At the stroke of midnight on August 15 when the nation erupted in joy to celebrate its 71st Independence Day, the bleakness of the day didn’t escape me. I couldn’t help but reminiscence the historical wrongs that have been systematically erased from our country’s collective memory by a party that has ruled India for the longest time. The horrors of partition continue to haunt me, and I abhor the concerted efforts to present history through rose-tinted glasses.
Post Snowden’s revelations, it was evident that the US Government had informal arrangements with the information intermediaries such as social media firm to compromise their security infrastructure and not to implement strong security protocols to facilitate state surveillance. This revelations of widespread electronic spying by United States Intelligence agencies has prompted foreign states including India to turn to local data storage requirements and prevent data leaving their borders, allegedly into foreign hands. There has been growing consensus among governments that data localization and reliance on domestic infrastructure will safeguard privacy and security of citizens, especially against obtrusive foreign intelligence.
‘Fake news’ and ‘fake narratives’ are such oft-repeated terms today that their meanings have almost lost relevance. The phenomenon of fake news that should have ideally been an aberration in a country that is as secular and democratic as India has become the norm. While fake news can still be attributed to human error in an age where information is available easily and the pressure of meeting strict deadlines leaves journalists with little time to verify the veracity of information, fake narratives are threatening the very existence of India.
By Aroon Deep ( @AroonDeep ar***@me*******.com ) September 11, 2018 https://www.medianama.com/2018/09/223-license-patent-colonisation-bjp-vinit-goenka-namaprivacy/ “You really want your grandson to become a delivery boy?” Vinit Goenka, the former […]