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The government has found itself in the crosshairs over its Aarogya Setu app, with Central Information Commission (CIC) pulling up the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology for having "no clue" about the origin of the coronavirus tracing app. |
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With the news of the CIC's strong remarks creating much noise, the government put out its response on Wednesday, 28 October. It noted that in press releases and social media posts on 2 April, when the app was launched, it was clarified that this was a public-private partnership, and at all points since then as well, “it has been clearly mentioned that the Aarogya Setu App has been developed by NIC in collaboration with volunteers from Industry and Academia.” |
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Keeping up with developments in the world of technology, it seems like 'Big Tech' companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google have been racing against each other to make the headlines in the last two days. On Wednesday, the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter testified before the US Congress on a range of “bad behaviour” issues related to moderation of content on social media platforms, meeting with a barrage of questions from members present at the hearing. |
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On the same day, closer home, a Parliamentary panel on data protection sought a written explanation from top officials of Twitter, on purportedly showing Ladakh as part of China. |
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And that's not all the limelight that social media giants have hogged in the last couple of days. Facebook's public policy director for India, South and Central Asia, Ankhi Das, stepped down on Tuesday, 27 October, to pursue interests in public service. It may be recalled that Das was embroiled in a controversy of allegedly shielding hate speech posts by BJP leaders, following which a string of major allegations emerged against Facebook’s India operations and its top executives. |
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