The Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit Regional office South Asia organized a regional seminar on "Promoting Liberty Digitally" in Sri Lanka from 15th to 17th October 2016. I was asked to speak on "Digital transformation and the role of Civil Society in Sri Lanka" and to be present at a group discussion on "Civil rights and the Internet".
3. 1.13 billion daily active users on average for June
2016
350 million photos uploaded every day
Approximately 84.5% of daily active users are
outside the US and Canada
7. • Not everyone needs to be connected to web to be
influenced by it
• The influence of content on social media in
particular, and online content in general, extends to
groups well beyond those who are directly
connected to, and participating in these online
networks.
• This also puts to rest the often quoted myth that
since Internet penetration is relatively low in the
country, content shared online has little to no
footprint in the larger public consciousness.
13. what’s new?
• Ubiquity of two way communications
• Addressable peoples, even those who IDPs or refugees
• Disintermediated models vs. traditional media model
• People as producers
• Low resolution, hyperlocal helps focus and granularity
• Aggregation of low resolution helps macro analysis and
strategy