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Facebook to pay Indians to give up privacy: Experts raise questions
by Geetika Mantri — published Jun 22, 2019 — filed under: ,
Facebook has launched a voluntary, opt-in program, which monetarily compensates users in exchange for their data.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Facebook's Delicate Dance With Delhi On Censorship
by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 03, 2012 — filed under: , , , ,
At the end of last week, a hashtag briskly rose across India: #Emergency2012. It was a reference to the 21-month stint, beginning in the summer of 1975, when then PM Indira Gandhi determined democracy an inconvenience.
Located in News & Media
Blog Entry Facebook's Fall from Grace: Arab Spring to Indian Winter
by Sunil Abraham — published Feb 11, 2016 — last modified Feb 11, 2016 03:51 PM — filed under: , , ,
Facebook’s Free Basics has been permanently banned in India! The Indian telecom regulator, TRAI has issued the world’s most stringent net neutrality regulation! To be more accurate, there is more to come from TRAI in terms of net neutrality regulations especially for throttling and blocking but if the discriminatory tariff regulation is anything to go by we can expect quite a tough regulatory stance against other net neutrality violations as well.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Facebook, Google deny spying access
by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 09, 2013 — last modified Jul 02, 2013 10:18 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The CEOs of Facebook and Google on Saturday categorically denied that the US National Security Agency had "direct access" to their company servers for snooping on Gmail and Facebook users. But both acknowledged that the companies complied with the 'lawful' requests made by the US government and shared user data with sleuths.
Located in News & Media
Facebook, Google face censorship in India
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 09, 2012 — filed under: ,
Religious leaders in India are on a collision course with social media websites including Google, Facebook and Yahoo. Two Indian courts recently asked these American companies as well as 19 other websites to take down “anti-religious” material. They are now required to report their compliance by February. Betwa Sharma's blog post was published in SmartPlanet on 5 January 2012. Sunil Abraham has been quoted in it extensively.
Located in News & Media
Facebook, Google tell India they won’t screen for derogatory content
by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 07, 2011 — last modified Dec 07, 2011 05:25 AM — filed under: ,
In the world’s largest democracy, the government wants Internet sites like Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Google to screen and remove offensive content about religious figures and political leaders as soon as they learn about it. But those companies now say they can’t help.
Facebook, my boyfriend is lousy
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 24, 2011 — last modified Jul 25, 2011 10:07 AM — filed under:
While a sizeable chunk of users do not mind living their life in public, oversharing can have nasty repercussions in real life. This article by Sahana Saran was published in the Bangalore Mirror on 24 July 2011.
Located in News & Media
Facebook, privacy and India
by Sunil Abraham — published Jun 04, 2010 — last modified Sep 26, 2013 11:40 AM — filed under:
Does Facebook's decision to open out user information and data to third party websites amount to an invasion of privacy and should users' seriously consider getting out of the site? Sunil Abraham doesn't think so.
Located in News & Media
Facebook’s fake news clean-up hits language barrier
by Admin — published Apr 17, 2018 — filed under:
The sheer diversity of India’s ethnic languages could defeat Facebook’s move to get content moderators and use artificial intelligence (AI) to counter the spread of misinformation on its platform ahead of the general elections next year, experts said.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Facebook’s Fight to Be Free
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 31, 2016 — filed under: , , ,
In India, Mark Zuckerberg can’t give Internet access away.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
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