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Monday, November 4, 2024
TopicUser privacy

Topic: User privacy

India asks WhatsApp to remove changes to privacy policy, says it’ll create ‘honeypot’ of info

In a letter to WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said the changes raise grave concerns about implications for choice and autonomy of Indians.

TikTok received most number of content removal requests from Indian govt in 2019

Tranparency report released by Chinese firm's video-sharing app says India sent the highest number of legal requets too, followed by US and Japan.

Leaked records show Facebook puts business ahead of users’ privacy

Recent leaked documents show Facebook executives plotted how to convince public they were serious about improving privacy even while their real goal was to snuff out competition.

Twitter’s excuse for its revenue problem is an admission it broke user’s trust

Twitter said the lowered growth forecast was in part due to “bugs” in one of its types of ads that made use of people’s personal information in ways users didn’t expect.

Facebook to resume human review of Portal users’ audio messages

Facebook decided to reinstate this practice because it’s important for training the company’s software programs to accurately understand requests.

Facebook’s new ‘privacy cop’ is set up for failure

Facebook has created a playing field that is tilted in favor of an all-encompassing single parent company and no assessor can remedy the inherent unfairness of that.

On Camera

Kashmiri jihadists more resilient than we think. Rebuilding J&K Police is key to counter them

The new jihadists in J&K have harried Indian forces, staged a series of ambushes, and now begun to target Indian civilian infrastructure projects.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.