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Prateek Waghre

Prateek Waghre

No Proclivity for Equity

Ok, so it happened. The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued ‘guidelines’ pertaining to the extension of the lockdown. And what was…

May 2, 2020

No Proclivity for Equity

May 2, 2020

Prateek Waghre

COVID-19 lockdown: Public sharing of home quarantine addresses a bad idea

On March 24, several WhatsApp groups catering to apartment associations started buzzing with excel files containing addresses of those who…

Mar 27, 2020

Mar 27, 2020

Prateek Waghre

Even before Modi govt asked, Hotstar took down John Oliver show. It’s a dangerous new trend

Censorship in response to moral panic and outrage was the norm, but now in India, we’re even cutting out the middlemen.

Feb 27, 2020

Feb 27, 2020

Prateek Waghre

Will content moderation measures by FB & Twitter resolve information disorder?

The term ‘fake news’ — popularised by a certain world leader — is today used as a catch-all term for any situation in which there is a…

Feb 10, 2020

Feb 10, 2020

Prateek Waghre

Even the 301 whitelisted sites in Jammu and Kashmir are not entirely accessible: An analysis

This was written in collaboration with Rohini Lakshané

Jan 28, 2020

Jan 28, 2020

Prateek Waghre

Why missed call democracy is a bad idea

This was written in collaboration with Utkarsh Narain

Jan 10, 2020

Jan 10, 2020

Prateek Waghre

Will India follow Russian example on domestic internet?

In the final weeks of the last year, there were reports that Russia successfully tested RuNet, its ‘domestic internet’ that would be cut…

Jan 4, 2020

Jan 4, 2020

Prateek Waghre

India’s National Cybersecurity Policy Must Acknowledge Modern Realities

This was written in collaboration with Shibani Mehta

Dec 23, 2019

Dec 23, 2019

Prateek Waghre

Look at the numbers: Why Digital India can’t afford internet shutdowns with slowing economy

Take a look at these numbers — 3, 5, 6, 14, 31, 79, 134, 91. These are the numbers of documented instances of internet shutdowns in India…

Dec 17, 2019

Dec 17, 2019

Prateek Waghre

A small step for data protection, big leap awaited

(Written in collaboration with Rohan Seth)

Dec 4, 2019

Dec 4, 2019

Prateek Waghre

Prateek Waghre

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