Media Mentions
Over the years, Sunil Abraham’s work in technology policy, digital rights, internet governance, and institutional leadership has been covered by a wide range of media outlets. These pieces — whether they are interviews, quotations, profiles, or news reports — form a valuable part of the public record. They help trace how ideas have travelled, how debates have shifted, and how organisations, policymakers and journalists have engaged with questions of openness, privacy, platforms and technology governance.
To keep the site organised, all media-related material is stored inside the /media/ directory. This includes coverage from newspapers, magazines, online newsrooms, and specialist technology publications. Each article reproduced here follows a consistent archival format: contextual introduction, publication details, and the full text from the original source, whenever available.
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2012: The Year Social Media Came of Age in India
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350% Surge in Cyber Crimes in Last 3 Years
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5 Things You Need to Know About Online Privacy Policies
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A Dangerous Trend: Social Media Adds Fire to Muzaffarnagar Clashes
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A Must for Free Speech
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A Scam Masquerading as Santa
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A Three-Way Race Draws Delhi's Young, and Everyone Else, Out to Vote
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Aadhaar Status Check: Nearing a Billion & Counting but Connectivity Remains a Problem
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Aadhaar Body Talked About Virtual ID 7 Years Ago, Put It Off
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Aadhaar-Enabled Smartphones Will Ease Money Transfer
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Aadhaar Has No Legislative Foundation
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Live Chat: Aadhaar: An Identity Crisis?
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India's Aadhaar Mandate for Smartphone Makers May Rile Global Firms
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Aadhaar: To Be Mandatory, or Not to Be
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Govt to Keep Aadhaar Records for 7 Yrs, Prompts Fears of Surveillance
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Aadhaar Safety
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Mandatory Aadhaar Card for Govt Scholarships Violates SC Order
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Aadhaar: On a Sticky Wicket
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Aadhaar's Moment of Truth
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Aadhaar's National Goals Hinge on Tech Pilot Success in Mysore, Hyderabad, Pune
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Accessing Pirated Content Might Lead to Prison Term & Rs 3-Lakh Fine
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Aadhaar Database Scheme Raises Privacy Fears as Lok Sabha Passes Bill
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Regulation Should Build Trust, Not Control, says Dr. Amar Patnaik at 6th Global AI Leadership Meet
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All Things 'E' in the Budget
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Amazon Echo: Alexa's Recording Leak in US Echoes Privacy Issues Here
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Android 10 Out, Big on 'Privacy'
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Anonymous Joins Protests Against Internet Shutdown in Kashmir
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Anonymous to Protest Internet Censoring in 16 Indian Cities, Threaten to Bring Down Government Websites
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Another Take on Net Neutrality
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'Any Normal Human Being Would Be Offended'
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Apps Like Whisper and Secret Allow People to Unburden Themselves Without Revealing Names
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Apps of Political Parties Want Access to Users' Key Data
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Are We Ready to Enter the Digital Parade?
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Bangalore Hackers Write Code as Tribute to Aaron Swartz
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Banking on Artificial Intelligence: In Hiring Drive, Bots Are Calling the Shots Now
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Banning Cabs Is Easier Said Than Done
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Bengaluru Doctors Develop Module to Study and Cure Technology Addiction
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Better Intellectual Property Values Luring Indian Startups Abroad
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Big Brother Watches
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Big Brother's Snooping
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The Big Eye: The Tech Is All Ready for Mass Surveillance in India
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Big Tech Players Balance Seeking and Avoiding AI Regulation
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BJP Outspends Congress, Others in Social Media Advertising
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Why Is 'Blue Whale' Hysteria Gripping India?
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Bouquets & Brickbats for Google's New Privacy Policy
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Brazil's Experience a Red Flag for WhatsApp in Indian Polls, Say Experts
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BSNL Website Hacked by Anonymous India
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Building Intentional AI for India
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Cambridge Analytica Row: Facebook Data Breach Hit 560K Indian Users
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After Cambridge Analytica Case, Govt Asks Facebook if Data of Indians Was Misused
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Campaign Against Curbs on Websites Gathers Steam
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CCI Leaves Google Searching for Answers
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Centaur Website Reveals Guests' Personal Info
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Centaur Website Reveals Guests' Personal Info
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Checks and Balances Needed for Mass Surveillance of Citizens, Say Experts
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Citizens' Forums Want UID Project Scrapped
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Civil Society & Industry Oppose India's Plans to Modify ITRs
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Is CMS a Compromise of National Security?
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Is CMS a Compromise of Your Security?
