Topic
Social Media
233 items.
2 Feb 2017
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India WhatsApp Privacy Fight May Affect MultinationalsThe Indian Supreme Court’s review of Facebook Inc.'s and WhatsApp Inc.'s data security practices may lack teeth but also presages a desire for a stronger privacy regime and oversight of multinationals, internet and privacy specialists told …
25 Jan 2017
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For India’s complaints department, visit Facebook LiveNotebook: Social media cuts through red tape in a country beset by inertia.
17 Jan 2017
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Supreme Court issues notice to WhatsApp, Centre on data privacyAnalysts said India lacked data protection laws.
13 Jan 2017
Blog post
Social Media MonitoringWe see a trend of social media and communication monitoring and surveillance initiatives in India which have the potential to create a chilling effect on free speech online and raises question about the privacy of individuals. In this …
31 Dec 2016
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India’s ruling party takes online abuse to a professional levelIndian prime minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) employs an army of trolls to harass and intimidate critics through social media, a new book claims.
17 Dec 2016
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The Curious Case of Poor Security in the Indian TwitterverseWhat are the technical, legal and jurisdictional issues around the recent Twitter and email hacks claimed by the ‘Legion Crew’, and what can targeted entities do to better protect themselves?
15 Dec 2016
Blog post
ISIS and Recruitment using Social Media – Roundtable ReportThe Centre for Internet and Society in collaboration with the Takshashila Institution held a roundtable discussion on “ISIS and Recruitment using Social Media” on 1 September 2016 from 5.00 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. at TERI in Bengaluru.
24 Nov 2016
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Caught in a filter bubbleThe country seems to be polarised over demonetisation and its after-effects. And more likely than not, you’ve had plenty of news stories to read that corroborate what you believe, regardless of whether you think the scrapping of the Rs 500 …
18 Nov 2016
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How The U.K. Got A Better Deal From Facebook Than India DidThe U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and India’s Karmanya Sareen shared a similar concern – how messenger application WhatsApp’s decision to share user data with parent Facebook is a violation of the promise of privacy.
15 Nov 2016
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Google, Facebook will not place ads on sites distributing fake newsGoogle plans to update its AdSense program policies to prevent placement of its ads on sites distributing fake news.
30 Oct 2016
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Behind Modi’s Heartwarming Diwali Ad for Soldiers, An App That’s Primed for Political MessagingThe campaign, which allows users to send Modi quotes on themes like Ayodhya and the perfidy of the Opposition, raises questions about the boundaries between government, party and personal promotion.
16 Oct 2016
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Here is why government twitter handles have been posting offensive and partisan messagesYou have failed us big time Mr Kejriwal, for your petty political gains you can become headlines for Pakistani press,” read a tweet on October 5 from @IndiaPostOffice, the official twitter handle of the Indian postal service.
14 Oct 2016
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Tech companies like Gmail, WhatsApp may be asked to store user informationThe government is moving to formulate rules that will require technology ‘intermediaries’— including email services like Gmail, chat apps such as WhatsApp and Snapchat or even ecommerce firms like Amazon — to retain user information, a …
6 Oct 2016
Blog post
Services like TwitterSeva aren’t the silver bullets they are made out to beTwitterSeva is great, but it should not be considered a sufficient replacement for proper e-governance systems. This is because there are several serious shortcomings with the TwitterSeva approach, and it is no wonder that enthusiastic …
27 Sep 2016
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WhatsApp ruling: Experts seek privacy lawOn August 25, Whatsapp updated its policy to share user content with social network; the decision opened new monetisation models for the messaging app.
25 Sep 2016
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When the war’s on WhatsAppSlick, jingoistic videos are whipping up pro-war rhetoric on social media after the Uri terror attack.
6 Sep 2016
Blog post
Indians Ask: Is Visiting a Torrent Site Really A Crime?India has banned various large-scale torrent sites for a long time — this is old news. But under a new federal policy in India, one can be jailed for three years and fined 300,000 Indian Rupees (~US $4464) for downloading content on any of …
1 Sep 2016
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Talking Point: Futile Battle Against TorrentsSunil Abraham spoke to Deccan Herald to clear the air about rumours surrounding a jail threat for those logging on to Torrent sites.
31 Aug 2016
Blog post
We Truly are the Product being SoldWhatsApp has announced it will begin sharing user data such as names, phone numbers, and other analytics with its parent company, Facebook, and with the Facebook family of companies. This change to its terms of service was effected in order …
26 Aug 2016
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Festival scan on social mediaAuthorities in a south Karnataka district have started keeping tighter watch on rumour-mongering and hate messages on social media platforms ahead of religious festivals.
7 Aug 2016
Blog post
Do I Want to Say Happy B’day?When it comes to greeting friends on their birthdays, social media prompts are a great reminder. So why does an online message leave us cold?
30 Jul 2016
13 Jul 2016
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Tamil Nadu likely to hold Facebook accountable for suicide caseThe recent suicide of a 21-year-old woman from Salem district in Tamil Nadu over her morphed pictures being uploaded on Facebook could turn into a flash-point between the state police and the world's most-popular social networking site.
7 Jul 2016
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FB & Google have already monopolised Indian cyberspaceIn an interview with Catch, Sunil Abraham, executive director of Center for Internet & Society, puts the recent US-India cyber relationship framework into perspective. Abraham also talks about how Indian surveillance policies are outdated …
23 Apr 2016
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Will Facebook, Twitter relocate servers to India?The debate to relocate offshore servers of internet and social media firms including Google, Facebook and Twitter has revived.
21 Apr 2016
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You will need a license to create a WhatsApp group in KashmirThe internet rights activists have criticised the move stating it as unconstitutional.
20 Apr 2016
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2014 showed the power of Twitter, now every Indian politician wants a handleTwitter is fast turning into an effective political tool. As political parties fight another round of electoral battles, a new survey on the 2014 general elections states that those who tweeted well, fared well.
9 Apr 2016
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Daunting task ahead for investigative agencies with WhatsApp's end-to-end encryptionMessaging service WhatsApp's decision to roll out end-to-end encryption for over 1 billion subscribers has been hailed as a positive step by users across the world, although things are set to get tougher for law enforcement and …
28 Feb 2016
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Why the Internet is Making India FuriousThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in Bangalore is a kind of hacker club for wonks and lawyers obsessed with issues of digital rights and global development. Not exactly the mainstream kids’ lunch table. But the Center was brought …
28 Feb 2016
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India's ‘Facebook ruling’ is another nail in the coffin of the MNO modelAbility to access 'net from mobe no longer considered a miracle.