Net Neutrality to Aadhar Bill: The Tech World’s Biggest Policy Changes in 2016.Take a Look Back at the important Developments in the Technology Policy Spaces in 2016 and want to Look Forward to in 2017. Read More
950 million Indians still dream of ‘Digital India’: India may have the world’s second largest internet user base, but internet connectivity remains out of reach for close to 1 billion of its residents, according to a new report. “Internet penetration is increasing in India, the access to affordable broadband, smart devices and monthly data packages…
BENGALURU: If the nature of cyber attacks is any indication, experts say India is a facing an increasing threat from ‘supari attackers’, who provide cybercrime-as-a-service (CAAS). The lack of a strong law/policy to deter this is likely to hurt the country, which is moving towards a digital economy. Read More
Only a quarter of world’s Internet users get free access: The year 2016 did not witness any improvement in Internet freedom the world over. In fact, according to a recent report, it has declined this year with only a quarter of the world’s Internet users enjoying free access to it. China fared the worst when…
Bringing digital India to life: What India has been able to achieve in terms of economic transformation over the past two decades is commendable. Through sweeping economic reforms, initiatives to open up Indian markets to global business and investments in areas like digital technology and Smart Cities, the country has made great progress. Read More
Online surveillance: Seeking user info a rising global phenomenon: During the first half of calendar year 2016, social networking site Facebook removed access to 2,034 pieces of content based on requests by the Indian government and other agencies. This was starkly lower than the 14,971 content restricted during the six-month ago period, and 15,155 in…
This Is How 23 Countries Feel About Transgender Rights: One-quarter of Americans say people should never be allowed to change their legal gender, half of Brazilians know a transgender person, and lots more from a BuzzFeed News/Ipsos survey in 23 countries around the world. As the rights of transgender people became a major political issue in…
Ministry plans cell to check online child pornography: THE CENTRE is set to institute a cell within the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) as part of its plans to set up a national alliance against child pornography content on the Internet. Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said the decision was…
Letters: Preserving Net neutrality: With reference to the editorial, “Bridging India’s digital divide” (December 27), platform services and zero-rated products are anti-competitive, predatory business strategies that risk creating digital divides by skewing the playing field in favour of applications and services that enjoy privileged pricing. They often masquerade as policies to narrow the digital divide…
50 hacking cases in one month post-demonetisation, says expert: Following the November 8 demonetisation, cyber security solutions provider TAC Security received more than 50 hacking incidents in a month’s time, the company revealed on Tuesday. The incidents included ransomware, financial frauds and website hacking in various Indian enterprises. Read More