
ENCRYPTED MESSAGING AND EXTREME SPEECH
Online disinformation and “extreme speech” are destabilizing global democracies.
The project ethnographically examines emerging regulatory practices around online speech restrictions and civil society contestations in India.

The project ethnographically examines emerging regulatory practices around online speech restrictions and civil society contestations in India. The study analyzes Intermediary liabilities and speech censorship practices of social media companies in the Indian context.
Lead Researchers: Sahana Udupa

Online disinformation and “extreme speech” are destabilizing global democracies.

The research project SMALLPLATFORMS examines how contentious speech emerges and spreads on small social media platforms using ethnographic and computational methods in four countries.

“Understanding, Detecting, and Mitigating Online Misogyny Against Politically Active Women” is a new multiyear interdisciplinary project funded by BIDT.