How the internet first freed and then trapped Uighur Muslims in China

An anthropologist found different ways in which Chinese authorities used checkpoints, social media and smartphones to identify and control the group.

Darren Byler, The Conversation

· Sep 21, 2019 · 11:30 pm

AI systems, with their surveillance capabilities, are posing a threat to democracy

Even governments in countries with strong traditions of rule of law find themselves tempted to abuse these new abilities.

Steven Feldstein, The Conversation

· Apr 24, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Order allowing agencies to monitor computers is in national interest, Centre tells Supreme Court

The government was responding to a petition challenging the earlier notification as a violation of the fundamental right to privacy.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 02, 2019 · 09:10 am

SC issues notice to Centre on pleas against order allowing agencies to monitor computers

Two advocates had filed petitions seeking to quash the December 20 notification, calling it undemocratic.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 14, 2019 · 11:36 am

Three experts on IT Act panel say they were not consulted on new rules for snooping on content

Proposed changes to the Intermediary Rules of 2011 allow government to censor a wide range of content it considers objectionable .

Abhishek Dey

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Sruthisagar Yamunan

· Dec 24, 2018 · 07:23 pm

Petitions filed in SC against Centre’s order allowing agencies to monitor computers

Two separate pleas were submitted, one of them by advocate ML Sharma who was recently fined by the top court for filing ‘frivolous’ petitions.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 24, 2018 · 02:12 pm

With new rules to snoop on online content, India is moving towards the Chinese model of surveillance

India can only battle disinformation online once it passes a comprehensive privacy law.

Apar Gupta

· Dec 24, 2018 · 02:01 pm

‘Issued under rules made in 2009’: Centre clarifies its order allowing agencies to monitor computers

The Centre said no new powers have been conferred to any central agency and every individual case will continue to require approval of the Union home secretary.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 21, 2018 · 06:26 pm

Home Ministry order on computer surveillance is not new – UPA introduced provisions in 2008

The notification merely reproduces powers already available in the IT Act.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· Dec 21, 2018 · 04:39 pm

Bangladesh ramps up efforts to monitor social media after months of student-led agitations

Facebook and other social networking websites helped drum up support for protests. But the government says it was also used to spread misinformation.

Faisal Mahmud

· Aug 21, 2018 · 07:30 am

Aadhaar authority wants to monitor social media to identify ‘top detractors’ and fix ‘sentiments’

After I&B ministry, now Aadhaar authority wants to watch your social media conversations

Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava

· Jul 28, 2018 · 09:00 am

Can a national facial recognition database protect countries from terrorism?

The Council of Australian Governments recently committed to sharing of biometrics. But it won’t be cost effective or proportionate, and may result in harm.

Bruce Baer Arnold, The Conversation

· Oct 09, 2017 · 08:30 pm