Skip to content
Digital Rights of India and South Asia, DEF
Digital Rights of India and South Asia, DEF

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Publications
  • Resources
  • Columns
  • Technology Today
    • English
    • Hindi
  • Contact Us
FacebookTwitterInstagram
 
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Publications
  • Resources
  • Columns
  • Technology Today
    • English
    • Hindi
  • Contact Us

Tag Archives: online violence against women in India

Chinmayi Sripaada threatened with rape, acid attack on Twitter; her online petition demanding action goes viral

Chinmayi Sripaada threatened with rape, acid attack on Twitter; her online petition demanding action goes viral: Singer Chinmayi Sripaada has filed an online petition demanding Twitter to do a mass shutdown of accounts that tweet rape threats to women. Read More

March 8, 201764 CommentsDaily NewsBy wp-admin

All phones in India to be equipped with panic buttons from 2017

There were 337,922 crimes against women reported in India in 2014. That’s over 900 crimes a day, or around one every two minutes. The country’s government hopes to battle this problem with technology. Officials announced on Monday that all mobile phones sold in the country from January 2017 will need to be kitted out with…

May 12, 201625 CommentsDaily NewsBy wp-admin

Voting online: Crowdsourcing views in a democratic society

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…

January 30, 2016Leave a commentDaily NewsBy wp-admin
Powered by Digital Empowerment Foundation