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Prasanth R.
A $5 Billion Fine Won't Stop Facebook's Exploitative Business Model
19 Jul 2019
Newsclick's Prabir Purkayastha talks about the implication of the $5 billion settlement Facebook has reached with the US Federal Trade Commission
Vivan Eyben
DNA Bill Unclear on Consent and Privacy
12 Jul 2019
The DNA Bill seeks to establish Regional Data Banks as well as a National Data Bank.
Vivan Eyben
Elections 2019: EC Says Electoral Bonds to have Serious Impact on Transparency
28 Mar 2019
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Association for Democratic Reforms’ application to stay the sale of electoral bonds during the Lok Sabha elections on April 2.
IANS
773 Million Unique Email IDs Leaked: Web Researcher
17 Jan 2019
Web security researcher Troy Hunt said this data leak was part of the "Collection #1" which is a set of email addresses and passwords totalling 2,692,818,238 rows.
Newsclick Report
Aadhaar Goes Back to Court
26 Dec 2018
Two petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court to review the September 26 Judgement which upheld Aadhaar’s Constitutional validity.
Prabir Purkayastha
Has India Become a Surveillance State?
25 Dec 2018
The recent notification by the Home Ministry and the proposed changes to the Information Technology rules threatens citizens’ privacy and freedom of expression. A Newsclick conversation between…
Vivan Eyben
RS Sharma's Aadhaar 'Challenge'
30 Jul 2018
If any harm has actually been caused to Sharma using his Aadhaar number, it is unlikely to be announced over Twitter.
Newsclick Report
No Consent, No Control: I&B Move to Install Chips in the Set-Top Boxes Invades Privacy?
17 Apr 2018
According to the senior official from the ministry, the move will help obtain “more authentic” viewership figures that will help the advertisers and Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (…
Amit Kapoor
Democracy in the Age of Data
27 Mar 2018
"Data is the new oil" has been a clichéd maxim of the internet age.
Surangya Kaur
AI Race: China and US in the Lead, Where Does India Stand?
12 Feb 2018
India is lagging behind in both data and the availability of skilled professionals capable of handling data.