‘Affront to the dignity of women’: Court denies bail to alleged app creator Niraj Bishnoi

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pankaj Sharma said that the app was a ‘vilification campaign’ against women.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 15, 2022 · 10:57 am

Harassment of Indian Muslim women on apps must be prosecuted, says UN official

Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Fernand de Varennes described ‘Sulli Deals’ as a form of hate speech.

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· Jan 12, 2022 · 04:05 pm

Online harassment of women journalists is a ‘travesty of democratic norms’, says Editors Guild

The journalists’ body demanded that the SC should order a probe into the ‘Tek Fog’ app, and further investigation into the ‘online auction’ of Muslim women.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 11, 2022 · 02:17 pm

Meet the unsung American hero who is saving victims of ransomware free of charge

Michael Gillespie, an obscure programmer at a Nerds on Call repair store, could make millions through his skills. Yet he chooses not to.

Renee Dudley, ProPublica

· Oct 31, 2019 · 09:30 pm

West Bengal government alerts police, schools, colleges after alleged suicides over ‘Momo Challenge’

A woman from Jalpaiguri district and another from Kolkata have filed police complaints alleging that they received an invitation to play the game.

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· Aug 26, 2018 · 04:51 pm

OnePlus confirms credit card breach, says 40,000 users were affected after a system hack

The company said those who entered their card information in the online store between mid-November 2017 and January 11, 2018, were possibly affected.

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· Jan 20, 2018 · 12:47 pm

Ignoring warnings, Facebook allowed political ads that were actually scams and malware

The advertisements raise doubts about the social network’s ability to monitor paid political messages.

Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, Jeff Larson & Julia Angwin, ProPublica

· Dec 11, 2017 · 08:30 pm

Parents sharing too much information about children online can damage their well-being: Unicef

The ‘bedroom culture’ fuelled by cellphones has given children access to the less-supervised internet and endangers safety, a report by the UN agency said.

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· Dec 11, 2017 · 03:14 pm

Hackers target CCleaner software, could have gained control of 20 lakh users’ devices

Two versions of the computer performance optimiser released in August were breached, but authorities severed the server connection.

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· Sep 18, 2017 · 04:44 pm

Google, Apple remove over 300 ‘high-risk’ trading apps from their stores

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission said the owners of these apps did not disclose the risk involved in the trading practice to its users.

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· Aug 02, 2017 · 02:37 pm

How a major internet company is helping websites help serve up hate

Cloudflare provides services to neo-Nazi sites, including giving them personal information on people who complain about their content.

Ken Schwencke, ProPublica

· May 09, 2017 · 11:30 pm

Nine ways to protect your digital privacy in an era of public shaming

These tips help foil hackers, ransomware and online trackers, and ensure the digital safety of personal information.

Julia Angwin,

· Jan 29, 2017 · 09:30 pm