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Content moderation at Facebook is going to be a long fraught battle, led by the board. (Photo | AFP)

Tech This Week | Will Facebook’s ‘Supreme Court’ make the internet a safer place?

Best case scenario: The body achieves incremental progress by laying out key principles that guide Facebook’s content moderation efforts.

11 May 2020 5:11 PM

Kirana stores are an unexplored market and there is an opportunity to be tapped. But a first mover advantage does not directly mean victory.

Tech this week | Jio-Facebook’s e-commerce monopoly is not a foregone conclusion

Amazon has also made a move to get kirana shops on its platform, and in the coming months it's likely that Flipkart and Snapdeal will too.

02 May 2020 11:32 PM

it does not make any sense to attack doctors during a pandemic. Until you read Indian Express’ report that fake WhatsApp videos were circulated in localities claiming that healthy Muslims are being taken away and injected with the virus were doing the rounds of Tatpatti Bakhal and adjoining localities.

Stay safe and go back to the newspaper this pandemic

We did not need a global pandemic to realise how big a challenge misinformation is, but it helps.

27 Apr 2020 3:07 PM

If you download the Aarogya Setu app, your phone will take note of your location every 15 minutes and only share the information with the Government server if you test positive.

Should you download Aarogya Setu?

Yes. Its updated privacy policy is a marked improvement on the previous one. But the app needs an end date so it does not set a new normal.

17 Apr 2020 12:49 PM

Not only are we being subject to invasive apps, lists of infected people with their names and addresses have been made publicly available without their consent.

Overcorrection at the cost of privacy during coronavirus is problematic

Use of facial recognition and other personal data has the potential to set a new normal by resetting our expectations on personal privacy.

09 Apr 2020 9:06 PM

India must create a law on data protection, like the European Union has done with the General Data Protection Regulation 2016. (Photo | Pixabay)

The need for a data protection law becomes evident from the recent Zoom fiasco

None of the protections afforded by a privacy law are in place yet, which leaves our data open to exploitation by tech companies

03 Apr 2020 4:10 PM

India recently started sharing maritime data with countries in the Indian Ocean Region. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

What does refusal to sign the Osaka Track mean for India?

The big decision here is whether or not India wants to share its data with anyone under any circumstances.

16 Oct 2019 1:20 AM

MEITY and its bureaucracy could argue that 600 submissions are a lot to process, and not all the comments are relevant to the process.

Wider debate needed on major changes in data protection law

The Data Protection Bill is going to be profoundly important in India’s tech policy landscape, going forward.

30 Aug 2019 4:26 AM

Election Commission sends notice to Mamata Banerjee for violation of code

In an unprecedented move, the Election Commission on Thursday issued a show-cause notice to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for violating the model code of conduct.

15 Apr 2016 6:40 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an election rally in Asansol, West Bengal, on Thursday. (Photo: Anil Giri)

Like flyover, Mamata Banerjee will crash Bengal: Narendra Modi

Accusing West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee of doing politics over dead bodies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday that the Girish Park flyover crash in Kolkata last week was “God’s wa

08 Apr 2016 2:33 AM

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