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Verdict on Prachatai webmaster Chiranuch Premchaiporn postponed

By Siam Voices Mon, Apr 30, 2012 9:00AM UTC View Comments

Today at 10.00 AM (Bangkok time) the Thai Criminal Court will give its verdict against Chiranuch “Jiew” Premchaiporn, the webmaster of the news website Prachatai. Chiranuch is being prosecuted for failing to delete 10 comments made by others that are deemed insulting to the monarchy not quickly enough. She has been arrested in 2009 and...

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Beyond the Singhvi sleaze CD: New images in different packaging

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:24AM UTC View Comments

It is not that sleaze has not existed in Indian political and public space before. This fact strikes at the core of the wave of remorse sweeping sections of Indian critical thought where fears have been raised that the Abhishek Manu Singhvi CD has raised apprehensions that “we might be reaching a low watershed in...

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Return to blogging & World Bloggers and Social Media Summit preview

By Andrew Spooner Fri, Feb 10, 2012 2:21PM UTC View Comments

Over the next few weeks I will be making a return to blogging – this time with moderated comments “on”. After having spent the last 10weeks in Thailand investigating a number of storylines I have a few new blog posts ready to go and a number of interesting interviews with key figures, including several of...

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No depth: Shallow minds try barricading the web in India

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Tue, Jan 17, 2012 3:15AM UTC View Comments

No one in India’s official establishment is comprehending the damage being done to its democratic credibility by the ham-handed manner in which content regulation of the Internet is being sought. Even in the mid-1990s when there were no laws worth their name to control the explosion of satellite television channels, the scenario had not resembled...

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Comment: Mahathir’s limited democracy vs Sibal’s pre-screening content

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Tue, Dec 06, 2011 10:58PM UTC View Comments

What is common to Malaysia’s longest serving Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohammed and Kapil Sibal, India’s Communications and Information Technology minister? Simply put – both share a liking for smothering views that are not palatable. Let us break down issues for which the two are ‘trending’. India is slowing down, says Mahathir, because it is...

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