Farmer protests: India clamps down on free speech
SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI, of Associated Press, report claims Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party has escalated a crackdown on free speech, detaining journalists and freezing Twitter accounts….
Trackers to mask detectors: India bets on COVID tech amid privacy fears
ANNIE BANERJI, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how the Indian Government is using high tech solutions to stop the spread of coronavirus – and how its leading to rising concerns over associated privacy issues…
Privacy debate heats up over India contact tracing app
Bangkok, Thailand/New Delhi, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation Indian authorities plan to make a contact-tracing mobile app mandatory for everything from taking public transit to going to work, raising concerns among digital rights experts about privacy and increased surveillance. Aarogya Setu, the app launched by the Indian government earlier this month to stem the novel coronavirus outbreak, […]
Facial recognition at Indian cafe chain sparks calls for data protection law
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation The use of facial recognition technology at a popular Indian cafe chain that triggered a backlash among customers, led to calls from human rights advocates on Monday for the government to speed up the introduction of laws to protect privacy. Customers at Chaayos took to social media during the last week […]
Mass surveillance fears as India readies facial recognition system
New Delhi, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation As India prepares to install a nationwide facial recognition system in an effort to catch criminals and find missing children, human rights and technology experts on Thursday warned of the risks to privacy and from increased surveillance. Use of the camera technology is an effort in “modernising the police force, […]