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Yearender 2020: Clampdown in Hong Kong, treatment of Uyghurs wors
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): It was a year that worsened China's global image. While COVID-19, which emerged in its city of Wuhan, was a factor, China's coercive tactics with countries in its neighbourhood and beyond, its clampdown on people in Hong Kong in breach of "one governme
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British Parliament to debate atrocities against Uyghurs on October
Updated : 6 months ago IST
London [UK], October 10 (ANI): The British Parliament has decided to debate about the atrocities against the Uyghurs and on the question of possible sanctions on October 12.
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Xi Jinping using AI to tighten grip on China: Report
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], September 3 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping is using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to tighten his government's totalitarian control and is exporting the technology to other countries across the world, according to a report.
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'Facebook is spying on you', reminds Edward Snowden
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
California [USA], August 2 (ANI): NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden who made headlines after revealing the US' mass surveillance program back in 2013 has now claimed that it is not just the government spying on the citizens, but also some of the most widely used online sites.
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MHA mass surveillance order: SC issues notice to Centre
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed against the Ministry of Home Affairs' (MHA) December 20 notification allowing ten agencies to monitor any computer resource.
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TMC gives notice in RS to discuss MHA notification on mass surveil
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 28 (ANI): The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday gave a notice in Rajya Sabha to take up a discussion on Ministry of Home Affairs' (MHA) recent notification authorising 10 central agencies to intercept, monitor and decrypt the data contained in any computer system.
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SC denies urgent hearing on PIL challenging govt's surveillance no
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi, (India), Dec 24, (ANI): The Registrar of the Supreme Court on Monday denied early hearing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) notification allowing 10 agencies to conduct mass surveillance.
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RTI reveals as many 9000 phones, 500 e-mails intercepted each mont
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 22, (ANI): As many as 9000 phones and 500 e-mails were intercepted each month in 2013 during the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, an RTI has revealed.
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Mass surveillance threat to privacy, independence: Mamata Banerjee
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Dec 21 (ANI): The Centre must withdraw the mass surveillance notification, which is a grave threat to an individual's privacy and independence, said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee here on Friday.
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New surveillance order akin to Telegraph Act, says Govt
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 21 (ANI): Every individual case will continue to require prior approval of Home Ministry or state government and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has not delegated its powers to any law enforcement or security, the government on Friday clarified on its latest directi
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Govt empowers security, intelligence agencies for mass surveillanc
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 21 (ANI): The Centre on Friday authorised select security and intelligence agencies for purposes of interception, monitoring and decryption of any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer resource.
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