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10 Mar 2019
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More urban Indian women are acting against offensive calls and text messagesMore Indian women are fighting back against sexual harassment they face over phone calls and text messages, a survey shows.
8 Mar 2019
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Why entrepreneurs are wary of the new draft e-commerce policyRaka Chakrawarti, an entrepreneur from Mumbai, is tensed these days, not about her business, which is booming, but over the rules of the Draft National e-Commerce Policy.
8 Mar 2019
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RFCs We Love: Transport & Apps EditionThe 2nd meetup of RFCs we love in 2019 was held at Go-Jek in Domlur on 2nd March 2019 in partnership with Bangalore Mobile performance group. Gurshabad Grover was a speaker at this event organized by India Internet Engineering Society.
7 Mar 2019
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Seminar on “Evolution of communication: Social Media & Beyond”Sunil Abraham will be a speaker at this event organized by TRAI on March 15 at Hotel Radisson Blu GRT, Near Airport, Chennai. Sunil will be speaking on How should Internet Giants- Social Media, Search engines and ad tech be Regulated.
7 Mar 2019
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Nullcon Security ConferenceOn March 1 and 2, 2019, Karan Saini attended the Nullcon Security Conference organized by Nullcon at Holiday Inn Resort, Mobor Beach, Cavelossim, Salcette, Goa.
7 Mar 2019
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'Website not found' pop-ups leave net activists fumingInternet activists are concerned over what they term as rising instances of websites being blocked by internet service providers (ISPs) and the government without citing any reason for doing so.
6 Mar 2019
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'Website not found' pop-ups leave net activists fumingInternet activists are concerned over what they term as rising instances of websites being blocked by internet service providers (ISPs) and the government without citing any reason for doing so.
3 Mar 2019
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Risk integration is key to better cybersecurity managementDigital connectivity plays an anchor role in unlocking innovation and prosperity around the world, but increasing cyber threat is a roadblock to collective path of progress.
3 Mar 2019
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Participation in the meeting of BIS LITD 17Gurshabad Grover participated in the fifteenth meeting of the Information Systems Security and Biometrics Sectional Committee (LITD 17) of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), which was conducted online on February 26.
3 Mar 2019
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Over 30 organisations, industry bodies oppose proposal to ban vape contentMore than 30 organisations and industry bodies, including Ficci, CII and the Cellular Operators Association of India, have written to the Electronics and IT Ministry (MeitY), urging it not to ban online content related to the Electronic …
3 Mar 2019
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Any failure to resolve the Kashmir problem could lead the South Asia to a nuclear disasterWorld Kashmir Awareness (WKA) Board in its meeting on February 23, 2019 regrets the death of 45 Indian soldiers recently killed at Pulwama, Kashmir.
1 Mar 2019
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Feminist Internet Research Network (FIRN) Convening DesignAmbika Tandon attended a workshop organized by Association for Progressive Communications for grantees of the Feminist Internet Research Network as a panelist on a session on feminist research methods.. The workshop was held from 27 …
28 Feb 2019
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OWASP Seasides ConferenceKaran Saini attended the OWASP Seasides security conference held on February 27 and 28, 2019 at Cavelossim, Goa. The event was organized by OWASP Seasides.
27 Feb 2019
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Imagine a Feminist Internet: Research, Practice and Policy in South AsiaInternet Democracy Project and Point of View co-organized a two-day Imagine a Feminist Internet event in Sri Lanka on 22011 and 22 February 2019. Ambika Tandon was a speaker and presented a paper 'Framing Reproductive Health as a Data …
22 Feb 2019
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Webinar on counter-comments to the draft Intermediary GuidelinesCCAOI and the ISOC Delhi Chapter organised a webinar on February 11 to discuss the comments submitted to the Information Technology [Intermediary Guidelines (Amendment) Rules] 2018, and counter-comments that were due by February 14.
22 Feb 2019
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Goa University students update ‘Goa’ Marathi articles on WikipediaFaculty and students of Goa University’s Marathi department have updated 164 Marathi articles on Wikipedia related to Goa recently.
22 Feb 2019
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Are RSS's fears about Tik Tok true? Here's what you should knowSwadeshi Jagran Manch has flagged security, business and social risks posed by Chinese apps such as TikTok. The RSS fears may not be totally unfounded.
19 Feb 2019
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Civil Liberties Groups Warn Proposed EU 'Terrorist Content' Rule a Threat to Democratic ValuesRequiring filtering tools would be "a gamble with European Internet users' rights to privacy and data protection, freedom of expression and information, and non-discrimination and equality before the law."
19 Feb 2019
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2019 International Asia ConferenceITECHLAW organized the 2019 edition of International Asia Conference at JW Marriott hotel in Bangalore on January 31, 2019 and February 1, 2019. Sunil Abraham was a panelist in the session "Policy Making for the Emerging Tech in India".
18 Feb 2019
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Project LoonBillions of people could get online for the first time thanks to helium balloons that Google will soon send over many places cell towers don’t reach.
18 Feb 2019
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Make our digital backyard safeIndia has been patting itself on the back for being at the forefront of the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ driven by digitisation. Reports have gushed about the speed and scale of digitisation. But this speed and scale have come at a cost …
18 Feb 2019
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Even years later, Twitter doesn't delete your direct messagesWhen does “delete” really mean delete? Not always, or even at all, if you’re Twitter .
15 Feb 2019
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‘Willing to participate, but need more time’: Twitter on parliamentary panel hearingExecutives from social media firm Twitter’s US headquarters will not appear before a parliamentary panel that has summoned them on Monday over perceived bias towards right-wing handles on the micro-blogging platform.
13 Feb 2019
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What the government's draft IT intermediary guidelines sayIntermediaries will have to hand over to government agencies any information within 72 hours. Intermediaries will have to use automated tools to trace the person posting unlawful content.
2 Feb 2019
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MediaNama roundtables on intermediary liability rulesMediaNama hosted one policy round-table on Intermediary Liability protections in Bangalore and another round-table in New Delhi, to discuss inputs sought by MEITY on the amendments to Safe Harbor for platforms (payments services, content …
2 Feb 2019
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DSCI's Bangalore chapter meetOn January 29, 2019, Karan Saini and Gurshabad Grover participated in the Bangalore chapter meet organized by Data Security Council of India in Bangalore.
2 Feb 2019
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Dissent on Aadhaar: New book highlights limitations of ID project, legal and tech opposition to itIn 2010, a year after the UIDAI was constituted, three of its functionaries visited internationally-renowned developmental economist Professor Reetika Khera.
1 Feb 2019
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India’s largest bank SBI leaked account data on millions of customersIndia’s largest bank has secured an unprotected server that allowed anyone to access financial information on millions of its customers, like bank balances and recent transactions.
1 Feb 2019
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Conmen seed fake phone numbers in Google to trap people looking for customer care detailsGoogling for anything might seem like a good idea, but searching for contacts of businesses and customer care numbers is landing people in the hands of conmen.
1 Feb 2019
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Amazon and Walmart are about to take a big hit in IndiaIndia is the world’s biggest emerging digital economy, and Silicon Valley’s top companies have invested huge sums to cash in on it. Now new regulations are threatening their business.