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Consilience 2018
National Law School of India University, Bangalore organized The Future of Blockchain Technology: Evolving a Framework for its Adoption and Regulation in India on May 5, 2018. Swaraj Barooah panel on "e-Governance and Public Service Delivery using Blockchain Technology" at Consilience 2018.
Comment: India's NTP 2018 gets digital makeover but needs complimentary policies
Criticism notwithstanding, Indian bureaucratic mandarins—babus as they are referred to in local lingo—do come up with draft policies that are contemporaneous, and at times when it’s least expected.
India's National ID Project Brings Pain to Those it Aims to Help
Poor management, corruption and fraud are threatening to derail the world’s largest national identity project.
RightsCon Toronto 2018
RightsCon is organizing the 2018 edition of the event at Beanfield Centre at Exhibition Place, Toronto in Canada. A session on Pervasive Technologies project titled "Cheap and chipper: IP in India’s affordable smartphones" is scheduled on May 17, 5.15 p.m. to 6.15 p.m. in the International Trade and the Commons track. (Room #203B, Beanfield Centre).
Use of AI and ML in Healthtech Will Not Be Limited to Services Alone, Say These Experts
The healthcare segment will see significant entrepreneurial activity and more investment coming in the sector.
Meeting of Coalition for an Inclusive Approach on the Trafficking Bill
Gurshabad Grover attended a meeting of the Coalition for an Inclusive Approach on the Trafficking Bill at the Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore on May 3, 2018.
Digital India' in Dire Need of Safety Policy Reboot - Cybersecurity Experts
Some experts say the need of the hour is for India to update its cybersecurity policy to respond to growing threats in cyberspace. Information warfare specialists hint at the local storage of digital information as the key to the cybersecurity of the country.
Artificial Intelligence for Growth: Leveraging AI and Robotics for India's Economic Transformation
Amber Sinha took part in the second international conference organized by ASSOCHAM at Hotel Shangri-La in New Delhi on April 27, 2018.
#NAMApolicy on Online Content Regulation
Swaraj Barooah attended the #NAMApolicy on Online Content Regulation organized by Media Nama at India Habitat Centre in New Delhi on May 3, 2018.
Cyber experts say 'playground open' for influencing elections
Cyber experts said that under the provisions provided by 43 (A) of Indian IT Act, two types of data collection are completely legal: first, the data shared by the user in the public domain and secondly, the data published by the social platforms, like Facebook.
Data Usage by Political Parties
Sunil Abraham spoke to ANI regarding collection of data and its use by political parties for electoral gains.
Now, Twitter too caught up in Cambridge Analytica controversy
Twitter does not share a break-up of users by region, the platform has less than 100 million users in India.
You Are Not the Only One: India stares at a loneliness epidemic
“To anyone looking at me from the outside, I seem like a fairly successful woman. I have a good job with great pay. I am in a relationship and have a bunch of close friends. I couldn’t figure out why I felt so angry or so lonely all the time.
Aadhaar data of over 89 lakh MNREGA workers in Andhra Pradesh leaked online
Independent security researcher Kodali Srinivas tweeted screenshots of Aadhaar data of 89,38,138 MNREGA workers available on the Andhra Pradesh Benefit Disbursement Portal.
PAI WG Labor and Economy Meeting
Elonnai Hickok co-chaired the first PAI Labor and Economy WG in NYC on April 25, 2018.
Metrolife: Brutality porn has sadly many takers in India
The name of the eight-year old Kathua rape victim is trending not just on social media but also on a porn site.
ICANN 61 Readout
Akriti Bopanna attended an ICANN61 Readout session on the 19th of April at the International Institute of Information Technology at Electronic City in Bengaluru.
Facebook’s fake news clean-up hits language barrier
The sheer diversity of India’s ethnic languages could defeat Facebook’s move to get content moderators and use artificial intelligence (AI) to counter the spread of misinformation on its platform ahead of the general elections next year, experts said.
Wikipedia Will Reward You For Translating English Articles To Indian Languages
India has seen a substantial growth in the number of internet users since the introduction of attractive prices by Jio. Internet adoption is seen as the key to bridging the divide between urban and rural populations and an important means of increasing literacy, especially in the backward parts of the country.
Is This The Beginning Of The End For Facebook?
After two days of congressional hearings that collectively lasted over ten hours, there are many questions about Facebook, its policies and its future that experts are debating.
