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TopicCambridge analytica

Topic: Cambridge analytica

Create an independent Privacy Commission to probe data breaches, says Shashi Tharoor

The law must prescribe fines or even imprisonment for the handling or collection of data, in contravention to the standards prescribed under the data protection framework.

Exclusive: The inside story of what Cambridge Analytica actually did in India

Alexander Nix and others of SCL Laboratories tried working in India on a project in 2011, but it collapsed in 2012 as Nix’s secret plan was accidentally outed. 

Aadhaar desperately needed, but shouldn’t be wantonly used: Lok Sabha MP Jay Panda

Despite being a vehement supporter of stricter privacy laws, the MP also openly supported Aadhaar. 

What would have happened to Mahatma Gandhi in the times of Cambridge Analytica and Facebook?

The artists and revolutionaries, scientists and poets, will break through the firewalls created by technocrats to control the world.

Instead of verbal threats to Mark Zuckerberg, India must focus on data protection laws

Judicial inquiry must look into whether companies allied with Cambridge Analytica accessed personal data of Indian Facebook users and influenced elections.

Facebook has every right to make money but it shouldn’t deny it sells user data

There is always some distance between what a company says it does and what it actually does. For Facebook, it’s greater than most.

TalkPoint: Is it possible to fix Indian elections using data from Facebook?

Experts weigh in on whether it is possible to fix Indian elections by using data from Facebook.

Both the Cambridge Analytica scandal & the Aadhaar fiasco bear the same lesson for India

The FB and Cambridge Analytica scandal raises discomfiting questions about our relationship with technology and the implications for democracy and politics. Well, it finally happened....

Now Facebook faces flak in India, from RSS chief and Modi government

The Cambridge Analytica controversy spawned several top trends on Twitter where many users also echoed the viral call to “#deletefacebook”.

Both BJP & Congress met leadership team of controversial Cambridge Analytica in 2017

Firm managed by JD(U) leader K.C. Tyagi’s son facilitated Cambridge Analytica’s meetings in Delhi; says no deal with any party has been reached yet.

On Camera

My grandmother saved her children in Bhopal gas tragedy—and sacrificed her own life

‘Mother kept pouring water in our eyes whenever the burning became unbearable. She pushed our bodies deep into the blanket, making sure not a single part was exposed,’ my father said.

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.