Losing access to the Indian market may not turn out to be a big deal for Twitter.
...Full StoryFor years, Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook turned a blind eye to everything the ultra-right and Trumpists did on the platform. All in the name of free speech.
...Full StoryWhile the world is balancing privacy and public health even in this difficult time, the Indian government's Aarogya Setu app is emulating Chinese government's all-controlling, all-tracking system.
...Full StoryThe country lives from moment to moment, without forming a memory, without contemplating the past or the future.
...Full StoryNews flash: Conversation, as we know it, is dead and there is nothing we can do about it. The culprit through, is someone we all love and adore.
...Full StoryMuch has been theorised about how big tech and social media have disrupted societies across the world. The aftermath of Pulwama is this theory demonstrated in practice.
...Full StoryInteractive videos may turn out to be mindless fun and good entertainment, but they may also enable a kind of dystopia that will go beyond even the ones imagined in sci-fi novels.
...Full StoryThe internet remembers every click we make and then uses the information to define you and me.
...Full StoryThe interactivity offered by this episode of 'Black Mirror' on Netflix is overbearing.
...Full StoryThe problem is that our belief in the goodness of technology blindsided us to the devil inside us humans.
...Full StoryAhead of 2019 polls, India needs to be prepared for 'hackers' looking to meddle with its internal politics.
...Full StoryWith immediate effect, banks and telecom companies have to stop asking people for their Aadhaar numbers or conduct e-KYC based on Aadhaar.
...Full StoryThe dissent by Justice DY Chandrachud in today's verdict recognises the perils of Aadhaar well.
...Full StoryBrutal lynchings fuelled by rumours spread via unrestricted WhatsApp in India is making the Chinese model of tight control on internet and messaging look good.
...Full StorySelfish as it is in its privacy push, the tech giant is looking at greater good.
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...Full StoryAt I/O 2018, Google demoed Duplex, a new kind of AI that will talk to people on behalf of its human masters in a very human-like manner.
...Full StoryLet there be no confusion that Aadhaar is a surveillance technology for all practical purposes.
...Full StoryAfter how people have used FB data to undermine democratic processes, Indian regulators cannot be seen working with the firm.
...Full StoryFace scanning is more expensive, more difficult to do and arguably less secure and robust than fingerprint scanning.
...Full StoryThis conversation needs to be happen now because in 2019 we will be voting in the general election.
...Full StoryThe only way to end the UID tyranny is to throw it out.
...Full StoryThe results are not going to be pretty.
...Full StoryA rather unusual choice for a national dish in a country full of eateries serving kababs, koftas and, ahem, grilled pigeons stuffed with rice.
...Full StoryBehind every friendly face, behind every smile, there is a motive.
...Full StoryEven in mature democracies, only the legislature is democratic. The executive and judiciary aren't.
...Full StoryIf party leaders say they were not warned about Aadhaar, they are lying.
...Full StoryThey derive too much power from the networking site.
...Full StoryI don't understand what is the more frightening part here.
...Full StorySince there is no proper procedure in the country for internet practices, the list of websites you can’t access in India has only grown.
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