Dr. Sangeeta Mahapatra

This chapter examines multi-platform and multi-discourse political messaging during the 2019 Indian General Elections by India's two largest political parties. It demonstrates how multi-platform partisan messaging enables certain discursive and leadership styles for voter outreach and mobilization.

Governments and tech companies worldwide periodically clash over what content is acceptable to post online and who gets to decide. As states exert legal, economic, and political pressure on social media platforms and users to control online conversations, the platforms frequently seek to push back.

Indien wählt ein neues Parlament und stellt damit die politischen Weichen für die nächsten fünf Jahre. GIGA-Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler analysieren den Wahlkampf und die innen- und außenpolitischen Folgen des größten Wahlgangs der Welt.

Die Anti-Fake-News-Gesetzgebung verstärkt die Kontrolle über die Zivilgesellschaft und untergräbt deren demokratische Grundrechte. Die Muster dieser juristischen Repression und die damit verbundenen Gegenstrategien in Süd- und Südostasien werden als Vorreiter globaler Entwicklungen untersucht.

Mass surveillance in public transport systems, touted for safety of passengers, can violate their rights when intrusive AI-enabled Facial Recognition Technology is used. India is deploying such tech in large scale. Dr. Sangeeta Mahapatra comments on the risks and suggests a countermeasure in this article.

The interview addresses the need for institutionalisation and standardisation of best parctices of privacy safeguards as digital surveillance through the use of CCTV cameras in schools in New Delhi, India, get routinised.

Organisation: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik Dr. Sangeeta Mahapatra (Vortragende:r)

This invited talk was on 'Securing Digital Societies' at the 17th Berlin Conference on Asian Security. The Conference comprised experts from Europe, Asia, and the United States to examine the domestic factors shaping economic, foreign and security policies of countries across the Indo-Pacific.

EWIS 2024: The 11th European Workshops in International Studies (EISA), Istanbul Organisation: European International Studies Association Dr. Sangeeta Mahapatra (Vortragende:r)

Paper Presentation at EWIS 2024, WS42: India's New Developmentalism and Its Discontents. Paper is on "Datafied Citizenship: How Data Authoritarianism Impacts the Concept of Citizenship in India".