Indians fight in court for right to be forgotten online
Thomson Reuters Foundation It is more than a decade since Indian actor and reality television star Ashutosh Kaushik was arrested for drink-driving. Now, he is fighting for the right to put the incident behind him for good. Kaushik filed a petition in the Delhi high court last year, seeking the removal of about 20 online […]
Out of my mind: Advances in brain tech spur calls for ‘neuro-rights’
AVI ASHER-SCHAPIRO, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the push to protect how a person’s brain data is accessed and used…
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 […]
ESSAY: FACEAPP – A RECIPE FOR ID THEFT
MAL FLETCHER, writing from London, highlights privacy concerns when using apps like FaceApp…