Data Surveillance
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India's population, poverty and consumption data are missing, experts allege political manipulation
Several important datasets that help in formulating government policies have not been released for over two years.
Prachi Salve, IndiaSpend.com
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Bangladesh’s new online content regulation rules threaten user privacy and free speech
Under the rules, service providers will have to store user details locally and comply with government requests to disclose information.
Shahzeb Mahmood
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Why a whistleblower’s allegations about a ‘government agent’ at Twitter should worry all Indians
India has no data protection law, leaving the users’ information open to misuse even as the BJP-ruled Centre has tried to silence critics on the platform.
Karnika Kohli
Trending
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US charges Indian man for alleged plot to murder Sikh separatist in New York
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Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu likely to receive very heavy rainfall amid possible cyclone
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J&K: NIT Srinagar student booked for alleged derogatory post about Prophet Muhammad
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How Uttar Pradesh’s halal ban has plunged the processed food industry into chaos
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Pithora is for the gods, not for products, say Adivasis
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After Roe v Wade reversal, women in the US are right to be wary of period-tracking apps
Digital data may well be used to identify, track and incriminate women who seek abortion.
Uri Gal, The Conversation
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Cautionary tale: The Taliban could get access to Afghans’ biometric data collected by the US
Here’s why this could be a lesson in the life-and-death consequences of data privacy.
Margaret Hu, The Conversation
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Instagram’s redesign shift toward shopping can be harmful to its users
Features like the Shop tab facilitate surveillance capitalism.
Nazanin Andalibi, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: Journalist-satirist parodies TV newsroom discussions on election results day
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Watch: Australian teacher explains how to master English pronunciation and talk like Shashi Tharoor
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On TV: Reporter crawls through roadside pipe to show how trapped workers were rescued in Uttarakhand
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IFFI Goa: Michael Douglas tries the ‘Naatu Naatu’ hookstep, delivers Amitabh Bachchan’s dialogue
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Caught on camera: Panic after passenger jumps out of emergency exit of plane at US airport
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Indian government forms expert panel to examine alleged Chinese snooping on politicians
Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar wrote to Congress leader KC Venugopal that the ministry has taken up the matter with the Chinese envoy.
Scroll Staff
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Facial recognition: As airports in India start using the technology, how will it be regulated?
While Indians have the right to privacy, there is still no law to protect their data from misuse.
Vijayta Lalwani
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‘Unlawful’ online content: Centre says it has started consulting stakeholders on draft rules
The draft proposes to make it compulsory for online platforms to help the government trace the origin of ‘unlawful content’ whenever requested by authorities.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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A new Annapurna Devi film could be the last word on the recluse – or the start of a new quest
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How Jeo Baby’s risky ‘Kaathal’ fell into place: ‘Once Mammootty agreed, everything became easy’
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee stars in survival drama ‘Joram’
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Start the week with a film: Darbhanga blues in ‘Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar’
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Eye Spy: What doing the ‘dunki’ means – and where we first heard the term
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Draft rules want web platforms to help government trace, remove ‘unlawful’ content: Indian Express
This could potentially require platforms to break end-to-end encryption of data to help trace the origin of messages.
Scroll Staff
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Quora says about 100 million users may have been hit by a data breach
The cause of the breach, which was detected on Friday, is being investigated.
Scroll Staff
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Marriott hotel chain says around 500 million of its guests may have been hit by a data breach
The company said hackers have accessed the guest reservation database of its Starwood brand of hotels such as Sheraton, Le Méridien and St Regis.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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England tour of India: Shreyanka Patil stars as India A beat England A in first T20I
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Boxing, Men’s National C’ships: Shiva Thapa, Amit Panghal cruise into quarter-finals on day four
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Badminton, Syed Modi International: Unnati Hooda, Priyanshu Rajawat advance; Kidambi Srikanth exits
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Cricket: India head coach Rahul Dravid and other team support staff’s contracts extended by BCCI
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Australia tour of India: Glenn Maxwell century keeps visitors alive in T20I series