By DIYA VASUDEVAN<\/p>\n
I recently wrote a post about how I dislike the idea of using Twitter because of the\u00a0repercussions it could have on my image and how perspective employers might judge me from that. Overall, I didn’t believe the that the benefits of Twitter outweighed the negative repercussions.<\/p>\n
For me being cautious about what I post is about prospective\u00a0employment and nothing else. However, for some around the world being cautious is based of a whole other ball game. I read recently that a 19 year old in India was jailed over a Facebook post<\/a>. As a Third Culture Kid from India, I never really experienced the dangers of being outspoken in a country such as India, simply because I really didn’t live there for a very long time.<\/p>\n How can a teenager be arrested over a Facebook post that didn’t threaten or allude to violence but merely expressed distaste? Well, this isn’t the first time this has a happened. In November 2012 two young Indian women were jailed overnight for a Facebook post they had made regarding a supposedly great (evidently corrupt) politician. They expressed their distaste regarding the fact that the city of Mumbai was treating him like a great leader that he really wasn’t.<\/p>\n I think that jailing someone based solely upon their opinions is\u00a0ludicrous and, from what I have learned in the few months that I have lived in America, it would not be tolerated here. Having the freedom to say what I want to say as long as I’m not actually threatening anyone is something that I now see as gift. However, the freedom to say what I want when I want especially on forums such as Facebook should not be a privilege, the teenager in India deserves this right as much as I do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By DIYA VASUDEVAN I recently wrote a post about how I dislike the idea of using Twitter because of the\u00a0repercussions it could have on my image and how perspective employers might judge me from that. Overall, I didn’t believe the … Continue reading