Digital India must protect itself with well-crafted cloud security strategy: Since its launch in 2015, the Digital India programme has been steadily gathering momentum. The ambitious undertaking aims to connect the entire country, regardless of location or demographics. Read More
The future of the internet depends on you: In this article Andreas Reventlow writes about the role that new participants can play in human rights advocacy for internet policymaking, now that these processes have become more accessible to non-experts. These reflections also provide a timely introduction to the next public event in the Defending Human…
Digital India for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development: Indian government has been facilitating this trend with a number of schemes and retro-measures. To weed out black money and corruption from public life, Government has been leveraging digital transaction ecosystem. By December 2017 all government agencies would adopt digital way of transacting to ensure inclusive growth.…
Digital native: Free speech? You must be joking!: Freedom of speech and expression has always been a tricky issue. While all of us are generally in favour of defending our rights to speak what is in our hearts, we are not equally thrilled about the speech of others that we might not enjoy. Read More
Awareness only way to fight cyber crime: Experts: Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) Describing cyber crime as a rising menace in India, experts on Thursday said proper awareness, assessment, and implementation of security policies were the way forward to fight the malady. Read More
Freedom of speech shouldn’t be stretched too far: Hosbale: Mumbai, May 11 (PTI) Senior RSS leader Dattatreya Hosbale today said that freedom of speech should be used with caution, and it should be ensured that it is not helping the forces which are against the country’s development. Speaking at a function here, the sah-sarkaryvah (joint…
Social media ban in Kashmir affects citizens’ fundamental rights, says UN report: The United Nations Human Rights Commission on Thursday demanded that India “immediately end its ban” on social media networks and on mobile internet services in Jammu and Kashmir. Quoting two UN human rights experts, the report says the restrictions take away citizens’ freedom…
Should Internet be a basic human right?: Kerala’s CPI(M)-led LDF government is planning to implement ‘Kerala Fibre Optic Network’ (K-FON), a new initiative which would provide free internet connections to 20 lakh poor families. Read More
Outliers 16: How Osama Manzar plans to take the next billion Indians online (and fight for net neutrality): Osama Manzar is a monk in India’s digital ecosystem. And that’s not just because he looks like a monk. Manzar, a digital nomad traveling across the country’s hinterland, runs Digital Empowerment Foundation, and has taken up the…
Teens to get safety lessons from cops on cybercrime: New Delhi: With cybercrime gaining enormous proportions, Delhi Police has started a programme through which teenagers will be taught safe online habits to avoid becoming victims of crooks on social network and the internet. The event was live tweeted by Delhi Police on Tuesday. Read More