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Police to counter fake news on WhatsApp
State police across Karnataka, Assam, Telangana and Kerala are designing social media campaigns as an antidote to fake news on messaging apps like WhatsApp following claims that these platforms have been used to incite violence across several locations in recent weeks.
'Full belief in fake texts shows cops not trusted'
Nilotpal Basu and Abhijeet Nath, an audio engineer and digital artiste, were beaten to death in Assam's Karbi Anglong last week based on rumours that they were kidnappers.
Jindal varsity's international affairs students shine in job market
Turning a common perception on its head, international affairs students of O.P. Jindal Global University here have shown that pursuing a so-called "conventional" course can also open several doors of recruitment including in multinational companies, think tanks and international NGOs.
Data Privacy: Footprints on the Web
Technology has made data protection a hot button issue. Now, a group of eminent citizens, mostly lawyers, have formulated a draft privacy bill, a legal framework that protects the individual’s right to privacy, but it faces legal jurisdiction issues
Death By WhatsApp
The fatal messages were both in text and in audio. They were in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Hindi, Assamese and Gujarati among others.
Is Privacy Obsolete?
Pranesh Prakash was a panelist at this event organized by TERI in Bangalore on June 22, 2018.
Anushka finds support for her anti-litter tirade
She is well within her rights to shame the affluent man who threw plastic waste out of his swanky car, many say.
Citizens’ Draft Privacy Bill Seeks To Revolutionise Data Collection, Storage In India
A draft privacy bill proposes sweeping reforms to the way personal data is collected, processed and stored in India.
EC disables easy access to electoral data across states
The recently-concluded Assembly elections may have set more than just one precedent with implications for the entire nation.
Allow admins to add users to online group chats only after permission: SFLC.in
SFLC.in -- a donor supported legal services organisation -- has written an open letter to messaging service providers like WhatsApp, Facebook and others, urging them to modify their platforms to ensure that users are not added to group chats without their permission.
Patanjali's Kimbho swiftly retreats over security scare, ripped on Twitter
Swadeshi" messaging app targeted at WhatsApp taken off from app stores hours after launch.
BIF Workshop on V Band-New Use Cases under 802.11ad &.11ay
The workshop organized by Broadband India was held on May 31, 2018 at Taj Mansingh (Long Champ) in New Delhi. Shyam Ponappa attended the workshop.
Don't blindly forward WhatsApp messages. You could be sued
Never before in Bengaluru has the Internet and social media taken such a vicious and violent turn as it did last week.
India Proposes Law to Give Indians Complete Control of their Digital Health Data
India’s health ministry has proposed a law to govern data security in the healthcare sector that would give individuals complete ownership of their health data.
Election Experiment Proves Facebook Just Doesn't Care About Fake News In India
Much-hyped fact-checking initiative identified only 30 bits of fake news in month-long Karnataka campaign. Yup — 30!
Alexa’s recording leak in US ‘echoes’ privacy issues here
Market analyst Sanjay Mehta (name changed) has been keeping his Amazon Echo smart speaker mostly unplugged since reports surfaced last week of the device’s voice assistant, Alexa, inadvertently recording and sending out conversations of a family in the US.
IETF Indian Community Meetup: RFCs We Love (IoT edition)
On May 19, 2018, Gurshabad Grover and Sandeep Kumar attended a 'RFCs We Love Meetup' of the Indian IETF Community held at Zoomcar's office in Bangalore. This meetup was dedicated to discussing IETF RFCs/Active Internet Drafts meant for Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
Emerging Technologies: Issues & Way Forward
Aayush Rathi and Gurshabad Grover attended a two day conference on 'Emerging Technologies: Issues & Way Forward' organised by the Technology Policy team at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), held on 23rd and 24th May in Bangalore.
Complying with Europe’s GDPR will be a “matter of survival” for Indian IT firms
Europe’s new data laws could shake up Indian IT companies.
Inter Movements Open Forum: Trafficking Bill
On 18 May 2018 Gurshabad Grover on behalf of CIS presented comments on the Trafficking (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill 2018 at a meeting of the Inter Movements Open Forum jointly organised by Sangram, Naz Foundation, NNSW, Tarshi and VAMP. The meeting was held at India International Centre in New Delhi.