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Concerns Over Central Snoop
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Consent, the Final Layer in India's Ambitious Data Regime, Falling in Place
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Crowdsourced Innovation for Government Projects and Services Is Easier Said Than Done
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Crowdsourced Innovation for Government Projects and Services Is Easier Said Than Done
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Cyber Experts Suggest Using Open Source Software to Protect Privacy
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Cyber Security Proves a Challenge for Booming E-Commerce in India
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Cyber-Spying Fallout: Government May Restrict Usage of Google's Gmail for Employees
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Data Breach: How Will the Biggest Scandal That Facebook Is Mired in Affect Its Credibility in India?
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Data Localisation May Pinch Startups and Payments Firms
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Daunting Task Ahead for Investigative Agencies with WhatsApp's End-to-End Encryption
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Days After Jharkhand Breach, Govt Websites Continue to Bleed Aadhaar Data
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Decline in Web Freedom Steepest in India: Report
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Decoding the Aadhaar Debate: Do the Risks Outweigh the Benefits?
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Deconstructing 'Internet Addiction'
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DEEPDIVE: I SPY
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Demonetisation Effect: Experts Warn on Dangers of Data Getting Misused
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The DigiLocker Was Supposed to Cut Down Paperwork but Less Than 0.1% of Indians Are Using It
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The Digital Divide: Pros and Cons of Modi's Latest Big Initiative
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Digital India: Did Modi Get It Wrong in Silicon Valley?
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Digital India: PM Modi to Launch BJP's Flagship Programme Likely in July
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India's Plan to Offer Citizens Digital Lockers Poses a Privacy Threat, Say Experts
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No Laws in India to Protect Customers if They Lose Money During Digital Transactions
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Digitisation Is Making E-Learning Simple
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Why the DNA Bill Is Open to Misuse: Sunil Abraham
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Internet Services Not to Be Affected as DNS Servers Undergo Update
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Does Google Know It All?
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Does This Click With You?
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Will Domain Dot भारत Spur the Growth of Indian Languages on the Internet?
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Dot Bharat Domain to Be Unveiled on August 21
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Draft IT Guidelines May Gag Internet Freedom
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Draft Bill Proposes ₹1 Crore Fine, 3 Year Jail for Data Privacy Violation
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Dream Debut? Bedroom Journalism on Trial
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E-Governance Hopes Rise as India Crosses 1 Billion Transactions
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EC Disables Easy Access to Electoral Data Across States
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Election Commission to Monitor Conduct of Political Parties on Facebook, Twitter and Google
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Ensure Steps to Prevent Spread of Rumours, Government Warns WhatsApp
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Now, Escorts Hook Up With Clients on Twitter
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Even Without Section 66A, India Lags Behind Many Nations in Internet Regulations for Freer Speech
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Experts Express Concern Over FBI Director James Comey's Comments
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Eye on Mumbai
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Facebook Appoints Public Policy Director for Data and Emerging Tech in India
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Facebook is Desperate About Free Basics: Here is Why
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Facebook's Fake News Clean-Up Hits Language Barrier
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Facebook Fears Loss of Face, Takes Measures to Allay Concerns
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In New Facebook Features, a Comeback for Community
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Facebook Hires Sunil Abraham as Public Policy Director for Data and Emerging Tech
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Facebook India Appoints Sunil Abraham as Public Policy Director for Data and Emerging Tech
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Facebook India Appoints Sunil Abraham as New Public Policy Director for Data and Emerging Tech
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Facebook India Appoints Sunil Abraham as Public Policy Director for Data and Emerging Tech
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Facebook India Appoints Sunil Abraham as Public Policy Director for Data and Emerging Tech
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Facebook India Appoints Sunil Abraham as Public Policy Director for Data and Emerging Tech
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Facebook's Libra: A Bit Too Ambitious?
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Facebook, My Boyfriend is Lousy
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Facebook, Privacy and India
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Is Facebook Too Powerful Without Legal Safeguards?
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Facebook's Behaviour May Not Have Helped Its Cause In India: Foreign Media
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FB Appoints Sunil Abraham as Public Policy Director for Data and Emerging Tech
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FCC's Plan to Repeal Net Neutrality May Not Impact India
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Fear of Data Misuse: Google's Privacy Policy Raises Hackles
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Festival Scan on Social Media
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Fighting Battles Online
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Find Ways to Trace Origin of Messages: Government to WhatsApp
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'Forwarded' Label Now Live on WhatsApp to Combat Fake News
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FrndiNeed: An App for Passengers' Safety
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From Net Neutrality to IBC & Aadhaar, How Vidhi Is Framing Key Government Legislation
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Genetic Profiling: Is it all in the DNA?
