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Neighborhood News Digest – 14 March 2023

Afghanistan

SAARC Secretary General Position not awarded to Afghanistan – The Print

It was Afghanistan’s turn to suggest a candidate for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation’s (SAARC) Secretary General Posit....

March 14, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , US , Russia , Nepal , ASEAN , Afghanistan , Nepal politics , Bhutan , elections , Bangladesh , MEA , Taliban , Imran Khan , SAARC , Social Media , Oil , Tourism , ISRO , Human Rights , India-Bangladesh , Nepal Economy , India-Maldives , China-Sri-Lanka , Ram Chandra Poudel , Worl Bank

Neighborhood News Digest – 14 February 2023

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Taliban forces raid IS hideout in Kabul - India Blooms

"The security forces attacked an important hideout of the IS in Kartai Naw locality of Police District 8 on Monday evening, killing several insu....

February 14, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Russia , Protests , Sri Lanka , sanctions , Bangladesh , Taliban , Social Media , Tourism , IMF , Education , Environment , Monarchy , Nepal-India , Tamils , Pakistan-US , Visas to Afghan , Prabhakaran , India. Nepal Politics

Why Securing the Information Domain has become an Urgent Necessity for India?

Tejusvi Shukla Commentary

A Special Meeting of the UN Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) was conducted in India in October this year. It was led by the External Affairs Minister, Dr S. Jaishankar, on India’s behalf, where he emphasized the increasing usa....

December 05, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan , Kashmir , Terrorism , Militancy , Information Warfare , Social Media , United Nations , Jamaat-e-Islami , Counter-Terrorism Committee , Influence Operations

Galwan: A Centrepiece of CPC’s Military Propaganda

Raj Gupta Article

A standoff between India and China that started in May 2020, eventually leading up to the deadly clashes on June 15, saw 20 and 4 (though some reports put PLA’s toll at 38-40 killed) soldiers reported dead by India and China respectively. Although ....

June 01, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , India , China , CPC , PLA , Social Media , Galwan , Propaganda , Winter Olympics , Pangong lake , Qi Fabao

China: Daily Scan, February 28, 2022

China appoints new minister of civil affairs: Xinhuanet

February 26, 2022

Tang Dengjie was appointed minister of civil affairs by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, on Monday.

February 28, 2022 Russia , Ukraine , EU , Social Media , G20 , Robotics , Covid , Hong Kong , China Daily Digest , Y-12 , Macao

Myanmar’s Battle on Social Media

Cchavi Vasisht, Research Associate, VIF Article

In the present century, social media has become a battleground to provide authenticity and validation for oneself as well as to produce hatred and discontent for others. Since the rise of the Arab Spring, the role of social media in spreading democra....

January 07, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , democracy , Information Warfare , Social Media , Propaganda , Military Coup , Freedom House

China’s Expanding Twitter Diplomacy

Kota Mallikarjuna Gupta Article

Twitter has emerged as a powerful social media tool/platform in the 21st century's modern diplomacy. Chinese diplomatic offices and their personnel have increased their presence on Twitter to promote their narrative and propaganda with a global audie....

November 22, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , QUAD , Social Media , Diplomacy

Transcending Social Media: Facebook to Meta amid Controversies

Debopama Bhattacharya Article

October was not good news for the social media giant Facebook and family including WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger. It came under serious criticism when on October 4, a whistleblower named Frances Haugen who had earlier leaked documents of Facebook....

November 03, 2021 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , artificial intelligence , technology , Social Media , Cyberspace , Facebook , cybersecurity , Metaverse , Data Privacy

Social Media in Violent Conflicts – Recent Examples

… the very technology that is cause of the problem, can be used to correct it too .. Artificial Intelligence can help social media platforms spot lies, identify doctored videos and photographs and track the dissemination of falsehoods by domestic ....

August 02, 2021 Technological and Scientific Studies , artificial intelligence , national security , Fake news , Information Warfare , Social Media , WhatsApp , Twitter , Facebook , Range of social interaction , Information and misinformation , Freedom of Speech , Deception through media , Mass misleading through media , Abuse of media freedom

The Social Media Dilemma: From Capitalism to National Security

Anushka Saraswat Commentary

Introduction

The emergence of social media has challenged modern democracies on multiple fronts-be it enticing violence or communal hatred or concerns of privacy and fake news, making it a new playground of battle. Platforms like Facebook....

May 28, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , national security , Social Media , capitalism , Twitter , Pakistan-China combine