Simran Agarwal

Here only to absolve myself of the academic sin of not being here | PhD candidate @labexicca | I do research on platforms and media issues from India.

[Simran Agarwal @simranoff_]

Some research I have patiently waited to share is finally out in the @IJoC_USC ! I discuss how GNI embeds three distinct dependencies within Indian newsrooms. It's the first solo article stemming from my doctoral research. 🚨OA - Fishing for thoughts!
https://t.co/jcBLk4tbby

[marius dragomir @mariusdrag]

I enjoyed a lot this article that analyzes the impact of Google News Initiative in India. As Google through its cash increasingly controls the media research narrative across the world, such work is particularly valuable and needed. #media #journalism #tech #research #academia

[Tejasi Panjiar @TejasiPanjiar]

🚨23 Senior Delhi Police officers have been empowered to issue takedown orders for 'illegal content' to intermediaries, including social media companies, under the IT Act!

🧵Some context on why this is alarming!

https://t.co/GQJv9f8NaY

[Rasmus Kleis Nielsen @rasmus_kleis]

In his work, @rgorwa underlines importance of political will in understanding how states shape platforms formally and informally https://t.co/IcrSX5SHX4

In her work @simranoff_ shows how states sometimes seek to exercise "governance through platforms" https://t.co/pWaGmsBbm3 2/6

[Simran Agarwal @simranoff_]

Once again, this just goes to show how conditional and contingent the power of civil society can be in platform governance. Platforms (and states) can to easily yank away civil society powers for their interests

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: Meta said it would end its fact-checking program and rely instead on Facebook and Instagram users to add notes or corrections to posts. The move is likely to please the incoming Trump administration and its conservative allies. https://t.co/ylcSEL3efH

[Media and Journalism Research Center @MedJournResCen]

🚨 New article alert!

Our expert @simranoff_ critically analyzes the @GoogleNewsInit in India, exploring its structure, implementation, and impact since 2018. Published in the @IJoC_USC (open access).

https://t.co/kJ91GoG7Tm

[nanna thylstrup @NThylstrup]

It was real pleasure to be part of this #AOIR2024 panel with brilliant scholars @nadjaschaetz, @ASchjoett, Yarden Skop, @thesangeetkumar and @simranoff_. Thank you @snurb_dot_info for offering to chair the session and writing up the take-aways! We missed you @JannieHart!

[Simran Agarwal @simranoff_]

@HanneMarleen @drjonessoc @LilithBrouwers @nielsvdoorn Big congratulations Hanne!

[Live Law @LiveLawIndia]

#BREAKING: Bombay High Court's "Tie-Breaker" Judge Justice Atul Chandurkar holds the amendments to IT Rules for establishing Fact Check Units (FCUs) to be illegal and ultra vires to Articles 14, 19 and 21.

J Chandurkar agrees with Justice Gautam Patel's views and strikes down the amendments to IT Rules, 2023

[Simran Agarwal @simranoff_]

@skoopit @ASchjoett Congratulations ! This is very exciting and well deserved!

[Simran Agarwal @simranoff_]

@ASchjoett @AoIR_org @skoopit Congratulations! Super well deserved!

[Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) @internetfreedom]

The Policy reportedly states that the content should not be “indecent, obscene or anti-national.” Some reports also suggest that the Policy includes penalties for posting objectionable content ranging from 3 years imprisonment to life. 3/4

https://t.co/qRvPKiLnun

[Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) @internetfreedom]

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In a direct attempt to stifle online speech & expression, @MIB_India wants to regulate online content on “news & current affairs”, by sneaking in revisions to the Broadcasting Bill, 2023.

How does this affect content creators & all of us? 1/7🧵👇

https://t.co/DwRtn6zTk8

[Simran Agarwal @simranoff_]

@antoniskalog This is really interesting and somewhat similar to my findings in India ! Could I request an open access version for the article?

[Simran Agarwal @simranoff_]

On World Press Freedom Day, I reflect on the lack of it in India! The government sirens 'national interest' at will to muzzle critical press @thewire_in @360info_global

[The Wire @thewire_in]

How India Uses National Interest as a Smokescreen to Muzzle the #Media

The Indian government is weaponising ‘national interest’ measures to close down reporting it deems critical of the Modi government.

Simran Agarwal✍️
https://t.co/Wm5TuC5dHo

[RJC ICCA @rjc_icca]

[Journée d'études]

Le programme officiel de la JE "Politiques culturelles : évolution, pertinence et influence" est disponible.
L'événement aura lieu le 24 mai 2024 au sein du Campus Condorcet et en ligne !

Inscriptions obligatoires : https://t.co/tP5MwUWYbL

[Simran Agarwal @simranoff_]

@rgorwa @OUPAcademic @WZB_Berlin @WZB_GlobalWork @Politics_Oxford Congratulations Rob! Excited to read it !

[Simran Agarwal @simranoff_]

Authoritative state in India prefers to govern through platforms. It’s in the states’ interest to act with impunity and limited accountability when it comes to the use of 69A IT Act. Replugging something I wrote on this-
https://t.co/hAFo7i7pfj

[DIGIPUB News India Foundation @DigipubIndia]

DIGIPUB’s statement  on YouTube’s suspension of a digital news platform.

[Simran Agarwal @simranoff_]

This will have grave effects on access to diverse news sources and journalists, especially those moving to independent creator accounts (propelled by Instagram’s algorithmic preference)

[Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) @internetfreedom]

.@Instagram wants to throttle politics⁉️

@Meta has announced the rollout of a setting on Instagram which by default restricts the recommendation of political content posted by accounts not followed by the user, right before a critical election cycle. 1/8

https://t.co/BLUc1XRwrl

[Simran Agarwal @simranoff_]

@artarriagada @labExICCA @vincentbilem @irmeccen Yes, I would love hear your thoughts on the presentations! I’ll be sharing the recordings once available

[Simran Agarwal @simranoff_]

We’re super excited to announce the international seminar ‘Socio-technical intermediaries & platformization of culture’ on 12 April, Paris. We hope to launch discussions on the meso-layer of cultural intermediaries involved in platformization. Reg & info: https://t.co/NMS42rqPVj