Subhashish Panigrahi
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Bengaluru, KA, India
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Pegasus spyware revelation indicates Indian state snooping on journalists, activists and politicians · Global Voices Advox
The Pegasus Project released a report detailing the potential hacking and surveillance of more than 1,000 activists, journalists and politicians from India using the Israeli-made spyware, Pegasus. → Read More
Sora, an indigenous language from India, is getting a new typeface · Rising Voices
Indian type designer Sony Salma has recently created a new typeface for the Sorang Sompeng, an old and little-used alphabet of the Sora. → Read More
India’s Odia language added to Google and Microsoft translation services ·
Machine translation is a powerful tool to grow a language's digital presence. → Read More
Is India’s digital ID system, Aadhaar, a tech solution for a socio-economic problem? ·
The world's largest biometric ID system was intended to provide a technological solution to socio-economic problems; instead, it has further ostracised marginal and vulnerable communities. → Read More
Indian activists publish the first online magazine in the Santali language ·
Language activists from the eastern Indian state of Odisha have recently published the very first online magazine in the Santali language. → Read More
Rising Voices » MarginalizedAadhaar: Digital identity in the time of COVID-19
India's digital identification system is putting marginalised communities at a greater disadvantage during the COVID-19 pandemic. → Read More
India’s digital ID system deepens exclusion of vulnerable communities amid pandemic ·
The use of Aadhaar-based authentication makes exclusions more likely. → Read More
Wikipedia project boosts Taiwan’s hundreds-strong Sakizaya-speaking community ·
Along with six other indigenous languages in Taiwan, Sakizaya is classified as “critically endangered” by UNESCO. → Read More
Rising Voices » Promoting coronavirus education through indigenous languages
A new online initiative called virALLanguages is helping speakers of indigenous, minority, endangered and other marginalized languages create informational videos on coronavirus in their own languages. → Read More
Promoting coronavirus education through indigenous languages ·
A new online initiative called virALLanguages is helping speakers of indigenous, minority, endangered and other marginalized languages create informational videos on coronavirus in their own languages. → Read More
Coronavirus and surveillance technology in India: Public health vs. privacy ·
Global Voices interviewed rights lawyer Mishi Choudhary and tech and policy researcher Srinivas Kodali to discuss the newest proposal in India to use unique ID data for #FacialRecognition with drones. → Read More
Is India fighting COVID-19 the “mass surveillance” way? ·
"There isn’t enough information available on what data will be collected, how long will it be stored and what uses it will be put to." → Read More
As Cyclone Fani hits India’s eastern coast, preparedness saves thousands of lives ·
Many lives were saved from the devastations of the extremely severe Cyclone Fani because of a planned evacuation carried by the local administration with support from thousands of volunteers. → Read More
India bans China's TikTok for "degrading culture and encouraging pornography"
People in India have been banned from downloading TikTok, a hugely popular quick video-sharing app based in China. → Read More
India bans China’s TikTok for “degrading culture and encouraging pornography” ·
People in India have been banned from downloading TikTok, a hugely popular quick video-sharing app based in China. → Read More
Promoting communal harmony: The risky business of brand activism in pre-election India ·
A video by a detergent brand showing a Hindu girl and a Muslim boy playing during a Hindu festival has divided viewers. The ad has already reached 10 million views. → Read More
What International Mother Language Day Means for Indian Languages
While India's major languages have transitioned well to the digital realm, smaller local languages still have a long way to go. → Read More
It is now legal to be gay in India ·
"For 29 years, I have lived in the shadow of this law, and now, just like that, it’s gone." → Read More
As Creative Commons Restructures Globally, What Should its Future in India Look Like?
There is largely a lack of consciousness around copyright and many have not yet felt the need for a copyright alternative in India. → Read More
India’s biometric ID system takes more heat, after Google admits it coded helpline numbers into Android phones
With a growing list of incidents of system malfunctions and personal data leaks, Aadhaar has failed to gain public trust. → Read More