Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 29/01/2025The Digital Rights Foundation holds an important discussion on voter data privacy in #Pakistan. 010
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Along with all of us, indigenous communities also need to come forward to save their languages. They can be the best advocates, says Sonam #GVSummit2024 000
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 07/12/2024To read news in indigenous languages, we need to start looking beyond BBC and other mainstream media. #GVSummit2024 063
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Many languages in Nepal are on the verge of extinction, the govt must step up and preserve them because the people of these communities are also feeling isolated and disowned, says Sonam #GVSummit2024 082
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Nepal is rich in multilingual languages but the government has not made an effort to preserve them. It's time that they own all these languages and promote them, says Dev Kumar #GVSummit2024 041
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 07/12/2024We can't remove context from language. We have to expand non English languages in media, says Filip #GVSummit2024 031
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 07/12/2024You have to be a good listener make sure you don't kill the essence of words in translation, says Sonam #GVSummit2024 012
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Multilingual media is important as it builds inclusivity. #GVSummit2024 012
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Authoritarian states are very much like abusive partners, no one knows what they will do next... #GVSummit2024 000
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 07/12/2024A very important question!! I am not going anywhere from my home, #Twitter is my home and he (Elon Musk) can pull the plug but I am not going anywhere. And if we leave where are we going to fight? Are we going to keep running? @asteris.bsky.social #GVSummit2024 010
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 07/12/2024If we know the playbook of the authoritarian regimes, we all will be able to navigate our ways better, says Juke Carolina #GVSummit2024 000
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Panel: Can we save the internet? The panel explores how the internet started in the early days & impacted the world but then it also has various layers with a different meaning to everyone. #GVSummit2024 000
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 06/12/2024I see a lot of similarities between Pakistan and Bangladesh recent protests and the response of governments. while images captured during protests live forever. To stop seeing those images internet shutdowns are enforced, says Rezwan #GVSummit2024 023
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Not only journalists are unable to report and do their work but Internet shutdowns are also compromising their safety, says Kanav #GVSummit2024 012
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Even though we have laws and procedures to impose Internet shutdowns but it is not being followed by Indian Govt, says Kanav #GVSummit2024 021
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Internet shut downs impact mental health, says Rezwan. #GVSummit2024 021
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Pakistan is using internet shutdowns to curb free speech, says Annie Zaman. #GVSummit2024 032
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Earlier #Balochistan, #GilgitBaltistan etc only faced internet shutdowns but now Punjab, Pakistan has also experienced it, says Annie Zaman. #GVSummit2024 012
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Because of #internetshutdowns in #Bangladesh recently, I missed out on an important story that I was working on for a while. I was also unable to know when the govt imposed curfew across the country as there was no news in media, says Pantha. #GVSummit2024 022
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 06/12/2024During #internetshutdowns I realised we have to be creative when the govt is using an iron hand, says Kanav. #GVSummit2024 021
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Panel: Organizing and reporting when the #internet goes dark: Protest movements in #SouthAsia #GVSummit2024 021
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 06/12/2024I see hope in the young people, elder generations have failed them. But they recognise how it has impacted them and are stepping up to improve things for the future, says Filip #GVSummit2024 011
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 06/12/2024There has been a systematic dismantling of media and independent voices by authoritarian states and they have been able to kill other narratives that existed. But we need to unite against it, says Shataakshi #GVSummit2024 032
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 06/12/2024India asked social media platforms to open their offices in the country so they could have access to its data, says Shataakshi #GVSummit2024 035
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Authoritarianism has impacted the media's performance over the years, says Filip Stojanovski #GVSummit2024 033
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Targeting women in online spaces has become a tool for authoritarian states to silence them, says Arzu Geybulla #GVSummit2024 022
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Even though people did not want to become like China, over the years countries have slowly adopted its model, says Lokman #GVSummit2024 013
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 06/12/2024VPNs are being blocked within a week as soon as they are active in Burma, says Shataakshi. #GVSummit2024 002
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 06/12/2024In the past ten years #India has been digitalised but it is used for surveillance instead of helping citizens, says Shataakshi Verma. #GVSummit2024 023
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Panel on, "When the long arm of authoritarianism reaches through your screen" #GVSummit2024 000
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Aparna talks about how she struggled to adjust to new platforms that were emerging over the years to express herself. #GVSummit2024 013
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Dinesh Wagle, Nepal's first blogger (2004) explains how he started blogging and then his struggles in the later years #GVSummit2024 011
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 06/12/2024The panel explores a pertinent question: "Where have all the bloggers gone" #GVSummit2024 000
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Digital Conversations in Nepal: Past, Present & Future panel: 🎙️ “Videos are getting many views” - Sudip Bhai Subedi (Gulabi Sambad) 🎙️ “Old media need to learn new tricks” - Kunda Dixit (Nepali Times) #GVSummit2024 011
Umaima @rumaima.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Imp points highlighted by this panel at #GVSummit *For #journalism to flourish in #online spaces, media houses need to understand what its viewers are interested in n curate it accordingly. *Print media also needs to adopt new techniques to survive *The media is no more a gatekeeper but a mediator 000
