The Friday sermon delivered by the Imam of the Grand Mosque in Makkah last Friday slammed irresponsible social media use in Saudi Arabia. This serious misuse of the digital space is not geographically limited to West Asia alone. News feeds buzzed with updates about the transfer of an Indian Police Service officer in Kerala. In…
The Indian government failed to address increasing attacks on free expression and against religious minorities, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2016. Authorities blocked foreign funding and increased restrictions on civil society groups critical of the government or large development projects. In the 659-page World Report 2016, its 26th edition, Human Rights Watch…
One of the benefits of Internet-enabled computers and mobile phones is that one can solicit the support of disparate digital audience hailing from a smartcity (how smart are the smart cities of Bharat Mata, and their status? You can take a photo and WhatsApp or Facebook to the Ministry of Tourism; or share it with…
Asking security personnel to exercise control and discipline while using social media, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said the police force should use the medium to its advantage and connect with people. He also underscored the importance for police to reduce the trust deficit with local communities. Inaugurating the National Community Policing Conclave-2016…
“’Human Rights’ is a bad word in the country. This is an award at a time when civil society space in the country has been shrinking. People today are finding it difficult to work in the space of human rights as it was the case before,” says Henri Tiphagne. Amnesty International Germany has chosen advocate…
Human Rights Watch, an international advocacy group on human rights has just released its ‘World Report 2016’ assessing the human rights conditions prevalent across the globe in the year 2015. The report analyses human rights conditions in various countries on wide range of parameters. Yet, even a cursory look at its assessment of India reveals…
Gaurav, a finance manager in a multinational company, rose to attention one Monday morning as he received an email from *Shephali, the company’s chief financial officer (CFO). The email directed him to urgently make a payment of $10,476 toward an attached invoice to a Cyprus-based vendor. Gaurav instantly initiated the process, bypassing some of the…
The fight for net neutrality in India continues with major players submitting their comments to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). After broadcasters like Star India and Sony Pictures Networks India sent in their comments to TRAI, now putting forth its views in favour of net neutrality, the Subhash Chandra led Zee Entertainment Enterprises…
Privacy on the Internet is… well, let’s just say it’s complicated. In this article, I’ll analyze a few open source tools and concepts that you might use to increase privacy on the Internet for yourself. It will not be an exhaustive list of all possible avenues, nor does it pretend to ensure complete privacy even…
The world’s most valuable company is showing signs of slowing down, and that means positive news for India. Apple has reported the slowest ever sales of the iPhone—the primary driver of the company’s growth since its launch in 2007—for the quarter ended 26 December and forecast its first revenue drop in 13 years. But the…