India’s proposed mass surveillance programme seen as a blow to internet freedom

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. Concerns have been raised by privacy experts over the programme potentially expanding the government’s control over internet rights and freedoms. Read More