Surveillance

The government is formulating a personal data protection bill, which will be the foundation for the country’s legal safeguards for individual privacy. read more

The WhatsApp-Pegasus controversy affords a golden opportunity to do just that read more

The researchers said that in 47 out of the 65 countries, individuals were arrested for political, social, or religious speech online and people were subjected to physical violence for their online activities in at least 31 countries. read more

As masks, camouflage, and other ways of subverting surveillance become high fashion, and the best minds of the glamour world tell the rest of us how one can look fabulous and protect our privacy — perhaps one can hope that the conversation about surveillance... read more

The system is unreliable. Deploying it may institutionalise the discrimination of a diverse demographic of people read more

The technology, which the NCRB is keen to use, is ineffective and discriminatory. Reconsider it read more

According to CNS, while some officials protested near the AAI office in Delhi, the general secretary of AAOA has gone on to take a hunger strike. read more

The base is located close to the Malacca Straits, a narrow strip vital to China — and to world sea trade — as its navy expands its maritime influence. read more

Union minister Arun Jaitley hit back saying Congress was crying foul over powers created by it when it was in government. read more

Whistle-blower Edward Snowden made the remark while addressing the fifth edition of ‘Talk Journalism’ event organised in Jaipur via video-conference. read more

Public health department and National Institute of Virology officials to meet in Pune on Saturday to review surveillance strategies. read more

Communist Party of China (CPC) cadres have been tasked with carrying out “home stays” with Muslim Uyghur families across the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under an ongoing scheme broadly designed to “safeguard social stability”. read more