Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @SFLCin
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
138
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-16
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-24
Tweets covering
8 days
Average age of authors' accounts
7 years
Summarization
The Software Freedom Law Center India (SFLCin) is an NGO that focuses on defending digital freedoms and monitoring internet shutdowns in India. They have shared a map showing the extent of mobile service suspensions in Punjab, which is among the 46 internet shutdowns that have occurred since 2012. SFLCin has challenged various internet shutdowns in various states, with a hearing set for July 2023. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear petitions filed by SFLCin challenging internet shutdowns in various states across the country. SFLCin has been tracking internet shutdowns since 2012 through their NetShutdowns project. SFLCin has also launched a Free Speech Tracker to track free speech violations and laws governing free speech in India. They have trained lawyers under the Digital Defenders Network initiative to promote digital rights.
Topic Modeling
- Internet shutdowns in Punjab and India
- Supreme Court's involvement in challenging internet shutdowns
- Digital freedoms and rights
- Free speech violations and tracking in India
- Government's exercise of statutory power
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express a range of emotions including concern, frustration, anger and support for internet freedom NGO, Software Freedom Law Center India (@SFLCin), which is challenging the widespread government forced internet shutdowns in India. The tweets highlight the negative impact of the shutdowns on individuals and businesses and stress the importance of defending digital freedoms. The emotional tone of the tweets suggests a sense of urgency to address the issue and pressure the government to reconsider its policies regarding internet shutdowns.
Trend Analysis
- Internet shutdowns in Punjab and across India
- Challenges to internet shutdowns in court, specifically in relation to exams
- Activities and milestones of the SFLCin organization
- Support for defending digital freedoms and digital rights
- Concerns over the use of internet shutdowns as a tactic by authorities
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
74
Percentage of total tweets
53%
Number of Original tweets
31
Percentage of total tweets
22%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
138
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
32
Percentage of total tweets
23%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
5
Percentage of total tweets
3%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
64
Percentage of total tweets
46%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter for Android | 71 |
| Twitter Web App | 55 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 9 |
| Hootsuite Inc. | 2 |
| IFTTT | 1 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveLawIndia | Live Law | Media/News Fastest Legal News Reporter #SupremeCourt #SupremeCourtOfIndia | 596,160 |
| suchitrav | Suchitra Vijayan | Author: Midnight’s Borders: A People's History of Modern India. Barrister. Founder & ExecDirector: @project_polis @watchthestate; Teach @nyugallatin | 82,002 |
| IFEX | IFEX | IFEX is a nexus for free expression expertise contributed by over 100 member organisations, spanning 70 countries. RTs ≠ endorsements. @ifex@mastodon.ngo | 54,317 |
| BaazNewsOrg | Baaz | Opinions, ideas, and original reporting for the Sikh and Punjabi diaspora. Want to submit a piece? Email submissions to editor@baaznews.org | 20,393 |
| SFLCin | sflc.in | Defending Digital Freedom in India since 2010. We promote Open Knowledge, Free Speech, Online Privacy, Innovation & Equality - @IFEX Member - Join our force🖖 | 18,366 |
| SonaliVaid | Dr. Sonali Vaid | Global Health| Host #QIThursday | #Complexity| @HarvardChanSPH Alum| #HumanRights| @AspenNewVoices| Words @The_Hindu @livemint | Building @incluvelabs | 13,032 |
| MishiChoudhary | Mishi Choudhary | Personal Account Lawyer Digital Rights, Privacy, OSS, Technology Tweets personal, Retweets aren't endorsements. Made in India, Aged in U.S. Founder @SFLCin | 9,542 |
| _maadhyam_ | Maadhyam | A civic engagement initiative. Keeping a critical eye on Parliament. Bringing citizens closer to policy making. | 4,703 |
| sushantsinha | Sushant Sinha | PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Moved to @sushantsinha@freeradical.zone | 4,402 |
