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Social Media
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14 Jun 2021
News
New rules leave social media users vulnerable: ExpertsThey analyse the implications of the government vs Twitter controversy on individual privacy
31 May 2021
Blog post
Beyond Public Squares, Dumb Conduits, and Gatekeepers: The Need for a New Legal Metaphor for Social MediaIn the past few years, social networking sites have come to play a central role in intermediating the public’s access to and deliberation of information critical to a thriving democracy. In stark contrast to early utopian visions which …
22 Jan 2021
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TIkTok: It’s time for Biden to make a decision on his digital policy with ChinaAs the United State's new president comes into office he is faced with creating a cohesive digital relations policy that corrects some of the damage done by his predecessor. This article is the first part of a series analysing his policies …
31 Dec 2020
News
Twitter's India troubles show tough path ahead for digital platformsTwitter is in a standoff with Indian authorities over the government's new digital rules. Critics see the rules as an attempt to curb free speech, while others say more action is needed to hold tech giants accountable.
31 Dec 2020
31 Oct 2019
Blog post
CIS’ Comments to the Christchurch CallIn the wake of the Christchurch terror attacks, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, and the President of France, Emmanuel Macron co-chaired the Christchurch Call to Action in May 2018 to “bring together countries and tech …
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.
28 Oct 2018
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Rural Indians don’t trust messages on WhatsApp blindly: SurveyOnly 8% of the respondents marked 10 as their trust score on a scale of 1-10, where 1 stands for complete distrust and 10 for complete trust, in information received on WhatsApp, found a survey.
28 Oct 2018
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Brazil’s experience a red flag for WhatsApp in Indian polls, say expertsData shows that the share of active WhatsApp users in rural India has doubled since 2017, according to a survey by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies.
27 Aug 2018
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Centre draws red lines for Whatsapp over fake news, says must comply with Indian lawsIn a meeting with WhatsApp’s CEO Chris Daniels, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said India put forward several demands, including that the company must have a grievance officer in India and have proper compliance of Indian laws.
25 Jul 2018
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WhatsApp races against time to fix fake news mess ahead of 2019 general electionsOn Friday, when WhatsApp announced that it would pilot a ‘five media-based forwards limit’ in India, the government came up with an unequivocal reminder.
26 Jun 2018
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'Full belief in fake texts shows cops not trusted'Nilotpal Basu and Abhijeet Nath, an audio engineer and digital artiste, were beaten to death in Assam's Karbi Anglong last week based on rumours that they were kidnappers.
12 Jun 2018
Blog post
Why NPCI and Facebook need urgent regulatory attentionThe world’s oldest networked infrastructure, money, is increasingly dematerialising and fusing with the world’s latest networked infrastructure, the Internet.
1 Jun 2018
News
Allow admins to add users to online group chats only after permission: SFLC.inSFLC.in -- a donor supported legal services organisation -- has written an open letter to messaging service providers like WhatsApp, Facebook and others, urging them to modify their platforms to ensure that users are not added to group …
31 May 2018
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Election Experiment Proves Facebook Just Doesn't Care About Fake News In IndiaMuch-hyped fact-checking initiative identified only 30 bits of fake news in month-long Karnataka campaign. Yup — 30!
2 May 2018
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Now, Twitter too caught up in Cambridge Analytica controversyTwitter does not share a break-up of users by region, the platform has less than 100 million users in India.
23 Apr 2018
Blog post
What’s up with WhatsApp?In 2016, WhatsApp Inc announced it was rolling out end-to-end encryption, but is the company doing what it claims to be doing?
17 Apr 2018
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Is This The Beginning Of The End For Facebook?After two days of congressional hearings that collectively lasted over ten hours, there are many questions about Facebook, its policies and its future that experts are debating.
8 Apr 2018
Blog post
Digital Native: Delete Facebook?You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
28 Mar 2018
Blog post
Cambridge Analytica scandal: How India can save democracy from FacebookHegemonic incumbents like Google and Facebook need to be tackled with regulation; govt should use procurement power to fund open source alternatives.
27 Mar 2018
News
Data Breach: How will the biggest scandal that Facebook is mired in affect its credibility in India?Facebook has not been able to catch a break lately.
25 Mar 2018
News
Is Facebook too powerful without legal safeguards?The absence of a data protection law and a competition watchdog to oversee Internet companies are key shortcomings, according to some experts.
20 May 2017
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Suicide videos: Facebook beefs up team to monitor contentResponding to the spate of suicides being livestreamed, social media giant Facebook has announced it will add another 3,000 people to its 4,500-strong review team that moderates content. The review team will also work in tandem with law …
19 May 2017
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Faking it on WhatsApp: How India's favourite messaging app is turning into a rumour millSpreading fast and wild on WhatsApp fake news about riots, ‘miracle’ currency
19 May 2017
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A 13-year-old's rape in TN highlights the major threat online sexual grooming poses to childrenPredatory paedophiles online pose a major threat to children who form 7% of internet users in India.
4 May 2017
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Kashmir: Telecom firms struggle to block 22 banned social media sitesA BSNL official says engineers are still working on shutting down the 22 social media sites but so far had been unable to do so without freezing the Internet across Kashmir.
4 May 2017
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J&K social media ban: Use of 132-year-old Act can’t stand judicial scrutiny, say expertsJammu and Kashmir's social media ban: Legal experts are not convinced this is a viable order
27 Apr 2017
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India bans social media in Kashmir for one monthAuthorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have banned 22 social media sites including Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter in an effort to calm tensions in the disputed region.
7 Apr 2017
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Bengaluru cops' twitter handle in ethical stormThe city's privacy activists are among the most strident in trying to prevent the Union government from gaining unprecedented access to citizens' personal information through Aadhaar. But in their own backyard, Bengaluru police have been …
24 Feb 2017
News
LinkedIn will help people in India train for semi-skilled jobsMicrosoft has launched Project Sangam, a cloud service integrated with LinkedIn that will help train and generate employment for middle and low-skilled workers.