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- What Centre will tell Supreme Court on Aadhaar and social media account linkage — by Amrita Madhukalya — last modified Sep 02, 2019 04:28 AM
- The top court had held in the Aadhaar case that the government can make the linking of the 12-digit-number mandatory only in the case of availing subsidies and welfare benefits. Consequently, Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act was struck down.
- Packets, net neutrality and gaming public policy outcomes — by Admin — last modified Aug 28, 2019 03:15 PM
- Gurshabad Grover attended Prof. Vishal Misra's lecture on net neutrality at Has Geek in Bangalore on August 15, 2019.
- Government plans tighter rules for social media brands like Facebook, TikTok, ShareChat — by Sunny Sen — last modified Aug 28, 2019 03:11 PM
- The government is planning to impose higher levels of accountability on social media platforms as it grapples with the problem of bringing about order in a fast-growing industry where regulations are still nebulous.
- Analysis on the strategies of Mozilla and Wiki communities on gender gap aspects — by Bhuvana Meenakshi — last modified Aug 28, 2019 01:27 PM
- There is a need for research on how Open Source communities are trying to balance the gender ratio and how they provide the safe space environment to its contributors. With this in mind I have come up with this blog as I am an active contributor of Mozilla since 5 years and also got myself recently introduced to Wikimedia and its sister projects, have interacted with few Indian women contributors in both of these communities and came out with a few observations on how I see them in India and what could be improved in both communities.
- Linking Aadhaar with social media or ending encryption is counterproductive — by Sunil Abraham — last modified Aug 28, 2019 01:39 AM
- Should Aadhaar be used as KYC for social media accounts? We have recently seen a debate on this question with even the courts hearing arguments in favour and against such a move.
- A judicial overreach into matters of regulation — by Gurshabad Grover — last modified Aug 28, 2019 01:28 AM
- A PIL on Aadhaar sheds light on some problematic trends
- Linking Aadhaar to Facebook, Twitter: Possible witch-hunt or key to curb crime & fake news? — by Taran Deol and Revathi Krishanan — last modified Aug 27, 2019 12:25 AM
- The Supreme Court has cautioned against linking users’ social media accounts with Aadhaar, saying it will impinge on citizens’ privacy.
- Policies for the Platform Economy — by Admin — last modified Aug 27, 2019 12:19 AM
- Anubha Sinha and Amber Sinha will be panelists in this event being organized by IT for Change at India Habitat Centre in New Delhi on August 30, 2019.
- Impact of Industrial Revolution 4.0 - IT and Automotive Sector in India by the Dialogue and FES — by Admin — last modified Aug 27, 2019 12:13 AM
- On August 21, 2019, Aayush Rathi, attended a report launch event and focus group discussion on the "Impact of Industrial Revolution 4.0 - IT and Automotive Sector in India". Research conducted by the Dialogue in collaboration with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) were being presented.
- Pycon India 2019 — by Admin — last modified Aug 27, 2019 12:04 AM
- K. Bhuvana Meenakshi gave a talk at BangPypers organized by Python Software Society in Bangalore on August 25, 2019. She spoke on Let the world experience WebXR!
- AI is biased, you’ll see if you Google ‘hands’ — by Rajmohan Sudhakar — last modified Aug 26, 2019 11:53 PM
- As it is, the world is unfair. The question now is, do we want automated tech to be unfair too? As we build more and more AI-dependent smart digital infrastructure in our cities and beyond, we have pretty much overlooked the emerging character of artificial intelligence that would have a profound bearing on our nature and future.
- Linking Aadhaar to Facebook, WhatsApp won't curb fake news, but may undermine its legislation: Experts — by Swathi Moorthy — last modified Aug 22, 2019 01:59 AM
- The Supreme Court’s move to look into the petition regarding the linking of social media accounts with Aadhaar has opened a pandora’s box.
- Workshop on Archival Standards and Digitisation Workflow — by Admin — last modified Aug 22, 2019 02:04 AM
- P.P. Sneha attended a workshop on Archival Standards and Digitization Workflow organised by the British Library at NCBS, Bangalore, on August 19 - 20, 2019.
- US pressure threatens to weaken data - localisation mandate in India's landmark data-protection bill — by Sandhya Sharma — last modified Aug 22, 2019 01:41 AM
- Sources say the bill may have to concede vital ground to technology companies.
- Perché l'India ha tagliato internet al Kashmir — by Raffaele Angius — last modified Aug 22, 2019 01:31 AM
- Lo stato di isolamento imposto a più di 12,5 milioni di persone rischia di causare importanti disagi al Paese, nel quale è diventato praticamente impossibile comunicare con l’esterno. Problemi per ospedali e farmacie
- India Shut Down Kashmir’s Internet Access. Now, ‘We Cannot Do Anything.’ — by Vindu Goel, Karan Deep Singh and Sameer Yasir — last modified Aug 22, 2019 01:20 AM
- Masroor Nazir, a pharmacist in Kashmir’s biggest city, Srinagar, has some advice for people in the region: Do not get sick, because he may not have any medicine left to help.
- # NAMA Community Meet | Global Payments Ecosystem — by Admin — last modified Aug 19, 2019 02:29 PM
- Anubha Sinha attended the event organized by Medianama in Delhi on July 31, 2019.
- Cyber Policy 2.0 — by Admin — last modified Aug 19, 2019 02:18 PM
- National Law University organized an executive education program in Bangalore on August 17, 2019. Arindrajit Basu was a speaker. He spoke on Deconstructing the India regulatory approach to data governance and cyber security.
- Emergence of Chinese Technology:Rising stakes for innovation, competition and governance — by Admin — last modified Aug 19, 2019 02:03 PM
- Omidyar Network in partnership with the Esya Centre organized a private discussion on the theme “Emergence of Chinese technology - rising stakes for innovation, competition and governance” on Monday, 12 August 2019 in New Delhi. Arindrajit Basu attended the event.
- India’s top science institution is trying hard to fix its “manel” problem — by Admin — last modified Aug 19, 2019 01:58 PM
- B Chagun Basha is a science, technology and innovation policy fellow at Bengaluru’s Indian Institute of Science’s (IISc) Centre for Policy Research established by the department of science & technology (DST-CPR).
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