the deadly dangers of digital illiteracy, and what can be done to control it.
Parliamentary panel's stand-off with Twitter is looking like the govt is mainly concerned with protecting right-wing voices and accounts.
The problem is that our belief in the goodness of technology blindsided us to the devil inside us humans.
Spying on citizens in the name of curbing fake news is not the solution.
Social media's battle against fake news and bigotry is bad news for politics.
On our 71st Independence Day, we face a new narrative of us versus them, which is only leading to echo chambers. We need to listen to each other much more, and push away only words of hate.
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