Letters: Preserving Net neutrality

Letters: Preserving Net neutrality: With reference to the editorial, “Bridging India’s digital divide” (December 27), platform services and zero-rated products are anti-competitive, predatory business strategies that risk creating digital divides by skewing the playing field in favour of applications and services that enjoy privileged pricing. They often masquerade as policies to narrow the digital divide…

INTERNET PRIVACY IN 2017: PREDICTIONS AND SECURITY ADVICE

INTERNET PRIVACY IN 2017: PREDICTIONS AND SECURITY ADVICE: It’s clear that 2016 was probably the worst year ever in online privacy, considering increasingly restrictive surveillance laws of governments around the world, major online hacks—such as compromised accounts of over a million Yahoo users—and authoritarian regimes blocking Internet to restrict the freedom of speech. So, what…

Govt cyber cell to watch social media posts

Govt cyber cell to watch social media posts: The Haryana government has decided to ratchet up its cyber policing with a centre for digital investigations that it will inaugurate on Wednesday in Gurgaon. The Digital Investigation Training and Analysis Centre (Ditac) will focus exclusively on social media content, picking up anything it feels is “inflammatory”…