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pertinent news article : https://thewire.in/rights/cyber-whispers-home-ministry-volunteer-programme-surveillance-internet-right https://thewire.in/rights/cyber-

pertinent news article : https://thewire.in/rights/cyber-whispers-home-ministry-volunteer-programme-surveillance-internet-right https://thewire.in/rights/cyber-whispers-home-ministry-volun...

dang 6y ago
Thanks—that seems a bit more neutral, so I've changed the URL to it from https://internetfreedom.in/cyber-volunteer/ https://internetfreedom.in/cyber-volunteer/.
- nonamechicken 6y ago
  thewire.in is not neutral and biased towards the left (Communism) according to here: https://www.quora.com/Is-Thewire-in-biased https://www.quora.com/Is-Thewire-in-biased Just to give you some more context on why I am wary of trusting leftist sources: Communists & BJP (and sometimes Congress) party members have been killing each other a lot (over 200 since 2000), often really brutally in the south Indian state Kerala. I don't know why BJP & Communists have this enmity towards each other. But one thing I find amusing is that Communists don't like religion because "religion kills". During the last 10-20 years, I haven't seen any religious killings in Kerala, but see a lot of brutal Mexican mafia style killings (except may be complete dismemberment), always with machetes & similar weapons and country bombs, in the name of politics. https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/030920/never-ending-saga-of-political-murders-in-kerala.html https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/030920/never... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36299827 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36299827 https://www.mansworldindia.com/more/news/politics/rss-vs-cpm-the-killing-fields-of-kerala/ https://www.mansworldindia.com/more/news/politics/rss-vs-cpm...
  - dang 6y ago
    I said more neutral—it's all relative. If there's another source which is more neutral yet, we can change it again. Keep in mind that we know nothing about Indian politics here. All I know is that threads about it lead to even worse flamewars than threads about U.S. politics these days, and that's saying something.
- neilsense 6y ago
  It really isn't neutral. It's massively left-wing which, while relating to most of HN's demographic, isn't really useful in this case due to the constant anti-India/Hindu bias on HN.

pertinent news article : https://thewire.in/rights/cyber-whispers-home-ministry-volunteer-programme-surveillance-internet-right https://thewire.in/rights/cyber-whispers-home-ministry-volun...

dang 6y ago

Thanks—that seems a bit more neutral, so I've changed the URL to it from https://internetfreedom.in/cyber-volunteer/ https://internetfreedom.in/cyber-volunteer/.

nonamechicken 6y ago
thewire.in is not neutral and biased towards the left (Communism) according to here: https://www.quora.com/Is-Thewire-in-biased https://www.quora.com/Is-Thewire-in-biased Just to give you some more context on why I am wary of trusting leftist sources: Communists & BJP (and sometimes Congress) party members have been killing each other a lot (over 200 since 2000), often really brutally in the south Indian state Kerala. I don't know why BJP & Communists have this enmity towards each other. But one thing I find amusing is that Communists don't like religion because "religion kills". During the last 10-20 years, I haven't seen any religious killings in Kerala, but see a lot of brutal Mexican mafia style killings (except may be complete dismemberment), always with machetes & similar weapons and country bombs, in the name of politics. https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/030920/never-ending-saga-of-political-murders-in-kerala.html https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/030920/never... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36299827 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36299827 https://www.mansworldindia.com/more/news/politics/rss-vs-cpm-the-killing-fields-of-kerala/ https://www.mansworldindia.com/more/news/politics/rss-vs-cpm...
- dang 6y ago
  I said more neutral—it's all relative. If there's another source which is more neutral yet, we can change it again. Keep in mind that we know nothing about Indian politics here. All I know is that threads about it lead to even worse flamewars than threads about U.S. politics these days, and that's saying something.
neilsense 6y ago
It really isn't neutral. It's massively left-wing which, while relating to most of HN's demographic, isn't really useful in this case due to the constant anti-India/Hindu bias on HN.