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Girls Just Wanna Have... a Voice
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Global Review of Telecom Regulations to Impact Millions of Mobile, Internet Users
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Google Aims to Win 40% of India with Android One
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Google, Facebook, Yahoo Summoned to Face Trial: What Next?
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Google Brings Tabs to Sneak Advertisements into Your Inbox
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Google's New World and Your Privacy: Why You Should Worry
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Google's Privacy Policy Raises Hackles
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How the Government Gains When Private Companies Use Aadhaar
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Government Goes After Porn, Makes ISPs Ban Sites Along With Image and File Hosting Sites
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Government Making It Easier for Cyber-Criminals to Steal Your Personal Information?
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Government May Tie Up With Global Police, Interpol to Fight Child Pornography
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Indian Govt Looks to Provide Free Access to Publicly-Funded Research Works
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Government Wants to Read Your Tweets, Facebook Posts
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Government Washes Hands of Google's New Privacy Policy
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Government's Stand on Internet Governance Draws Applause from Civil Society Organisations
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Govt Should Take a Relaxed View of Violations of Flag Code in Products Sold in Foreign Countries, Experts Say
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Govt Wants to Monitor Facebook, Twitter
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Govt Presses 'Undo' Button on Draft Encryption Policy
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Growing Cyberspace Controls, Internet Filtering
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Hacking of SIM Card by Spy Agencies Raises Fears of Sensitive Documents Being Leaked
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Have Video? Post It Online to Win Rs 10k
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How Chinese Apps Are Making Inroads in Indian Small Towns
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How to Steer Clear of India's Strict Internet Laws
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Huge concerns
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If Data Is the New Oil, How Much Does an Indian Citizen Lose?
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If Your Aadhaar Data Has Been Hacked, You Might Never Find Out
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Implementing Indian Languages in Feature Phones Will Be Difficult
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India's Ballot Battle Will Also Run Through Facebook
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India Bans Facebook's 'Free' Internet for the Poor
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India to Create Free Access to Scientific Work Online
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India's Cyber-Security Budget 'Woefully Inadequate': Experts
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India Debates Limits to Freedom of Expression
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The India Draft Bill on Data Protection Draws Inspiration from GDPR, But Has Its Limits
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India, Egypt Say No Thanks to Free Internet from Facebook
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India Lacks Laws to Protect Customers of Digital Transactions: Experts
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India Must Support UN's E-snooping Move: Human Rights Activists
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India Needs Better Cyber Police
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India Needs Norms for 5G NextGen IoT Devices, But Framing Those Won't Be Easy
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How Should India Regulate Online Gaming?
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India and Pakistan in Cyber War
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India Puts a Tight Leash on Internet Free Speech
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India's Social Media Election Battle
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India Wants Core Internet Infrastructure
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Indian Aadhaar Critic Impressed by Kenyan Court's Handling of Huduma Namba
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Indian Activists Slam FCC Decision to Ditch Net Neutrality
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Indian Companies Need to Boost Encryption Adoption Rate: Experts
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Indian Court Voids Law That Curbed Offensive Online Posts
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Indian Cyber Crime Soars 350% in 3 Years
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Indian Government Wakes Up to Risk of Hotmail, Gmail
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Indian Government Monitoring Tweets, Facebook Posts
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Indian Government Wakes Up to Risk of Hotmail, Gmail
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Indian Net Service Providers Too Play Censorship Tricks
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If All Goes Well, Indian IT Act May Enter 21st Century
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Do Indians Need the Right to Be Forgotten Online? It's Complicated
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India's Dreams of Web Censorship
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India's Supreme Court Strikes Down Law That Led to Facebook Arrests
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Infosys Launches Open-Source Responsible AI Toolkit to Enhance Trust and Transparency in AI
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Infosys Launches Open-Source Responsible AI Toolkit
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Infosys Unveils Open Source 'Responsible AI' Toolkit To Promote Ethical Use
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InMobi Decoded: How Bangalore-Based Firm Is Taking on Google and Facebook
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Intelligence Agencies Will Not Have Open Access to Aadhaar Data: UIDAI Chief
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Spy Agencies, IB and RAW, Put Spanner in Proposed Privacy Law
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Internet Analysts Question India's Efforts to Stem Panic
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As Internet Monopolies Get Larger, Their Gate-Keeping Powers Need to Be Tempered
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Internet Users Enraged Over US Online Spying
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Despite Apex Court Order, IOC Proceeds With Aadhaar-Linked DBT
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Is India the Next Frontier for Facebook?