| TheBongHead | The Bong Head | Activist, Journalist, Social scientist | IISc, IIM alumnus | 3,446 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| suchitrav | Suchitra Vijayan | Author: Midnight’s Borders: A People's History of Modern India. Barrister. Founder & ExecDirector: @project_polis @watchthestate; Teach @nyugallatin | 8,111 |
| SonaliVaid | Dr. Sonali Vaid | Global Health| Host #QIThursday | #Complexity| @HarvardChanSPH Alum| #HumanRights| @AspenNewVoices| Words @The_Hindu @livemint | Building @incluvelabs | 6,010 |
| MishiChoudhary | Mishi Choudhary | Personal Account Lawyer Digital Rights, Privacy, OSS, Technology Tweets personal, Retweets aren't endorsements. Made in India, Aged in U.S. Founder @SFLCin | 5,033 |
| vasundhar | @Vasundhar@mastodon.social | ☯️☮️Explorer,Bioinfo*cian,Linux Lover,Dad.Journey in Bits &Bytes from Entrepreneurial to Entrepreneur&more.IIMC,IBAB,IBM Alum.tweets personal. | 5,001 |
| KelseyUtne | Dr. Kelsey J. Utne | Assistant Prof of History | Prison Educator | South Asia, Death, Digital Humanities, Heritage, Maps, Medicine | she/her | @KelseyUtne@mstdn.social | 4,902 |
| hemanthPothula | Adv Hemanth Pothula | Advocate. Tweets are personal. | 4,781 |
| Ngamminlien15 | 𝑵𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏 𝑯𝒂𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒑 | ✞ 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖 𝑳𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒔𝒆𝒕 ✒Sabbath Keeper🙏 ✒Commemorated 100th yrs of Anglo-Kuki War 1917-1919 ✒Sociologist 📚🌾🌿 https://t.co/IUA2UHXBr8 | 3,979 |
| ZachTumin | Zach Tumin | Prof. (Adj) @ColumbiaSIPA. Author of "Precisely" (@ColumbiaUP 2023), and "Collaborate or Perish," with Bill Bratton (2012). | 2,731 |
| almostinfamous | DharmaVirodhi Aditya | 🎫 Completely Fungible Token 🎫 🤔retweets are confusions🤔 photos only account at @photosbyaditya the 6 million fav man | 2,600 |
| archimags | Meghana میگھنا मेघना ਮੇਘਨਾ :-) | Architect, designer, amateur photographer. Love #Kashmir, coffee, chocolates, gadgets, travel & the Himalayas! | 2,506 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| MishiChoudhary | Personal Account Lawyer Digital Rights, Privacy, OSS, Technology Tweets personal, Retweets aren't endorsements. Made in India, Aged in U.S. Founder @SFLCin | 48 |
| SFLCin | Defending Digital Freedom in India since 2010. We promote Open Knowledge, Free Speech, Online Privacy, Innovation & Equality - @IFEX Member - Join our force🖖 | 36 |
| DIMPLEDLOLO | Advocate ⚖️ My mentors guide my trajectory but it is my experiences that sharpen my competency 💖 | 3 |
| _zenman | Coder, maker and free spirit. Love poetry, films and travel. Left the 9-5 grind to build solo in '23. Sharing my experiences along the way.👣 | 2 |
| IFEX | IFEX is a nexus for free expression expertise contributed by over 100 member organisations, spanning 70 countries. RTs ≠ endorsements. @ifex@mastodon.ngo | 2 |
| Kushagr_sinha | Lawyer | Digital Rights Activist | Liberty and Justice | Poetry and Philosophy | History and Politics | Friendship and Humor | धर्मो रक्षति रक्षितः | 2 |
| archimags | Architect, designer, amateur photographer. Love #Kashmir, coffee, chocolates, gadgets, travel & the Himalayas! | 2 |
| PrasanthTweets | Lawyer and Legal Director at https://t.co/gepLvAPwE0. Passionate about Internet freedom, free software and privacy. Tweets personal & do not reflect the views of https://t.co/rVg5AH19PD | 2 |
| asdofindia | Contrarian. Follow me on telegram at https://t.co/CdQxxdVLqC | 1 |
| bmc_newstv | - | 1 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1638491182744346624 | Internet freedom NGO @SFLCin has shared a map showing the current extent of the internet shutdowns in Punjab which were extended in parts to March 23. The suspension of mobile services began on March 18. India has the most government forced internet shutdowns in the world. https://t.co/HEKFLsNhvS | 120 |
| 1639126778642853890 | #SupremeCourt agreed to list a petition filed by @SFLCin challenging #internetshutdowns in various states across the country. The matter was listed before a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala. https://t.co/KzGq01lMnA | 11 |
| 1637484964374622209 | @SFLCin statement on statewide internet shutdown in Punjab. Read more in the thread. #Punjab #LetTheNetWork #InternetShutdowns @NetShutdowns https://t.co/hSDjMzrHr8 | 9 |
| 1637831670672896003 | Defending Digital Freedoms Please support us. The merch is cool too!! @SFLCin https://t.co/z5EgT461yT | 6 |
| 1637762539588308992 | #SupremeCourt lists petition challenging various Internet Shutdowns in various states to prevent cheating in examinations in July 2023. @SFLCin #SupremeCourt #SupremeCourtOfIndia #InternetShutdown https://t.co/f2JlAEa1kW | 5 |
