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Why are 'Indians' missing in the Twitter vs govt battle? | India News - Times of India

India News: Our freedom of speech is at stake in the shadowy legal battle between the state and the social media platform. We need to stand up for our own rights

The Times of India

"Our #privacy is in our hands and if attempts by the state to take away this right are not resisted, no other right can be exercised." @MishiChoudhary writes in the @IBLJ_insights. #pervertedpriorities #dataprotection

Read the full article here:
https://law.asia/perverted-priorities/

Perverted priorities

The government and its relationship with the privacy of citizens has always been disproportional. The state operates as if these were still colonial times, and every attempt to make its work transparent is met with hostility

Law.asia

“What #Twitter has done is courageous but users can’t rely on the benevolence of companies. The #government should do what the #constitution requires: protect #FreeSpeech & civil #liberties.” @MishiChoudhary @qzindia #DataPrivacy #censorship

READ:
https://qz.com/india/2186307/indians-shouldnt-have-to-rely-on-twitter-to-protect-their-data/

Indians shouldn’t have to rely on the “benevolence of companies” like Twitter to protect their rights

The government needs to give citizens better IT laws and more transparency around social media blocks and bans.

Quartz

In testimony for the House Financial Services Comm., @MishiChoudhary says the U.S. needs an "electronic token ... equivalent to #cash, offers all of its benefits including #anonymity, #privacy, autonomy, no transaction fee and addresses all of its flaws.”

https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-needs-electronic-tokens-with-functionality-of-cash-software-freedom-law-center-legal-director

US needs 'electronic tokens' with functionality of cash — Software Freedom Law Center legal director

Addressing a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee, Mishi Choudhary said the U.S. needed “a currency or electronic token that is equivalent in functionality to cash, offers all of its benefits including anonymity, privacy, autonomy, no transaction fee and addresses all of its flaws.”

Cointelegraph

"Everyone thinks they know how to do #content moderation until it becomes their job. I am not sure how #Musk plans to address censorship by proxy that countries like #India demand," -@MishiChoudhary
#ElonMuskBuyTwitter #twittersold #TechTuesday

📰READ:
https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/elon-musk-twitter/

Outside the US, Elon Musk’s vision of a rules-free Twitter is expected to unlock violence and civil strife - Coda Story

Musk’s free speech absolutism could stoke conflict in countries like India and Ethiopia

Coda Story

“#Smartphones have become an extension of our brains ... resulting in phones containing vast troves of our #personal information, making the requirement of strict limits on invasive evidence gathering necessary to preserve #privacy.” @MishiChoudhary

https://scroll.in/article/1019695/why-phone-cracking-tools-used-by-indias-law-enforcers-are-increasingly-raising-privacy-concerns

Why phone-cracking tools used by India’s law enforcers are increasingly raising privacy concerns

The lack of regulation and protection against the unrestricted use of surveillance by the authorities poses grave risks, experts warn.

Scroll.in

"A model Code of Conduct is only worth anything if it’s enforced #impartially irrespective of the ruling party in power." @MishiChoudhary on #Facebook charging BJP, #India's current ruling party, less for #election ads than others. @aljazeera #facebookads

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/3/16/facebook-charged-bjp-lower-rates-for-india-polls-ads-than-others

Facebook charged BJP less for India election ads than others

The cheaper rates allow the BJP, Facebook’s largest political client in India, to reach more voters for less money.

Al Jazeera

In addition to @MishiChoudhary, check out @SheThePeople's list of #inspiring female lawyers from across India who have massively contributed to improving the judicial system there. #WomensDay #wednesdaythought

📰Read it here:
https://www.shethepeople.tv/top-stories/famous-indian-female-lawyers/

17 Indian Women Lawyers Who Are Trailblazers Of Justice

Indian female lawyers have been trailblazers for the upcoming generations, fighting stereotypes that society threw at them to build a fair and just society. Though the representation of women in the legal field still ranks low, India is sure inching towards change. Last month, the country witnessed three women in…

SheThePeople
Safe #internet is essential for all, but with growing #online abuse & harassment, #safety has been compromised, especially for women. #InternationalWomensDay2022 #safetynet #internet
Check out @MishiChoudhary @SFLCin in "Building a Safety Net":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Irdqi46c_8
Building a Safety Net

YouTube

"People the world over have learned in the first two decades of the 21st century that if they lose their #privacy they lose their #freedom." #encryption #internet #Policy

📰Read @MishiChoudhary & Eben Moglen's #WaybackWednesday article in @HTTech:
https://tech.hindustantimes.com/tech/news/no-encryption-for-little-people-that-s-media-ethics-for-you-71618586345534.html

No encryption for little people: That's media ethics for you

Most of the commentary on India's new Internet policy has focused on the rules' effect in eroding the space for independent news media, OTT platforms, etc. These are important, but there is another aspect of this regulatory revolution, which is much more easily ignored and of equal importance, and that is encryption.

HT Tech