Making cybersecurity a human right: Having access to the internet is increasingly considered to be an emerging human right. International organisations and national governments have begun to formally recognise its importance to freedom of speech, expression and information exchange. The next step to help ensure some measure of cyber peace online may be for cybersecurity…
‘No, nope, no!’ Modi government argues that triple talaq is ‘misplaced’ in a secular country like India: For the first time in the Supreme Court the Modi government has opposed the triple talaq practice on the grounds of gender equality, secularism and binding international covenants. Triple talaq is a controversial law that allows Muslim men…
Social audit imperative: There is a growing demand across the country to improve efficiency in public administration through better transparency and effective accountability. As is generally agreed by political scientists that openness and full access to information improves democratic functioning. Read More
Should Cybersecurity Be a Human Right?: Having access to the internet is increasingly considered to be an emerging human right. International organizations and national governments have begun to formally recognize its importance to freedom of speech, expression and information exchange. The next step to help ensure some measure of cyber peace online may be for…
India is Highest for Spam Emails Security Report says: India has been named as the top country for receiving the highest amount of spam emails. The country is getting more spam than countries such as America and Brazil. Cisco conducted their 2017 Annual Cybersecurity Report and found the surprising results. They calculated how much email countries…
TRAI shifts deadline for Net Neutrality comments to March 15: Telecom regulator Trai today extended the last date for comments on the contentious Net neutrality by a month to March 15. Telecom operators and Internet-based companies have been at loggerheads on the issue which is linked to providing preferential access to select customers. Read More
India’s proposed mass surveillance programme seen as a blow to internet freedom: India’s new mass surveillance project, dubbed Centralised Monitoring System (CMS), will reportedly be fully operational by the first quarter of 2017, according to a draft Universal Periodic Review (UPR) report, which is due to be reviewed by the UN in the coming months.…
Online extortion: India’s confidence tricksters are scamming women worldwide: An increasing number of women abroad are falling prey to extortion after striking up friendships on social media with men based in India, say law enforcement authorities in Delhi. However, it is difficult to arrive at the exact number of such cases as there is no…
Sextortion, sexting, terror; growing perils of online access in India: Microsoft study: There is a growing concern for cyberbullying, terror recruiting, sexting, revenge porn and sextortion among Indian users as internet penetration shows an increase, a new study released by Microsoft on Tuesday has found. Read More
Letter to MeitY raising concern about frequent Internet shutdowns in India: In the last few years, India has witnessed a constant increase in the instances of Internet shutdowns in the country. These incidents point to the issuance of orders mostly by State Governments to block mobile and/or fixed line Internet services in an attempt to…