Following the footsteps of Singapore and South Korea, India has launched its own contact tracking app, called Corona Kavach. The app tracks the data of the user every hour to alert them whether they have crossed paths with any person who tested positive for coronavirus. While this might be beneficial for the user, privacy activists […]
In one year alone, cyberbullying of Indian women and teenagers rose by 36% ,scroll.in, 16 March 2020
Around 9.2% of 630 adolescents surveyed in the Delhi-National Capital Region had experienced cyberbullying and half of them had not reported it to teachers, guardians or the social media companies concerned, a recent study by Child Rights and You, a non-governmental organisation, found. Vulnerability rose with internet use: 22.4% of respondents, aged 13-18 years, who […]
Role of social media in Delhi Riots, NDTV, March 2020
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1 In 10 Indian Adolescents Faces Cyberbullying, Half Don’t Report: Study, India Spend.com, 13 March 2020
Around 9.2% of 630 adolescents surveyed in Delhi-National Capital Region had experienced cyberbullying and half of them had not reported it to teachers, guardians or the social media companies concerned, a recent study by Child Rights and You (CRY), a non-governmental organisation, found. Vulnerability rose with internet use: 22.4% of respondents (aged 13-18 years) who […]
Govt Invites Feedback on ‘Orwellian’ Data Sharing Bill, The Citizen, 20 Feb 2020
The Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the government’s Personal Data Protection Bill has asked for public comments on the legislation. The committee is headed by BJP lawyer and MP Meenakshi Lekhi and has a total of 28 members. A number of data privacy advocates welcomed the move, as the demand has been growing for quite some […]
Reward of Public Money If Delhi Police Registers Your Hate Speech Complaint, The Citizen, 17 March 2020
Recently reported Delhi Police call log records show that during the targeted violence which proceeded unchecked for days barely an hour’s drive from Parliament, police stations in the national capital’s targeted areas received 700 distress calls on Sunday February 23 – 3,500 calls on Monday – 7,500 on Tuesday – and 1,500 on Wednesday February […]
The reasons why 63 Indian housewives killed themselves every day in 2018, 30th March, 2020
Thirty-six-year-old Shivani had been married for 16 years. From the early years of the marriage, she had been depressed because her husband and his family confined her to the house, in Rohtak, Haryana, she told IndiaSpend. Her husband would insult her for being overweight and for falling sick often. In August 2017, Shivani tried to […]
वर्क फ्रॉम होम के ख़तरे: पिछले चार हफ्ते में 86 प्रतिशत बढ़ा साइबर क्राइम, कैसे बचें | March 2020
लॉकडाउन की वजह से ज़्यादातर लोगों को घर से काम करना पड़ रहा है. अभी के दौर में घर से काम करने वालों के लिए इंटरनेट ने बेहद अहम भूमिका निभाई है. हालांकि, इसकी वजह से अपराध की प्रकृति भी बदल गई है और डरावनी बात ये है कि गृह मंत्रालय के डेटा के मुताबिक […]
The Net Trap, The Daily Pioneer, 2nd February, 2020
It was the New Year’s eve and Noida-based Neha Chandra, a PR firm employee, travelled to Paris to welcome the New Year with full enthusiasm. However, things took an ugly turn when her wallet was stolen while travelling through the French city’s metro. Within few minutes, Chandra’s zest for the celebrations disappeared as she noticed […]