What happens to your personal data when you quit a social media platform?

People seldom have a say in how their data is used, stored or deployed.

Katie Mackinnon, The Conversation

· Jan 30, 2023 · 09:30 pm

Is it the lyrics? Is it the energy? Big data tries to predict what makes a song popular

Our research shows that popularity cannot be attributed solely to quantifiable acoustic elements.

Hoda Khalil, The Conversation

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Gabriel Wainer, The Conversation

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Kevin Dick, The Conversation

· Oct 16, 2022 · 11:30 pm

No, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has not suddenly discovered a love for privacy

The Facebook founder’s recent 3,200-word blog post about privacy was seen as a huge shift. It may not be.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Mar 24, 2019 · 07:30 am

Facebook courted legislators and threatened nations to stave off strong data privacy laws

An internal document reveals the extent of lobbying by the social media giant against data privacy legislation.

Carole Cadwalladr, The Guardian

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Duncan Campbell, The Guardian

· Mar 04, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Is the viral #10YearChallenge just another sneaky way for tech firms to gather users’ personal data?

Is it merely an exercise in nostalgia? Or is it providing fodder for facial recognition algorithms on ageing?

Devarsi Ghosh

· Jan 18, 2019 · 11:12 am

Explainer: All you need to know about the Srikrishna panel’s draft data protection law

The law is likely to form the base of India’s data protection architecture, if the government is able to pass it in Parliament.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Jul 28, 2018 · 06:30 am

‘Can we ignore surveillance?’: ‘Save Our Privacy’ calls for tough Indian data protection law

The Srikrishna committee is expected to release its report on what India’s data protection regime should look like soon.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 27, 2018 · 11:30 am

Why we shouldn’t trust everything we see in satellite images

Geospatial data offers a powerful new way to see the world. But caution is key.

Melinda Laituri, The Conversation

· Jun 07, 2018 · 09:30 pm

In age of big data, routine information can be sensitive – and Indian law doesn’t protect us enough

The harvesting of 50 million Facebook users’ data for Trump’s presidential campaign underscores new challenges for data protection.

Malavika Raghavan

· Mar 20, 2018 · 08:00 am

How Big Data discovered that Othello is a comedy (and other adventures in digital Shakespeare)

Algorithms are revealing who wrote his plays.

Arup K Chatterjee, The Conversation

· Sep 25, 2016 · 10:30 am

Facebook analysed all your top ten books and came up with this list

What! No Chetan Bhagat?

Scroll Staff

· Sep 10, 2014 · 07:29 am