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27 Apr, 4 tweets, 2 min read
"It has been said that mark of a civilisation can be seen how it treats its prisoners; it might also be seen in how it treats personal privacy" Image
"Michael Foucault contended that the nature of the oneway surveillance in the Panopticon – what he referred to as the gaze – resulted in an asymmetry of knowledge, and hence power.." Image
"As nightfall does not come all at once, neither does oppression." Image
Extracts from a joint submission to the Srikrishna Committee on Data Protection. Choices made from its formation were deeply flawed. As time proceeds, it will become clearer. History sits in appeal not only over legislatures but also constitutional courts. web.archive.org/web/2020092219…

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29 Apr
In some convenient timing the Facebook oversight board has released a decision relating to the BJP ordering it to restore a post. Let us look at it in context. Link to the decision below. 1/n oversightboard.com/decision/FB-H6… Image
Yesterday on April 28 two significant events occurred with respect to Facebook and India. First, it announced it’s 2021 first quarter results. Their note by the CFO is almost gushing on the numbers. (Source: Facebook, April 28) 2/n Image
Out of the, Daily Active Users ("DAU"), Indians constitute the largest number. This number is close to 320 million users in India. 3/n (Source: Statista) Image
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28 Apr
Thread. For the age group of 18-45, as per @AyushmanNHA, “for all 18+ citizens, vaccinations will not be done on a walk-in basis. Individuals will be required to register beforehand on the #CoWIN portal to ensure physical distancing”. This will cause exclusion. Why? 1/n Image
Recent experience: Out of 14,42,10,652 Vaccinations registrations, through CoWin are 2,52,96,511, walk-in 9,33,47,824 or Health Care or Front Line Workers 2,55,66,317. Source: CoWin Dashboard (April 28). 2/n
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Connectivity: Total Internet Subscribers 795.18 Million. Total Internet Subscribers per 100 population 58.51M; Urban Internet Subscribers per 100 population 103.98; Rural Internet Subscribers per 100 population 34.60. Source : TRAI (April 27) 3/n trai.gov.in/sites/default/… Image
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