Tanay Mahindru

Figuring out data privacy. Obsessed with @solidpods. Used to be: MIMSie at @BerkeleyISchool @yltfellowship and @itforchange and @nitiaayog.

[Tanay Mahindru @tanaym93]

Privacy operations teams seem to always be trying to carve out roles for themselves between product teams, legal teams and security teams. Some are more successful than others. Wonder who's doing this best - and how.

[Tanay Mahindru @tanaym93]

Curios about whether @kepano and Obsidian have looked at the SOLID POD's version of the decentralized web closely. Aligns very closely with the idea of "files over apps" (though in a more general sense) - an important discussion for future of the internet.

[Tanay Mahindru @tanaym93]

If ESS through the data wallet is set to become the default, what's even the point - even for businesses and the government?

[Tanay Mahindru @tanaym93]

SOLID's efforts to decentralize the web may always be incomplete since "pod provider" market may be susceptible to centralization anyway.

BUT - The data wallet seems to centralize by design AND sacrifice interoperability, one of its core features.

[Noel De Martin @NoelDeMartin]

Inrupt recently open-sourced a Data Wallet, and I have some comments about it. If you care about #Solid, I think it's important that you're aware of what's going on. Join the discussion in the forum: https://t.co/ib0wO9J8HQ

[Tanay Mahindru @tanaym93]

Want to churn out more tweets - and spend less time reading garbage. So much violence on the feed.

[The Nation @thenation]

The Harvard Law Review refused to run this piece about genocide in Gaza. The piece was nearing publication when the journal decided against publishing it. You can read the article here:
https://t.co/zOUDmLwi1Q

[Read Jackson Rising @JPHilllllll]

As U.S. Ambassador Michelle Taylor speaks to the UN Human Rights Committee, many members just turned their backs in protest of the U.S. supporting Israel's genocidal attack on Gaza.

[Bassem Youssef @Byoussef]

Full interview :

https://t.co/KOQZFAYsrF

[Tanay Mahindru @tanaym93]

@sebkrier A lack of standardization for underlying protocols for social media? Instant messaging faces a similar problem since platforms use different versions of XMPP - there was some talk about BlueSky's AT protocol enabling a similar landscape at some point ..

[Tanay Mahindru @tanaym93]

UPI has done more to enable a duopoly (Walmart and Google) than break it. 'Innovation' and 'widening the market' sounds great, but incumbents are often best placed to exploit open infrastructure.

[CNBC-TV18 @CNBCTV18News]

#YoungTurks | ONDC seeks to break the monopolies in India's #ecommerce market. That's the assertion. But, one of the architects of the protocol that runs #ONDC disagrees.

@SujithNairK @BecknProtocol @ONDC_Official @ShereenBhan @CNBCYoungTurks

[Arvind Narayanan @random_walker]

This open letter — ironically but unsurprisingly — further fuels AI hype and makes it harder to tackle real, already occurring AI harms. I suspect that it will benefit the companies that it is supposed to regulate, and not society. Let’s break it down. 🧵https://t.co/akQozgMCya

[Tanay Mahindru @tanaym93]

@div_online Agreed. Only works to frame the issue as a technical problem that can be 'fixed', ignoring broader implications that might be waaaay more challenging.

[IT for Change @ITforChange]

We are elated to announce the launch of our latest compendium, ‘Feminist Perspectives On Social Media Governance’! The essays are derived from the contributions we received during a roundtable we co-organized with @internetlabbr in April 2022. Read here: https://t.co/XMI3iFXc5F

[Tanay Mahindru @tanaym93]

@NisarHogaya Is this from an RFP that's publicly available? Would love to see the entire document.

[Tanay Mahindru @tanaym93]

@div_online @Kaleidocast_nyc Congratulations Divyansha! So cool.

[IT for Change @ITforChange]

In our #NewPolicyBrief we take stock of the current multilateral approaches to new '#DigitalPublicGoods',& provide critical reflections & future directions for global & national-level actions, in line with the vision of inclusive dev Agenda 2030
📺👇
🔗https://t.co/VlNwKRwGVl

[Tanay Mahindru @tanaym93]

@iam_anandv Generally curious: Why? Interoperability of messaging services is technically difficult, but something that we should aspire to? They've also limited cross usage of data for gatekeeper platforms and self preferencing, which both feel like wins.

[The Third Eye @thirdeyeportal]

10 minute food deliveries, false assurances and the hyper-dependence on gig economy - the case of #Zomato

The Third Eye spoke to a few @zomato delivery executives about the #10minutedelivery policy to listen to some of their concerns. #TTECity #ZomatoInstant

Thread👇🏾

[klaudia jaźwińska @klaudiajaz]

🧵I recently published a series of blog posts reflecting on the influence Big Tech companies wield over academia, specifically in the arena of computer science conferences. (1/14) https://t.co/sAyRRDKAui

[Tanay Mahindru @tanaym93]

Excerpt: "CoopCycle is distributes power “downwards”;
that is, in the direction of the local co-ops and the individual couriers". They do this by decentralising data access, removing dynamic pricing, rating systems and increasing transparency -- NOT accident insurance.

[Tanay Mahindru @tanaym93]

As platforms in India tend to greater exploitation - in the form of 10 minute deliveries - gig workers and unions must transition to using new digital infrastructures (Beckn, ONDC) to enable more equitable platform models. The CoopCycle case in this report is a great example. (1)

[Platform Cooperativism Consortium - Global @PCC_Global]

The Ethics and Politics of Platform Cooperatives by Shaked Spier
https://t.co/6D9O20F3lJ