With the COVID-19 lockdowns and the dearth of meeting people in real world, several people are exploring options for date online. While dating apps like tinder and bumble have been available for a while, there is an increase of their use with the lockdown. Couples who are separated due to the lockdown are being intimate online. While the internet and these apps provide an option to explore intimacy online, they also bring in risks of privacy and security. In this episode we discuss various issues of online dating with Asmita Ghosh, a sex-positive feminist and activist, a former Campaign Lead at Feminism in India.

<div>With the COVID-19 lockdowns and the dearth of meeting people in real world, several people are exploring options for date online. While dating apps like tinder and bumble have been available for a while, there is an increase of their use with the lockdown. Couples who are separated due to the lockdown are being intimate online. While the internet and these apps provide an option to explore intimacy online, they also bring in risks of privacy and security. In this episode we discuss various issues of online dating with Asmita Ghosh, a sex-positive feminist and activist, a former Campaign Lead at Feminism in India.</div>

The second season of Cyber Democracy podcast focuses on understanding how technology is a site for gendered politics in India. Through conversations with female and trans-queer grassroots practitioners, the podcast will discuss how our gender and intersectional identities shape our experiences of and engagements with technologies and the Internet.

Show Host: Radhika Radhakrishnan
 (https://twitter.com/so_radhikal)

Season 1

What does Democracy mean in this age of cyber? How does the government benefit from the sale of our data? What is data economy? And does the internet give us the right to be forgotten? These and many more questions will be discussed, debated and answered in Cyber Democracy, a new podcast offering from Suno India.

Show Host: Srinivas Kodali (https://twitter.com/digitaldutta)

Advertisement