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Kerala Chief Minister's Webcammed Office Draws Rave Reviews
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Kids Exposed to 'Bad Experiences' on Net
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Lack of Clarity About Cashless and Online Transactions Makes Digital Payments More Worrisome
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When Laugh Lines Turn Worry Lines
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The Law Tries to Catch Up with Tech
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Limiting Access to Social Media Can Restrict Freedom of Speech
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Living in a Fish Bowl
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Lok Sabha Polls: Social Media Companies Launch Special Pages for Polls
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Maharashtra Government to Use Microsoft's Azure Cloud for Citizen Data
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Making Sense of CCTVs
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Meta Hopes India's DPDP Act and Copyright Provisions Can Attract AI Data Centres
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Dear Milind Deora, Prakash Javadekar Deserved the Truth
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Minds That (Should) Matter
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If MNCs Make Early Inroads, They Will Keep Market Share: Sunil Abraham, CIS
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Behind Modi's Heartwarming Diwali Ad for Soldiers, an App That's Primed for Political Messaging
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Modi's Valley Hug Sparks Swadeshi Talk
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MongoDB Startup Hired by Aadhaar Got Funds from CIA VC Arm
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More Errors in Aadhaar Data in Andhra Pradesh Than in Voter Database
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Most Emerging Firms Low on Cyber Security: Experts
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Much at Stake for Tech Sector in UID Project
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Much at Stake for Tech Sector in UID Project
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#NAMAprivacy: Challenges in Understanding and Regulating AI and Privacy
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#NAMAprivacy: Regulating Artificial Intelligence Algorithms
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Net Advocacy Body Probing Linkages Between Telcos And Facebook's Auto-Play Video Option
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Net Gain
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Net Loss
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Networking Its Way to Better Governance
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New Data Protection Law Must Not Limit Data Collection: Experts
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New Regulations In Place; Aadhaar Card Records To Be Preserved For 7 Years By Centre
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How Next-Gen Smartphone Users Are Being Bought and Sold
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NGO Questions People's Privacy in UID Scheme
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No Means No
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'Not Mandatory' But Maids, Guards Get Fingerprinted
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NSA Leaks Helping India Become 'Big Brother' State?
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Offended by a Tweet? Live with It
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Online Shaming: When Campaign Turns Slander
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An Open Answer to Office
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Navigating the Complexities of Open Source AI: Insights from Carnegie India Summit
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Can Open-Source AI Models Be Trusted? Experts Debate Licensing, Risks, and More
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Outcry Over Man's Arrest for Tweets Against Chidambaram's Son
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Outrage on Twitter over Businessman's Arrest
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Own Content? Then Own Up Responsibility
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Parents Step Up Vigil, Take Expert Help as Blue Whale Stalks Internet
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Parliament Clears Aadhaar Legislation: Your 10-Point Cheatsheet
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Parties' Apps Want Access to Users' Key Data
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Parties Give Short Shrift to Privacy
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Parties Seek Social Media Influencers to Go Viral
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Pegasus Is India's Watergate Moment
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'Pentagon Was Hacked Too': Piyush Goyal On Security For Digital Payments
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PIB Plans a Fact-Checking Unit to Counter Fake News
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Plagiarism Is Rampant in Indian Food Writing – but Finally, Bloggers Have a Way to Fight It
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Planning Commission, Census 2011 and India Post Using Social Media to Understand People's Pulse Better
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'Playground Open' for Influencing Elections, Say Cyber Experts
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PMO Changes Twitter Handle; BJP Terms It 'Unethical, Ungraceful'
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PMO's No to Smart Cards, Insists on Aadhaar
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Political Parties Turn to Tech Startups to Hit the Right Note with Voters
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Poll Apps: Giving Power to the People
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Privacy Is a Fundamental Right! Here's What It Means
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Your Private Data May Be Online, Courtesy Govt
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Proud Moment: Two Indians Selected for Global Commission on Internet Governance
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Rainbow Coalition Leans Left for Rights
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Rational Internet Laws Essential to Fulfil India's Digital Goals
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Now Trending: Regional Indian Language Social Media Networks
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Riot-Hit Vadodara May Be on Shaky Legal Ground in Suspending Telecom Services
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Rural India Leads Record 35% Surge in Use of E-Governance
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Rural Indians Don't Trust Messages on WhatsApp Blindly: Survey
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A Safe Internet and a Free Internet Can Co-exist
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The Scariest Bill in Parliament Is Getting No Attention – Here's What You Need to Know About It
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SC Scrapped It, But Thousands Held Last Year Under Dead Cyber Law
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Section 66A: Delete
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Security Experts Say Need to Secure Aadhaar Ecosystem, Warn About Third-Party Leaks
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SFLC.IN Hosts Dialogue on AI: Experts Discuss Risks & Responsible Innovation
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Should Nandan Nilekani's Aadhaar Project, for Identity Proof and Welfare Delivery, Exist at All?
