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ashleshbiradar··on Global Encryption Day 2023: The Encryption Summit
We are living in a golden age of encryption - when more people have access to this key security technology than ever before. Encryption empowers people to connect with others, build community, and live their lives to the fullest. Yet an increasing number of governments around the world see encryption as an obstacle and are enacting new regulations that would put our privacy and security at risk.

The Global Encryption Coalition steering committee is proud to host 'Power to the People: The Encryption Summit.'

This marquee event seeks to celebrate the many ways in which encryption makes us powerful, investigate the regulatory challenges facing encryption, and unite our community.

Join us to participate in a pivotal movement shaping the future of online privacy and security.

ashleshbiradar··on Key Modi rival Rahul Gandhi among potential Indian targets of NSO client
Among other individuals is the name of the Election Commissioner of India, who was put on the list after he was critical of Modi’s conduct in Election rallies. This is big, the Election Commission is an important constitutional body of India, this needs to have bigger consequences.
ashleshbiradar··on Amazon Nears Deal to Buy Hollywood Studio MGM
In India, Amazon ran into troubles for a bunch of its show. It's another thing that India is becoming more and more politically volatile. But yea, Amazon did make bold enough stuff here.
ashleshbiradar··on Delhi Police Searches Twitter Offices Amid ‘Manipulated’ Tags Row
this comes after twitter labeled a tweet by the ruling party's leader as "manipulated". The government first asked twitter to drop the tag, and now police showed up at twitter office.
ashleshbiradar··on Amazon Fake Reviews Scam Exposed in Data Breach
I once bought a product from Amazon India, the manufacturer had literally printed on the product, that if I give a 5 star review and send a screenshot on Whatsapp they'd give me X cashback. I outed them on amazon reviews, and amazon decided to not publish my review.
ashleshbiradar··on India downgraded from ‘free’ to ‘partly free’ in democracy report
‘Neutralise Those Writing Against Us’: Inside The Govt’s Plan To Manage Media Perception

https://www.medianama.com/2021/03/223-inside-govts-plan-to-m...

ashleshbiradar··on India: Evidence planted in device of Activist imprisoned under UAPA for 3 years
Also, Amnesty India shutdown like 4 months ago due to constant government harassment. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/29/amnesty-to-hal...
ashleshbiradar··on Food delivery startup Wolt raises $530M
On the other hand, cloud kitchens
ashleshbiradar··on Food delivery startup Wolt raises $530M
Check out Dunzo.com
ashleshbiradar··on PG: Twitter made a mistake in banning Sci-Hub
What a negative and dark place ( insert any social media here) has become.
ashleshbiradar··on Getting Started with Brave
What’s wrong with it’s creator contributions thing?
ashleshbiradar··on China CCP to Nationalize Jack Ma's Alibaba and Ant Group – Report
Sure, once you master the art of eradicating ideas of basic human rights and using authoritarian methods to control an entire nation with literally no independent bodies to check the power. You control the banks, the businesses, the army, the judiciary, the media, the internet, literally every sphere of a society. It becomes an easy peasy thing to do what you say is worth learning.
ashleshbiradar··on WhatsApp displays 404 not found when I send a link to Signal
what TON stuff?
ashleshbiradar··on Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S. Capitol, says aide
Yep, in India they directly detain all protesters anywhere near the parliament area and the immediate surroundings
ashleshbiradar··on Facebook: 64% of the time users join extremist groups, the platform told them to
again, we should focus more on education than moderation.
ashleshbiradar··on Donate to Signal
Smile seems US-only
ashleshbiradar··on Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25669864
ashleshbiradar··on Facebook's advertising integrity chief leaves company
what company has integrity? not trying to normalize bad things, but seriously, what profit-driven thing has integrity?
ashleshbiradar··on Ask HN: Why does Pinterest dominate Google text search results?
Interestingly, if you use Brave, it lets you hop to the tor versions of sites, and since NYTimes has a tor version, if you visit that, it’s paywall free.
ashleshbiradar··on Pornhub just purged all unverified content from the platform
"This means every piece of Pornhub content is from verified uploaders, a requirement that platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat and Twitter have yet to institute." the entire world's solution for fixing the fucked up society seems to be moderation and not education.
ashleshbiradar··on Brave Introduces Brave Today, the Privacy-Preserving News Reader
the most popular form of computer, a smartphone exists for that.
ashleshbiradar··on Brave Complies With Apple iOS Guidelines
no BAT can be spent on websites that haven't joined the program, even if a user tips a website that is currently not in the program, there's a limited window of time, after which if the website is still not part of the program, the tip comes back in the user's wallet.
ashleshbiradar··on Twitter suspends Indian Startup WhiteHatJR critic's account
Context: https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/22/whitehat-jrs-founder-files...
ashleshbiradar··on WMF Board considering the removal of Jimmy Wales' trustee position
even if the political articles are full of partisan views, they are not written on stone, there is scope for improvement as much as there is scope for vandalism. Everything involved, the internet, the information boom, the robust misinformation, high levels of polarization are really new and emerging challenges. This entire medium and its ecosystem is new, as much as troubling these things are, they are interesting too.
ashleshbiradar··on Indian Coffee House
ICH runs nearly 400 coffee houses, all managed and run by the worker co-operatives.
ashleshbiradar··on HuffPost India is history, thanks to new FDI norms
SwarajyaMag doesn't sound like a credible source. It was recently black listed from Wikipedia, and isn't allowed as a source there.

plus https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/swarajya/

ashleshbiradar··on HuffPost India is history, thanks to new FDI norms
sure, whatever your personal experience may be. You can not deny the existence of caste based inequality in a country like India. It exists.
ashleshbiradar··on HuffPost India is history, thanks to new FDI norms
there are dozens and dozens of businesses which are not profitable right now and burn a lot of cash, and yet they are operating. Almost all big startups dont make any profit.
ashleshbiradar··on HuffPost India is history, thanks to new FDI norms
It's not an opinion piece.
ashleshbiradar··on 1% of farms operate 70% of world's farmland
it depends on the context, concentration of land in the hands of few promotes income inequality. It maybe a good thing for consumers, but will be a bad thing for small - medium farmers who wouldn't be able to sustain their income source.
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