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Chinmayi Arun on India and the Future of the Internet

Chinmayi Arun on India and the Future of the Internet

FromThe Lawfare Podcast


Chinmayi Arun on India and the Future of the Internet

FromThe Lawfare Podcast

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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Feb 18, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Right now in India, there’s a legal battle that could portend the future of the internet. In this episode of Arbiters of Truth, Lawfare’s miniseries on disinformation and misinformation, Evelyn Douek and Quinta Jurecic talked to Chinmayi Arun, a resident fellow at the Information Society Project at Yale Law School and an affiliate of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. She discussed one of the biggest stories about freedom of expression online today—the battle between Twitter and the Indian government, which has demanded that Twitter geoblock a large number of accounts, including the account of a prominent investigative magazine, in response to protests by tens of thousands of farmers across India. Chinmayi walked us through the political context of the farmers’ protests, how the clash between Twitter and the Indian government is part of an increasingly constrained environment for freedom of expression in India, and where this battle might end up. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Released:
Feb 18, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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