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The Siege of Android: How Google Lost the OS War
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Slow Internet Driving You Nuts? Here Is How Your Service Provider Is Fleecing You
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Social Entrepreneurs Set Out to Change India
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Social Media 1, Indian Government 0
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Is Social Media the Most Effective Voice of India?
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Social Media Promotions Can Backfire, Too
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Social Network Suicide
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Twists and Turns of the SOPA Opera
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Sorry, Wrong Number
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Spending Too Much Time on Social Media? Tech Abuse May Lead to Mental Health Issues
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Srikrishna Committee Report: Draft Bill Gets Mixed Response from Experts
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Stakeholders Air Reservation Over Government's Plan to Remove Safe Harbour Provisions in Digital India Act
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Stakeholders Steadfast on Changes in IT Rules
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Sunil Abraham Joins Facebook India's Public Policy Team, Headed by Ankhi Das
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Sunil Abraham to Lead Public Policy for Data and Emerging Tech at Facebook India
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Sunil Abraham to Lead Data and Emerging Tech Policy at Facebook India
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Sure, WhatsApp Secures Privacy, But Who's Monitoring Fake News?
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Surveillance Rises, Privacy Retreats
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Survival of the Savviest
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Swachh Digital India: Fake News Has a Real Impact on Our Lives
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A Tale of Two Internet Campaigns
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Tamil Nadu Likely to Hold Facebook Accountable for Suicide Case
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Targeting Surveillance
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Technological Beasts Like Facebook, Orkut, YouTube & Google Impossible to Control
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Temporary 16-Digit Virtual ID To Secure Aadhaar Data Privacy: 10 Points
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Terror Recruiters Target Indians on Internet
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The Dangers of Aadhaar-Based Payments That No One Is Talking About
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The Net Is Taking Over
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The Perils of Not Protecting Intellectual Property for New Ventures
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The Soon-to-Be Launched Aadhaar Pay Will Let You Make Purchases Using Your Fingerprint
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The Thrill of Saving India From Cybercrime
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Token Disclosures?
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A Torrent of Illegal Activities
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Trail of the Trolls
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Transparent Government, via Webcams in India
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Tweet Arrest Sparks Protest and a Fightback
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Now, Twitter Too Caught Up in Cambridge Analytica Controversy
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Twitter Handle: How and Why Govt Erred and What It Can Do to Be Smarter & More Effective
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Instant Fame in Just 140 Characters
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'Willing to Participate, but Need More Time': Twitter on Parliamentary Panel Hearing
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How Twitter Is Helping India Reboot Public Services, Publicly
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Can Uber, Ola Apps Be Blocked? Govt Fighting Cyber Odds
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UID: Are Your Biometric I-Cards Stacked Against You?
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Why Is the UIDAI Cracking Down on Individuals That Hoard Aadhaar Data?
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UIDAI Introduces New Two-Layer Security System to Improve Aadhaar Privacy
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Not Zoom, Vidyo Is Govt's App of Choice During Covid-19 Lockdown
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Vijay Mallya Cries Foul After His Twitter and Email Accounts Are Hacked
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Voice of Reliance
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We the Goondas
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Web Piracy: HC Says Block Links, Not Websites
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What Is Net Neutrality and Why It Is Important
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WhatsApp Needs to Do More to Curb Fake News and Rumours, Say Experts
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Centre Draws Red Lines for WhatsApp Over Fake News, Says Must Comply With Indian Laws
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WhatsApp Races Against Time to Fix Fake News Mess Ahead of 2019 General Elections
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WhatsApp Ruling: Experts Seek Privacy Law
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When Technology Is Able but the Mindset Is Not
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Why Did India Fail to Discover the ISIS Twitter Handle?
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Wi-Fi Direct Promises Range, Bandwidth Higher Than Bluetooth
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Will India Win Net Neutrality Battle?
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Wipro Receives Threat Mail Demanding Rs 500 Crore in Bitcoins
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Withdraw Instruction to Make Aadhaar Mandatory: Supreme Court to Centre
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Won't You Step Into the Web?
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World Wide Web Facing Threat from Tech Companies Seeking to Play Gatekeepers
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The World Wild Web
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You Can Still Get into Trouble for Online Posts: Digital Law Experts
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Youth Plan Ahead to Make Sure They Live On in Digital Afterlife
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YouTube and Facebook Remain Blocked in Kashmir
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