'Imagine hostile forces getting their hands on data'

'Maybe the State wants to be watching people all the time. But when they are watching, others too may be watching!''The State is becoming more and more secretive while throwing people to the......

Will Name Change Erase Faceook's Toxic Reality?

Adversarial Harmful Networks -- India Case Study, cited in Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen's SEC complaints, revealed, among other things, that Facebook was a preferred platform for......

CBI files case against Cambridge Analytica for Facebook data theft

After nearly 18 months of preliminary enquiry, the Central Bureau of Investigation has booked the United Kingdom-based Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research for alleged illegal harvesting......

Cong writes to Zuckerberg over alleged 'bias'; demands probe

The Congress on Tuesday wrote a letter to Facebook chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg, demanding a probe into the alleged "bias" and interference of the social media gaint's India leadership......

Another data theft; personal details of 533 mn Facebook users leaked

Personal details of about 533 million Facebook users globally, including 6.1 million from India, were allegedly leaked online and posted for free on hacking forums, according to a cybersecurity......

Why advertisers are boycotting Facebook

'This is the first time there has been an attempt to use market forces to counter disinformation on social media,' notes Devangshu Datta.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The advertising......

Being evil pays. Does it pay enough?

Construction companies will make money building detention centres.IT companies will make money on the enumeration of the CAA, NRC, NPR, notes Devangshu Datta.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

India must stop being the West's digital colony

'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,'......

Facebook data concern at Commonwealth Games

Visitors at the Commonwealth Games in Australia could have their Facebook data mined in exchange for free and fast wifi, although authorities Thursday insisted no private or personal information......