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Living In The Information Age| Countercurrents

Sep 21, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Binoy Kampmark |Syed Ali |Devika Mittal |Aviral Anand

Ishani, who lives in Canada, uses video calls to speak with her parents in India almost every day. She can concentrate on her work after feeling less anxious about her parents as a result of keeping them under check. Akash is employed by a US-based MNC. Despite being stationed in the US, he works while staying in India to take care of his ailing mother. Shalini decided to launch her online business after having to quit her job during her pregnancy.
Age Verification For Social Media Down Under| Countercurrents

Sep 13, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Binoy Kampmark |Syed Ali |Devika Mittal |Aviral Anand

The Australian government has been in a banning mood of late. In keeping with an old, puritanical tradition, the killjoys and wowsers have seized the reins of power and snorting a good deal while doing so. In important matters such as anti-corruption and environmental protection, the government of Anthony Albanese is showing fewer teeth and no gumption.
The Islamophobic Politics On Social Media| Countercurrents

Aug 20, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Syed Ali |Devika Mittal |P S Sahni |Aviral Anand

IntroductionThe emergence of social media platforms has brought about a significant transformation in the political discourse, opening up new channels for the dissemination of ideas and the establishment of virtual communities. One of the more alarming developments in this digital realm is the increase in Islamophobic speech and advocacy.
Social Media And The Post-Truth Society| Countercurrents

May 20, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Devika Mittal |Aviral Anand |Anis Akhtar |Binoy Kampmark

We are living in a society where every day, we find out that whatever we had been doing, we had been doing it wrong. From narratives about a historical civilization to the consumption of a certain type of cooking oil, the social media is flooded with educational narratives disseminated through viral photos, vlogs and reels.
The Absurdity And Cruelty Of Netanyahu Saying Israel Will Invade Rafah ‘with Or Without A Deal’| Countercurrents

May 1, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |Rebecca Gordon |Andre Damon |Aviral Anand

Do you negotiate for a peace deal with a threatening gun in one hand and a bomb in the other? Is this the way to pursue truce and ceasefire? Such questions are being asked by many concerned people all over the world in response to a very strange comment made by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on April 30.
Birding In Gaza| Countercurrents

Apr 30, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Rebecca Gordon |Andre Damon |Aviral Anand |Concerned academics

He’s a funny little chap: a sharp dresser with a sleek grey jacket, a white waistcoat, red shorts, and a small grey crest for a hat. With his shiny black eyes and stubby black beak, he’s quite the looker. Like the chihuahua of the bird world, the tufted titmouse has no idea he’s tiny. He swaggers right up to the feeder, shouldering bigger birds out of the way. A few weeks ago, I wouldn’t have known a tufted titmouse from a downy woodpecker.
Youtubers To The Rescue Of Indian Progressives| Countercurrents

Apr 27, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Aviral Anand |Anis Akhtar |Binoy Kampmark |Arjun Banerjee

In the current era of excessive social-media consumption, the so-called content-creator and influencer is king – or queen. Increasingly, we seem to have offloaded our abilities of social, political and economic analysis, discussion, and debate to those who seem to have a handle of social media. We trust them for their abilities of presentation, visual effects and some seemingly incisive research, which, in truth, is feeding on the same internet resources we have access to as well.