Let this alarming report sink in. If Aadhaar-verification is replaced (or supplemented) with voter-verification in DBT payments, the GoI will be able to deprive non-voters of all benefits at the click of a mouse. Non-voters will become 2nd-class citizens.
I don't want Digital ID, now or ever - and I certainly don't trust the state with that level of power over our lives. I made my objections abundantly clear in Parliament this afternoon to the senior civil servants responsible.
‘Is your father’s name Vijendra or Vijendra Singh’ — Why did Amit Kumar, a voter from Haryana lose his name from the voter roll?
#electioncommission#voterroll#vote
I wrote about ERO-NET, TCS and SIR in February this year for @thewire_in. This manipulation of voter rolls with software has been happening for so long, people need to be re-told again and again.
https://t.co/1z83TVyJGZ
We demand #DatabaseSeAzaadi
Scrap SIR!
the guarantee of universal adult franchise flowing from Article 326 of the Indian Constitution must be based on a flexible, inclusive, and pluralistic approach
"The real point of the SIR is to keep citizens in constant flux, ... to demonstrate the power of the government over its citizens, especially those from minorities. Keep them scrambling from pillar to post or fear dire consequences." That part at least is plausible!
Same for most BLOs in Jharkhand - anganwadi workers with children etc. For months of hard work they will get an extra Rs 12,000 approx. Blatant exploitation!
The #Aadhaar access is being sold - through executive in state to private entities.
How is Tamilnadu govt granting @matrimony#Aadhaar authentication through its legislation.
cc @nixxin@no2uid
The #Aadhaar access is being sold - through executive in state to private entities.
How is Tamilnadu govt granting @matrimony#Aadhaar authentication through its legislation.
cc @nixxin@no2uid
READ:
Rethink Aadhaar Newsletter | July-Aug'26 |
- In Student Protests, Big Brother Relies On Big Data
-Aadhaar expands, even as its reliability continues to be in question
-Census and your data
- Data breaches
- Big Tech AI impact on people
https://t.co/eRxsc9X1jY
READ:
Rethink Aadhaar Newsletter | July-Aug'26 |
- In Student Protests, Big Brother Relies On Big Data
-Aadhaar expands, even as its reliability continues to be in question
-Census and your data
- Data breaches
- Big Tech AI impact on people
https://t.co/eRxsc9X1jY
"Delhi Police told Supreme Court its facial recognition system flagged 2,873 people with criminal records at protest, assured no action without verification.
Express verification shows at least 25 on that list, facing serious charges, were in jail"
https://t.co/Q9ENnqQv3n
Collective action in student protests shook the system. It revealed technologies used to surveil protestors
We & @internetfreedom NAJAR @napmindia invite you to a webinar on surveillance technologies & databases, and our rights
6:30-8 pm Friday Aug 28
https://t.co/uyG350Ddjn
From real time facial recognition vans to a web of CCTV cameras to Meta glasses, state #surveillance paraphernalia was on full display during the #studentprotests! What does this mean for our rights to #privacy & #dissent?
@internetfreedom, @najarjustice and @no2uid are organising a Webinar to understand state surveillance during students protests, its implications for our rights and how we can resist.
Speakers include @Aditi_muses, @digitaldutta and @apar1984
Friday, 28 August, 6.30pm - 8pm
Link to register - https://t.co/JFOq0S9X94
Join this important discussion.