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Gujarat’s organic farming schemes exclude women farmers

While governments urge farmers across the country to take up organic farming, gender-agnostic policies discourage women farmers. August 2021 BY- Meenakshi Kapoor On May 14, 2021, while encouraging farmers to take up organic farming as he released the 8th instalment of… Continue Reading →

Emerging Consensus on ‘Ethical AI’: Human Rights Critique of Stakeholder Guidelines

BY -Sakiko Fukuda-Parr and Elizabeth Gibbons Voluntary guidelines on ‘ethical practices’ have been the response by stakeholders to address the growing concern over harmful social consequences of artificial intelligence and digital technologies. Issued by dozens of actors from industry, government… Continue Reading →

The gendered impact of intentional internet shutdowns

 Sandra Aceng  Aug. 3, 2021 Women, gender-diverse persons, and marginalised sections of society across Africa and beyond have been using the internet to overcome the obstacles posed by an imbalance of power and social restrictions. Internet shutdowns, a tool increasingly used… Continue Reading →

The strange case of WhatsApp and the child-kidnappers

Jul 30th 2021 Indians have a particular love affair with WhatsApp. With roughly 400m active users, India is the messaging app’s biggest market BY NIKITA LALWANI One spring day in 2018 the police chief of an agricultural district in southern… Continue Reading →

UIDAI has suggested 28 cuts for ‘Aadhaar’, film already cleared by CBFC

Ghosh said he tried to contact the UIDAI officials, asking for a formal letter with a list of the objections, but there was no response Updated At: Jul 25, 2021 03:03 PM (IST) Mumbai, July 25 The Unique Identification Authority of India… Continue Reading →

Pegasus Hack: How Much Did it Cost to Spy on Citizens?

Offensive cyberware is big business in Israel  Half a million dollars (over 3.5 crore rupees) in installation fees. $650,000 (almost 5 crore rupees) to spy on just 10 Android or iPhone users. And hundreds of thousands dollars more for additional… Continue Reading →

Dalai Lama’s inner circle listed in Pegasus project data

Indian government, which hosts the Tibetan leader, suspected of being NSO client that selected numbers Michael Safi China’s nearest observation posts are hundreds of miles from Dharamsala, the city in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas that hosts Tibet’s government-in-exile… Continue Reading →

Many snooping questions: Official response to Pegasus must be clearer. Plus, system of authorising surveillance is flawed

By Apar Gupta and Vrinda Bhandari That spyware was installed in mobile phones of some Indian citizens – those targeted included journalists, politicians, activists, ministers and even a Supreme Court judge – is not really disputable. Reports on such surveillance… Continue Reading →

What is Pegasus spyware and how does it hack phones?

David Pegg It is the name for perhaps the most powerful piece of spyware ever developed – certainly by a private company. Once it has wormed its way on to your phone, without you noticing, it can turn it into… Continue Reading →

On Pegasus phone tapping news- ‘Who is spying in the government’

In India, on July 18, there were reports on social media that an important report related to the use of spyware software Pegasus is about to be published. These reports gained strength when Subramanian Swamy tweeted about it and wrote that… Continue Reading →

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