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Indian #MeToo changing the way technology is used to fight injustice

Clearly, technology has divergent outcomes: it can escalate a global movement for gender justice

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Ayona Datta, Nabeela Ahmed, Rakhi Tripathi | The Conversation

Spin the globe to India and you’ll see it’s lit up like Diwali: the #MeToo movement is rising, and – like its US predecessor – is largely being played out on social media, with very real consequences for well-known public figures. The campaign is not confined to large cities; among the top areas searching the term are small towns across India.

This moment has been a long time coming. The public accounts of violence shared by women using the #MeToo hashtag stretch back to memories of growing up, entering