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Indian Govt wants unrestricted access to non- personal data of citizens from e- commerce , social media companies

SUNNY SENNOV 28, 2019 08:01:50 IST The government wants unfettered access to all non-personal data, officials told Tech2, staking out a position that is bound to ruffle feathers in the fast-growing digital economy. If the government has its way, anonymised and… Continue Reading →

Charges of “Maoism” and “Naxalism” used to harass Indian journalists

N. Venugopal (left) accused of participating in a “Maoist conspiracy” to overthrow Telangana state government, while his colleague Doddipalya Narasimha Murthy (right) is currently in detention in reference to a complaint filed against him 25 years ago, in 1994. Delhi-based… Continue Reading →

Maharashtra CPM MLA snubs 5-star stay offer to address farmers amid govt crisis

At a time when Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress MLAs are being shifted from one five-star hotel to another to keep them from straying, there is one MLA who seems far removed from the power-brokering process. Communist Party of India… Continue Reading →

Video of BJP critic warning journalist about reporting against govt shared as BJP leader’s threat

Jignesh Patel21st November 2019 An 82-second-clip of a man speaking to a reporter from Times of Today, a digital news portal, is circulating on social media. Facebook user Sukhwinder Singh posted the video with the message, “GUNDA GARDI…”. The post has garnered close to 14,000 shares…. Continue Reading →

260 personalities, including Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood, urge govt to restore Aatish Taseer’s citizenship

In the letter, the personalities have urged the Modi government to restore Aatish Taseer’s Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card while claiming that the Indian government is “likely retaliating” against Taseer for his critical coverage of PM Modi. Aatish Taseer… Continue Reading →

Explained: WhatsApp’s case vs Israeli spyware firm NSO, and how attack happened

WhatsApp claims it detected the attack in May 2019 and found that NSO exploited a “buffer overflow vulnerability in WhatsApp VOIP stack” to send its Pegasus malware to the target devices, even without the users answering the calls they received…. Continue Reading →

“I worked on political ads at Facebook. They profit by manipulating us.”

By: Yaël Eisenstat Published in: The Washington PostDate: November 4, 2019 I joined Facebook in June 2018 as its “head of Global Elections Integrity Ops” in the company’s business integrity organization, focused specifically on political advertising. I had spent much of my career working… Continue Reading →

Surya Kant, chief justice of Himachal Pradesh, likely to be elevated to SC despite allegations of corruption and tax evasion

Courting Controversy Surya Kant, chief justice of Himachal Pradesh, likely to be elevated to SC despite allegations of corruption and tax evasion ATUL DEV Surya Kant, the chief justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, is likely to be elevated… Continue Reading →

Kaifi Azmi’s relevance in times of communal hatred

By Sheshu Babu* The above poem ‘Doosra Banvas’ by Kaifi Azmi, written in the aftermath of the Babri Masjid demolition, reveals the contradictions of the movement that caused it, and is relevant even today. “I was born in a slave… Continue Reading →

Narendra Modi App Has A Fake News Problem

Samarth Bansal NaMo app, the personal mobile application of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is as vulnerable to communal propaganda and fake news as Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter. Originally posted on DisFact, my weekly newsletter about Indian politics, policy… Continue Reading →

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