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Joined Jun 2018
Want more info on what #legal issues surround #FOSS? Check out SFLC's 14th Annual Fall conference program below. #tech #ThrowbackThursday #opensource #freesoftware
📺Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jj8LPmKUbE&list=PLE_V0MD-4ldDdbI-nNUB3NVKeUX1EppZQ
Mishi Choudhary says #India's new #socialmedia rules may ensure only larger players are the only ones left to offer services, resulting in increasing the barrier for #entry and raising #compliance costs for everyone. #bigtech #tech #regulation
“We don't know how the govt expects #platforms to comply with this requirement w/o breaking encryption ... #users have come to expect #encrypted messaging as an essential part of communications.”-Mishi Choudhary on India's new #socialmedia rules.
India continues to target #bigtech but with rules that could undermine the #principles of open & accessible #internet as well as the #privacy of private #communication. @SarithaRai reports on @Bloomberg #TechThursday #privacy
READ the story here:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-25/facebook-netflix-face-fresh-scrutiny-as-india-tightens-rules
Because #socialmedia watches everyone "they have destroyed the #anonymity of reading, which is crucial to the fundamental #freedom of thought. If every book, newspaper & placard had been reporting every reader at HQ for the last 500 yrs, the basic foundations of #democracy & #HumanRights would never have come into existence." #WaybackWednesday #techthoughts #bigtech
READ Mishi Choudhary & Eben Moglen's paper on the #socialmedia crisis:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-edit-page/the-social-media-crisis-why-facebook-and-other-platforms-must-be-made-liable-for-their-content/
Curious how #licensing relates to the #Linux Kernel & CDDL-licensed #code? #tech #TechTuesday #tuesdayvibe #freesoftware
READ Eben Moglen's & Mishi Choudhary's breakdown here:
https://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2016/linux-kernel-cddl.html
As #Twitter gets caught in the middle of a #freespeech battle in #India, only time will tell what this means for the rest of the world. #BigTech #censorship #socialmedia
Who should decide how #speech is moderated on #socialmedia - govts or #bigtech? Mishi Choudhary comments on the @nytimes @ShiraOvide as #bigtech grapples with how much it should moderate on its #platforms. #splinternet #technews #thursdaymorning
📰READ:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/technology/the-internet-is-splintering.html
#HumanRights are agreed upon #globally, and they also enable #transparency."
-Mishi Choudhary comments on the power #BigTech has over #democracy. #socialmedia #datacracy @businessinsider
"The #platform companies have become so powerful in shaping our #narrative."
-Mishi Choudhary speaks on @CNBCTV18Live on #India toughening its stance with #Twitter. #TechTuesday #BigTech
How is government #policy influenced by #BigData and #artificalintelligence? Eben Moglen considered the answer in this #Throwback public discussion in 2018. #ThrowbackThursday #tech #privacy #cybersecurity
📺WATCH:
https://downloads.softwarefreedom.org/2018/ai-bigdata/ai-bigdata-hd.webm
"The more you talk, the more you behave, the better it is for the #platform."
Watch Mishi Choudhary's #WaybackWednesday talk at the 2017 @mozillafestival analyzing systemic flaws in the #internet. #wednesdaythought #technology #privacy #socialmedia
https://www.mozillafestival.org/en/speakers/2017/what-happened-to-the-internet-_%E3%83%84_/
“The selective #government approach to ask #socialmedia companies to ban content when it doesn’t suit the official narrative is problematic. It stifles #freespeech and press #freedom.”
On @barandbench, Mishi Choudhary speaks to @adityaak90 and breaks down the new #WhatsAppPrivacyPolicy and what new implications it makes. #privacy #dataprivacy #tech #regulation #BigTech #dataprotection
📺WATCH here:
https://www.barandbench.com/interviews/mishi-choudhary-interview-whatsapp-privacy-policy
🎧Listen to Mishi Choudhary as she breaks down the most recent #internetshutdown in #India after the #farmersrprotest last month. @digitalplanet @garethm @billt @BBCSounds @Bbcworld #Myanmarcoup #KeepitOn #Digitalrights #Farmers
"Disputes about #InternetShutdowns raise basic questions about the future of human #life itself." #internet #tech #InternetShutdowns #censorship #democracy #KeepitOn
READ Mishi Choudhary & Eben Moglen's piece on how #netshutdowns undermine #Democracy
Myanmar has become the latest casualty of a #netshutdown when the #military took power over the weekend, legal under Article 77 of #Myanmar's Telecommunications Law. #Myanmarcoup #myanmarmilitarycoup #KeepitOn #internet #internetshutdown #AungSanSuuKyi
"The use of #InternetShutdowns by ... #government authorities has become standard operating procedure when dealing with #protests ... when in doubt #disconnect the people." @TOIIndiaNews piece by @tame_wildcard #KeepItOn #netshutdowns #digitalrights
Happy #DataPrivacyDay2020 🎉 Take a moment to re-examine how safe your #data is 🤔
A few ideas:
-Update/change #passwords
-Check app #permissions
-Control who sees your #socialmedia posts w/ #privacy settings
-Enable multi-factor authentication
What else do you recommend?
No #internet hampers people’s rights to #health, #education, business and #FreeSpeech. #LetTheNetWork #KeepitOn #InternetShutdown #COVID19 #humanrights
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