| 1638495514931986432 | The #SupremeCourt agreed to hear a public interest litigation (PIL) moved by the software policy group @SFLCin challenging the administrative #internetshutdown orders issued by government departments at the state and central levels. https://t.co/jrWclp3oxt | 4 |
| 1638448285579968513 | #Punjab government lifted the mobile #internetshutdown imposed in the State on Tuesday afternoon. This was India’s 700th recorded internet shutdown, according to @SFLCin's Internet Shutdowns Tracker. @NetShutdowns #LetTheNetWork https://t.co/D7TVcG8xDr | 4 |
| 1637776056751906818 | #LostVoices @SFLCin have filed a Right to Information application and are collecting the experiences of everyday folks to bring the ground reality to light. @SFLCin will continue our fight in courts and engage with authorities to stop this practice. #Punjab #LetTheNetWork https://t.co/KiuS7MGpVr | 4 |
| 1638774087307735042 | @SFLCin pointed out that India is a record-breaker when it comes to its number of #internetshutdowns. @NetShutdowns #LetTheNetWork #KeepItOn https://t.co/vqauQ7zDH8 | 4 |
| 1638467323693522944 | @SFLCin argued that shutting down the #Internet for an entire state is not a proportionate exercise of statutory power and goes against the judgment of the Anuradha Bhasin v UoI. #SupremeCourt judgement. https://t.co/UflQkYVYXm | 4 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1638491182744346624 | Internet freedom NGO @SFLCin has shared a map showing the current extent of the internet shutdowns in Punjab which were extended in parts to March 23. The suspension of mobile services began on March 18. India has the most government forced internet shutdowns in the world. https://t.co/HEKFLsNhvS | 183 |
| 1637762539588308992 | #SupremeCourt lists petition challenging various Internet Shutdowns in various states to prevent cheating in examinations in July 2023. @SFLCin #SupremeCourt #SupremeCourtOfIndia #InternetShutdown https://t.co/f2JlAEa1kW | 27 |
| 1637831670672896003 | Defending Digital Freedoms Please support us. The merch is cool too!! @SFLCin https://t.co/z5EgT461yT | 19 |
| 1639126778642853890 | #SupremeCourt agreed to list a petition filed by @SFLCin challenging #internetshutdowns in various states across the country. The matter was listed before a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala. https://t.co/KzGq01lMnA | 16 |
| 1637443665399361539 | India shuts down Internet yet again. Follow @NetShutdowns @SFLCin for details @digitalplanet @washingtonpost @WIRED @scroll_in @ndtv | 14 |
| 1637484964374622209 | @SFLCin statement on statewide internet shutdown in Punjab. Read more in the thread. #Punjab #LetTheNetWork #InternetShutdowns @NetShutdowns https://t.co/hSDjMzrHr8 | 11 |
| 1639180369646821376 | 13 Milestones across 13 Years! 🚩@SFLCin launched its Free Speech Tracker. The Tracker aims to track free speech violations and the laws governing free speech in India through publicly available data collected by volunteers with @SFLCin. https://t.co/86D812SiAq https://t.co/oLd66uEkAJ | 7 |
| 1638037412222779392 | 13 Milestones across 13 Years! 🚩@SFLCin has been running @NetShutdowns since 2012. It tracks #InternetShutdowns across India to draw attention to the troubling trend of disconnecting access to Internet services. #LetTheNetWork https://t.co/KIMBAtjsOd | 6 |
| 1636628909184655362 | 📢Hearing Update @SFLCin petition before the Supreme Court challenging the arbitrary internet shutdowns to prevent cheating in exams "Software Freedom Law Center, India vs. State of Arunachal Pradesh & Ors.” WP(C) 314/2022 has been listed for 20th March, 2023 (Monday). | 6 |
| 1637394042261590017 | #Punjab has witnessed 46 shutdowns since 2012. However, such a vague, undefined and expansive shutdown which stretches across the entire state is a rarity and @SFLCin has filed an RTI to dig more about the issue and track it thoroughly. https://t.co/fE5YSMeuxf | 5 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #punjab | 25 |
| #letthenetwork | 23 |
| #internetshutdowns | 21 |
| #supremecourt | 16 |
| #internetshutdown | 9 |
| #internet | 7 |
| #dst | 5 |
| #lostvoices | 4 |
| #encryption | 4 |
| #keepiton | 3 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @sflcin | 181 |
| @netshutdowns | 21 |
| @mishichoudhary | 12 |
| @baaznewsorg | 11 |
| @goi_meity | 4 |
| @prasanthtweets | 4 |
| @internetfreedom | 3 |
| @radhikajhalani | 2 |
| @muso512 | 2 |
| @therecord_media | 2 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
23
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 🚩 | 17 | triangular_flag |
| 📢 | 10 | loudspeaker |
| 🙌 | 2 | raising_hands |
| 😃 | 2 | grinning_face_with_big_eyes |
| 👏 | 1 | clapping_hands |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Flags | 17 |
| Objects | 10 |
| People & Body | 3 |
| Smileys & Emotion | 2 |