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TikTok craze a ticking time bomb for city
by Gulam Jeelani — published Apr 17, 2019 — filed under:
Unlike YouTube, where videos take a long time to upload, on TikTok it happens in a matter of seconds. Not just the youth, the trend has captured the imagination of criminals too.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Securing the internet’s future
by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 28, 2016 — filed under:
Mike Godwin, who proposed the eponymous law about online discussion threads, speaks about net neutrality, differential pricing and why no government is likely to oppose stricter surveillance measures.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
On Google Maps, JNU top result in search for 'anti-national'
by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 29, 2016 — filed under:
"Anti-national" is not a location. But Google Maps seems to have an address for it - Jawaharlal Nehru University in the capital. On Friday, Google Maps pinned other such "locations" in the same place. It yielded the same result for other search terms such as "sedition," "freedom of expression," and "patriotism."
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Debate: Five Aadhaar Myths that Don’t Stand Up to Scrutiny
by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 23, 2016 — last modified Apr 01, 2016 03:48 PM — filed under: , ,
We need to reboot the Aadhaar debate by asking why we want to create a centralised biometric database of Indian residents in the first place.
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Pratap Vikram Singh - Why Aadhaar is Baseless?
by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 17, 2016 — last modified Apr 02, 2016 05:31 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
This article by Pratap Vikram Singh, Governance Now, discusses the problems emerging out of the UIDAI project due to its lack of mechanisms for informed and granular consent, and for seeking recourse in the case of denial of service. The article quotes Sumandro Chattapadhyay and mentions Hans Varghese Mathew's work on the biometric basis of UIDAI. It was written before the Aadhaar bill was passed in Lok Sabha.
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Blog Entry Surveillance Project
by Sunil Abraham — published Apr 05, 2016 — filed under: , ,
The Aadhaar project’s technological design and architecture is an unmitigated disaster and no amount of legal fixes in the Act will make it any better.
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Blog Entry Aadhaar: Still Too Many Problems
by Pranesh Prakash — published Mar 07, 2016 — last modified Apr 06, 2016 03:31 PM — filed under: , ,
While one wishes to welcome govt’s attempt to bring Aadhaar within a legislative framework, the fact is there are too many problems that still remain unaddressed for one to be optimistic.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
GNI-Industry Dialogue Learning Session: Human Rights Impact Assessments and Due Diligence in the ICT sector
by Elonnai Hickok — published Mar 11, 2016 — last modified Apr 06, 2016 03:42 PM — filed under: ,
Elonnai Hickok attended the meeting organized by Global Network Initiative on March 11, 2016 in Washington D.C.
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Blog Entry Infographic: The Impending Right to Privacy Judgment
by Amber Sinha and Pooja Saxena — published Aug 22, 2017 — filed under: ,
The ruling will be important not just for the immediate Aadhaar case but also numerous other matters to do with state intrusions, decisional autonomy and informational privacy.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry MediaNama - #NAMAprivacy: The Future of User Data (Delhi, Sep 6)
by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Sep 05, 2017 — last modified Sep 05, 2017 10:22 AM — filed under: , , , , , ,
MediaNama is hosting a full day conference on "the future of user data in India", on the 6th of September 2017, which is particularly significant given the recent Supreme Court ruling on the fundamental right to privacy, and two government consultations: one at the TRAI, and another at MEITY. This discussion is supported by Facebook, Google, and Microsoft. Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Research Director, will participate as a speaker in the session titled "regulating storage, sharing and transfer of data."
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