Helpdesk: TikTok bans – what the evidence says about security and privacy concerns
BENJAMIN DOWLING, a cyber security expert at the University of Sheffield in the UK, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at security concerns surrounding TikTok…
“No voice”: Child brides left out of India’s domestic violence data
Mumbai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation Child brides being beaten by their husbands will no longer be included in India’s biggest survey of domestic violence – potentially hiding the problem and making it even harder for married girls to get help. India’s national health survey is a mine of statistics on key social indicators – from fertility […]
Non-stop cremations cast doubt on India’s counting of COVID dead
Ahmedabad/Lucknow/New Delhi, IndiaReuters Gas and firewood furnaces at a crematorium in the western Indian state of Gujarat have been running so long without a break during the COVID-19 pandemic that metal parts have begun to melt. “We are working around the clock at 100 per cent capacity to cremate bodies on time,” Kamlesh Sailor, the […]
Data for cash: Indian lending apps force tough choice
RINA CHANDRAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, looks at concerns over digital lending platforms in India…
Rio’s favelas turn to technology to fight underreporting of coronavirus cases
Rio de Janeiro, BrazilThomson Reuters Foundation Rio de Janeiro has more than 640 deaths from coronavirus in its favelas, a new information dashboard showed on Thursday, part of an effort to combat underreporting of the disease in the city’s slums. The dashboard, a collection of charts and information arranged in a graphic display, aggregates coronavirus […]
South Africa’s ‘Boris the BabyBot’ opens children’s eyes to digital privacy
Johannesburg, South AfricaThomson Reuters Foundation When Boris the BabyBot, a red robot with long wiggly arms who tracks and profiles babies for The Factory, meets a baby who’s too messy to be tracked, the book’s young readers join the droid in exploring questions about data privacy. Boris beeps as he scans babies’ smiles and fingerprints and […]
Personal? Private? No such thing in data-hungry world
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Personal data reveals a slew of secrets about friends and family so regulators should stop fixating on individual privacy and safeguard society instead, data experts said on Thursday. From friends’ shopping habits to family health, one person’s data can shed light on a far wider network, with tech firms using individual […]