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- Suicide videos: Facebook beefs up team to monitor content — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 20, 2017 02:59 AM
- Responding 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 enforcement agencies on this issue.
- World Press Freedom Day 2017 — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 20, 2017 02:52 AM
- Udbhav Tiwari represented the Centre for Internet & Society at the World Press Day event organised by UNESCO and the Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) at UNESCO House, New Delhi on May 3, 2017.
- Developer releases WannaCry key-recovery tool for Windows XP — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 07, 2017 01:02 AM
- However, a cyber security expert working with the Centre for Internet and Society, Udbhav Tiwari working on vulnerabilities such as these, said as most ATMs in the country especially of the public-sector banks run on outdated operating systems, or are not updated regularly, they can be easily compromised. Unfortunately, however, a new variant of the program is already in the wild.
- Debate over #Aadhaar Turns Nasty as Critics Accuse Supporters of Online Trolling — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 07, 2017 01:09 PM
- Internet Freedom Foundation’s Kiran Jonnalagadda has alleged that iSPIRT and its co-founder Sharad Sharma set up fake Twitter profiles to harass, intimidate Aadhaar critics.
- Experts stress on need for enhanced security — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 20, 2017 06:13 AM
- With more and more people falling prey to phishing scams, experts believe that lack of adequate security features in online payment systems will only increase the number of such cases in the coming days. While admitting that the rise in such crimes would be hard to stop or control, cyber security consultants also blame the lack of preparedness before taking the digital economy route as a cause for such problems.
- Comments on the draft Policy on IT Accessibility for People with Disabilities — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified May 19, 2017 03:33 PM
- The Centre for Internet & Society gave inputs on a document on implementing digital accessibility to Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on May 2, 2017.
- Aadhaar data leak: Take precautions while sharing info on websites, MEITy tells all depts — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 19, 2017 02:59 PM
- ‘Publishing identity info is in clear contravention of the provisions of the Aadhaar Act, 2016’
- Taking Cognisance of the Deeply Flawed System That Is Aadhaar — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 19, 2017 02:52 PM
- Aadhaar and its many connotations have grown to be among the most burning issues on the Indian fore today, that every citizen aware of their rights should be taking note of.
- Revisiting Aadhaar: Law, Tech and Beyond — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 19, 2017 02:47 PM
- Udbhav Tiwari attended a panel on "Revisiting Aadhaar: Law, Tech and Beyond" held at the India International Centre Annexe on May 9, 2017 in New Delhi, organised by the Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC.in) in collaboration with Digital Empowerment Foundation and IT for Change.
- Faking it on WhatsApp: How India's favourite messaging app is turning into a rumour mill — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 19, 2017 02:44 PM
- Spreading fast and wild on WhatsApp fake news about riots, ‘miracle’ currency
- A 13-year-old's rape in TN highlights the major threat online sexual grooming poses to children — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 19, 2017 10:16 AM
- Predatory paedophiles online pose a major threat to children who form 7% of internet users in India.
- Why Does Mainstream Indian Discourse On Digital Inclusion Leave Out Disability? — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 19, 2017 10:10 AM
- India’s crusade for digitisation and digital inclusion has failed millions of Indians with disabilities. Will the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act change that?
- Aadhaar security: Here's how your private information can be protected — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 19, 2017 10:05 AM
- Lock Aadhaar, and notify UIDAI if you get a one-time-password for a transaction you did not initiate
- Watch: Aadhaar has become a whipping boy: Nandan Nilekani — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 19, 2017 09:54 AM
- India certainly needs a modern data privacy and protection law, Nilekani said in an interview.
- Third Multistakeholder Consultation on Encryption — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 19, 2017 09:42 AM
- Udbhav Tiwari represented CIS at the Third and Final Multistakeholder Consultation on Encryption held at the Taj Palace, New Delhi on May 11, 2017. The event was organised by the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. Saikat Dutta and Japreet Grewal were also present at the round-table discussion.
- Here’s what everyone is saying in TRAI’s latest Net Neutrality consultation — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 19, 2017 09:35 AM
- Last year’s highly public and widely discussed TRAI consultation resulted in Internet providers being barred from charging differently for different parts of the Internet. This time around, the telecom regulator’s newest consultation on Net Neutrality is significantly more business-as-usual, and much more muted.
- UIDAI puts posers to CIS over Aadhaar data leak claim — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 19, 2017 09:28 AM
- Aadhaar-issuing authority UIDAI has asked research firm Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) to explain its sensational claim that 13 crore Aadhaar numbers were "leaked" and provide details of servers where they are stored.
- What’s Hard To Digest About The Zomato Hacking — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 19, 2017 09:22 AM
- Yet another day, yet another major security breach. But, this time it’s not a presidential candidate in the U.S. or the U.K.’s National Health Service. Instead. it’s Zomato, the popular Indian online food delivery and restaurant search service.
- Hack exposes Zomato's weak protection of customer data, say Cyber experts — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 19, 2017 09:11 AM
- Online restaurant aggregator says it will beef up security after 17 million user details were stolen.
- IT companies in Bengaluru on high alert over WannaCry ransomware — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 19, 2017 09:05 AM
- In the wake of the ransomware attack triggered by WannaCry virus, IT firms in Bengaluru are racing against time to updating their security systems. At some firms, employees have been asked to stay away from work for a few hours, while many other companies have declared holiday for a day or two for their employees.
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