IndiaNewsWatch · @indianewswatch
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CoWin Fiasco Should Alert Us to Hidden Agendas Behind Digital Identity-Based Governance

While CoWin may have been promoted as the solution for vaccine management delivery, the idea was also to promote data sharing with the private sector for the digital health economy. The same model is being pushed across the globe by multilateral organisations.

thewire.in/tech/cowin-fiasco-s

#cowindatabreach #cowin #CyberSecurity #dataprotection #digitalidentity #aadhaar #uidai #UNDP #Welfare #surveillance #privacy #humanrights #exclusion #indiastack #india

Last updated 1 year ago

IndiaNewsWatch · @indianewswatch
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Narendra Modi Is Developing a New Template for Authoritarian Control of the Internet

Narendra Modi’s government has launched a relentless clampdown in a bid to suppress its critics. As part of this drive, it is developing new tools to stifle free expression on the internet while extending the reach of online surveillance over India’s citizens.

jacobin.com/2023/06/narendra-m

#narendramodi #internetsurveillance #surveillance #upi #aadhaar #indiastack #biometrics #personaldata #uidai #authoritarianism #democracy #privacy #dissent #hindutva #HinduNationalism #adani #bbc #india

Last updated 1 year ago

Ian Brown :fedi: · @1br0wn
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India’s “stack” (digital public infrastructure) is sorely missing a data protection law, and suffering from access and digital literacy inequalities 🤔 ft.com/content/cf75a136-c6c7-4

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Last updated 1 year ago