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Digital Literacy Fake News General Elections 2019 India Media & Information Literacy MIL Misinformation Polarisation Propaganda In the age of social media, the credibility of content is an important issue

The scale at which misinformation is being created; we may need to develop large scale cadres of MIL experts at community levels

May 17, 2019Leave a commentBlogsBy Udita Chaturvedi

What will it take to bring India’s children online

Limited infrastructure, inequitable access to digital resources, and poor utilisation of digital resources in the education sector cause the digital exclusion of children in India.

November 15, 2018Leave a commentBlogsBy defwp-user

Digital India Smart Villages Smartpur Long road to Smartpur could be made much shorter

People often ask us why we at the Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) are trying to impart digital literacy or create wi-fi hubs in villages when poor people need food, shelter and clothing.

September 1, 2018Leave a commentBlogsBy Udita Chaturvedi

Fake News Forward Hate Messages India Lynchings Social Media WhatsApp What’s the way forward?

There is no fail-safe technological firewall against hate-mongering through WhatsApp. The change has to come from a society that acts on rumours

July 20, 2018Leave a commentBlogsBy Udita Chaturvedi

India’s ‘let’s ban it’ approach to anything that makes it uncomfortable online is a violation of human rights

“Let’s ban it” is India’s approach to everything that makes us uncomfortable.

April 30, 2018Leave a commentBlogsBy Udita Chaturvedi

With the worst 4G speed in the world, is India just chasing headlines on digital economy?

India ranked last among 88 countries in terms of 4G speed, according to OpenSignal, a mobile analytics company. India was rated lower than countries such as Pakistan, Algeria, Sri Lanka and Kazakshtan

February 23, 2018Leave a commentBlogsBy defwp-user

Aadhaar Poor Right to Education Right to Food Right to Privacy RTI Rural India Right to Privacy: What do the limitations mean and how will they impact you?

What makes us believe that Right to Privacy will not be restricted at the govt’s whims and fancies?

August 25, 2017Leave a commentBlogsBy Udita Chaturvedi

Aadhaar Big Data Culture Entitlements Human Right Right to Privacy Rural India It’s Hard to Understand Privacy in India

A few hours after today’s judgment, Union minister for information technology Ravi Shankar Prasad noted, “Even a fundamental right to privacy has limitations.” We are yet to see what these limitations will be.

August 24, 2017Leave a commentBlogsBy Udita Chaturvedi

Algorithm Big Data Colonisation Digital Security Facebook Google privacy What is data colonisation and why it matters to us in India

Colonising a country no longer requires its physical invasion with military strength

August 17, 2017Leave a commentBlogsBy Udita Chaturvedi

Big Data Driverless Cars Education Innovation Govt’s stand on driverless cars akin to opposition to computers in 1980s

Before India simply shuts the door on driverless cars, it needs to see the opportunities it offers

August 1, 2017Leave a commentBlogsBy
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