‘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.

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· Dec 25, 2018 · 03:23 pm

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.

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· Dec 24, 2018 · 11:53 am

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.

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· Dec 04, 2018 · 05:00 pm

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.

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· Nov 30, 2018 · 08:49 pm

40 government departments are using a social media surveillance tool – and little is known of it

The limited information publicly available on the AASMA tool suggests it can track social media profiles, devices and their locations.

Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava

· Sep 04, 2018 · 09:00 am

Video: Will the draft data protection bill protect your right to privacy? Probably not

The draft Bill authorises the State to collect data without the consent of the person. And doesn’t put any checks on Aadhaar.

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· Jul 30, 2018 · 04:05 pm

The draft data protection bill is a step forward – but nowhere close to what India needs

The committee’s report is the most comprehensive undertaking of data protection yet, but still falls short.

Smitha Krishna Prasad

· Jul 29, 2018 · 08:00 am

Indian government requested for data over 12,000 times in second half of 2017, says Facebook

Only the United States made more requests during that period, around 32,700.

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· May 17, 2018 · 11:59 am

Mapped: The array of election-related work done by Cambridge Analytica’s parent firm globally

So far, the focus has been on CA’s impact in the US and UK, but SCL Elections claims to have a far larger footprint.

Devjyot Ghoshal, qz.com

· Mar 31, 2018 · 03:12 pm

Cambridge Analytica’s parent firm SCL proposed a massive political machine for India’s 2014 polls

SCL claimed to employ 300 permanent staff and 1,400 consultant staff prior to the country’s 2014 general elections, according to documents obtained by Quartz.

Itika Sharma Punit, qz.com

· Mar 30, 2018 · 01:30 pm

Cambridge Analytica scandal: Calls to #DeleteFacebook won’t make the social network go away

Young people are abandoning Facebook and calls to delete profiles are growing over the alleged exploitation of data for political campaigns.

Amy Binns, The Conversation

· Mar 29, 2018 · 09:30 pm

New Firefox extension will stop Facebook from tracking users’ online activity, says Mozilla

Users will be able to access the social media site on a separate ‘container tab’, which will hide their Facebook identity from other websites.

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· Mar 28, 2018 · 05:14 pm