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Check out @MishiChoudhary & Eben Moglen's latest piece in @timesofindia:
https://t.co/gPHQEjRcvI

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"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://t.co/SZeJfeab3B

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“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://t.co/RU0oQsEMZ3

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More than 50 countries are accelerating efforts to control the digital information produced by their citizens, government agencies and corporations. The goal is to gain “digital sovereignty.”

Via @nytimes @indianexpress

#DataSecurity #DigitalRights
https://t.co/o02S4JAECg

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"In the past, @SFLCin has had to move to courts for CERT-In to do its job on data breaches. We hope faster incident response times are instituted." - @MishiChoudhary

https://t.co/HujyGOVyLd

#CERTIn #VPN #Privacy #CyberSecurity

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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://t.co/Mir3Ul1pTE

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"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://t.co/iWr2D9HkwD

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"It is important that citizens feel at ease while expressing their opinions both online and offline." - @PrasanthTweets
https://t.co/maMJMSxOeq
@AihikS
#FreeSpeech #privacy #Mumbai

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“#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://t.co/ExxsHE3Jzu

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"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://t.co/4DZLYfmR5U

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India is now called the Internet Shutdown Capital of the world with a total of 558 #InternetShutdowns till date. Internet shutdowns in India caused an estimated loss of 582.8 million to the Indian economy in 2021 alone.
#LetTheNetWork #keepItOn #internetdown #economy

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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://t.co/VYu4jTZVqd

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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://t.co/Ce9z3Z52RD

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#EventAlert
'Building A Safety Net' - join
@IsmatAraa, @busydot, @kavita_krishnan & @MishiChoudhary this #WomensDay as they discuss women's safety in online spaces and the ways to fight back & reclaim the internet.

Set a reminder for our YouTube Live:
https://t.co/n84IVuqu9M

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"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://t.co/lc2kn2f0an

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The #GDPR gives European internet users some of the strongest privacy protections in the world. Regulators in any of the 27 EU countries can hand out huge fines for violators. A thread on companies that have faced the biggest penalties:
via @CNET

#Privacy
https://t.co/FfQQ63PEvr

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"Whether 59 #apps are banned or 118, all this underscores how #technology and #geopolitical matters are becoming two strands of a braid." @MishiChoudhary comments on #India's recent ban of #ChineseApps. #ChineseappsBan #TechnologyNews

📰READ the story:
https://t.co/moK6Msctd4

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Why is the #EarnItAct dangerous for #privacy? #Encryption #DataSecurity #technology #ThursdayThoughts #EARNIT

READ @EFF's piece:
https://t.co/0IDc4Xpn6E

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How did the #Google v. Oracle case contribute to the #freesoftware movement? #opensource #FOSS #technology #APIs

📰READ Eben Moglen's latest piece in a new series entitled "Google v. Oracle: The End of an Era" here:
https://t.co/3X86plAwsD

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According to recent research, the #internet was shutdown by the #govt in #India 1,157 hours, costing an estimated $583 million in 2021, affecting some 59 million people. @IndianExpress #InternetShutdowns #technology #TechNews

READ the full story:
https://t.co/c95plhg3GI