The #DataProtection Bill must be strongly opposed in Parliament. It will have huge ramifications for our democracy. The bill will disempower citizens & political opposition in the country by giving the central govt a stranglehold on collection & use of personal data. #SaveRTI

This is a huge setback for people’s democratic rights- the RTI Act is being amended & citizen’s ability to collect & use information for holding the govt accountable is being seriously curtailed. #DataProtection bill must be opposed tooth and nail in the Rajya Sabha. #SaveRTI

Unbelievably strong words used by the High Court. Rare and extraordinary.

The #Parliament just passed a law to link #Aadhaar with the death and birth registers. I spent months digging into govt documents and wrote how this was the first step towards the govt's plan to monitor and track lives of 1.3 billion Indians. huffpost.com/archive/in/ent…

Using the #DPDP bill passed in the Lok Sabha yesterday, the Fundamental Right to Information has been deliberately sacrificed at the altar of The Fundamental Right to Privacy. But that's not all: All users of info beware - big brother will be watching! indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

Hundreds of houses, belonging to Muslims, were illegally demolished by the Haryana govt following communal riots in Nuh. The Punjab & Haryana High Court yesterday called it an act of "ethnic cleansing". A thread on the gross violations in the demolition drive 🧵(1/12)

The illegalities in the Haryana govt's demolition drive against #Muslims after #NuhViolence are so glaring that the Punjab and Haryana High Court has termed it "ethnic cleansing" "by the state". A thread on the gross violations 👇

The #DataProtectionBill is listed in Rajya Sabha today. Apar Gupta & Ria explain how this Bill will impact each Indian & set a precedent for other nations. Watch the full discussion here: youtu.be/ot7oZR2AlEo

MUST WATCH: Grand farewell for Justice S Muralidhar as he retires as the Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court. Judges, lawyers, court staff & others assemble together in a large gathering outside Orissa High Court to bid farewell to Justice Muralidhar on his last working day.

The term, "authoritarianism" should be used with care. But when conditions for it emerge, we should call it out without fear. In today's The Hindu I reason why the Data Protection Act, 2023 cements it in a Digital India. thehindu.com/opinion/lead/a…

#Surveillance technologies enable and naturalise unequal systems on a physical + digital level. #GenderingSurveillance Fighting back against surveillance (and gendered surveillance) requires grounding technologies ‘in social context, embodiment, and place’. #TakeBackTheTech 3/4

Drinking coffee as a beverage is said to have originated in Yemen in the 15th century in Sufi Shrines. It was there that coffee berries were first roasted & brewed in a way similar to how the drink is prepared today For #InternationalCoffeeDay a thread on coffee & Muslim culture

12-year old Palestinian child Awni al-Dous from Gaza was an avid gamer. He dreamed of growing his gaming YouTube channel to 100,000 subscribers so he could help children in Gaza find joy amid war. Instead, Israel killed him today, and killed his dream. x.com/Raghadm_48/sta…

Preliminary analysis by FA, Al-Haq الحق & earshot.ngo into the #AlAhli hospital blast in Gaza casts significant doubt on IOF claims that the source of the deadly explosion was a Palestinian-fired rocket travelling west to east.

All lawyers advising the #Israeli military have the obligation to refuse legal authorization for acts that may amount to #WarCrimes. I discussed this--before the recent escalation of airstrikes and ground operations--with Asymmetrical Haircuts. Full interview: asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/justi…

WFP remains worried for the safety of citizens and our colleagues inside #Gaza. Read as one WFP staff member describes the horror, the personal grief, her dreams for a better future, and why her work must go on in the face of it all. 🔗bit.ly/3SK37OP

🚨‼️Two basic statutory entitlements of the right to work on demand and right to timely payment of wages are under attack with the compulsory enforcement of #Aadhaar Based Payment System (ABPS) for wages.

🔴 Following the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake in #Myanmar, WFP is on the ground, scaling up emergency food distributions and support amid ongoing humanitarian crises. We urgently need funding and access to enhance our impact.

New investigation on what "data economy" becomes for its subjects, whose data it is. In one Indian state, 'Companies Gain, Elders Lose in ‘Cradle to Grave’ Digital Governance' thewire.in/rights/compani… with Pulitzer Center #AIAccountability network and The Wire

What exactly is the List of Permissions for Sanchar Saathi - Here is MOB-SF report from the APK. Wild stuff... Why would anyone ever want this to be un-installable root?